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EARLY  INDIAN  WARS 


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OREGON 


COMPILED 


FROM    THE    OREGON    ARCHIVES    AND 
OTHER   ORIGINAL   SOURCES 


MI  STER  R0LL8. 


BV 


PRANCES  FULLER  VICTOR. 


SAI.EM,  ORKGON': 
FRANK  C.  HAKIOH,  STATK  IMUNTF.R. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Consreis  In  the  year  1894  by 

FRANCK9  FULLER  VICTOR, 
In  the  omcc  ol  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Wasliington. 


's. 


HOUSE  CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION  NO.  22. 


Introduced  by  Hon.  Wm.  Akmstronq. 

Whereas  the  early  history  of  the  territory  of  Oregon  is  in  a 
chaotic  state  as  regards  the  early  pioneers, —  those  noble  men  and 
women  who  braved  the  perils  and  sufferings  incident  to  a  long 
and  tedious  journey  over  the  then  trackless  and  uninhabited  des- 
ert; and  whereas  there  still  remains  a  full  and  varied  record  of 
the  heroic  deeds  of  those  brave  men  and  noble  women,  in  the 
office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  the  compilation,  tabulation,  and 
publication  of  which  would  redound  to  the  honor  of  this  patri- 
otic people,  worthy  of  adorning  the  brightest  page  of  American 
history,  and  thereby  transmit  to  posterity  the  fortitude  and  sacri- 
fices of  the  men  who  saved  this  state  to  the  United  States, — a 
state  that  today  is  the  brightest  gem  in  the  galaxy  of  our  glori- 
ous constellaUon ;  and  whereas  many  of  those  oarly  pioneers  have 
passed  that  bourne  from  whence  no  traveler  returns,  and  Time  has 
laid  his  heavy  hand  on  the  hoary  heads  of  those  that  remain,  let 
UP  join  with  them  in  erecting  to  their  memory  a  monument  that 
will  stand  in  the  solitude  of  time,  beneath  whose  shadow  nations 
may  crumble,  and  around  whose  summit  generations  yet  unborn 
may  linger,  by  the  publication  of  those  records,  now  resting  in 
oblivion,  in  the  archives  of  the  state;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  secretary  of  state  be  and  he  is  hereby  in- 
structed to  cause  to  be  compiled,  tabulated,  and  published,  as  far 
us  is  possible  from  the  material  in  his  possession,  a  complete  rec- 
ord of  the  (  ly  Indian  wars  of  Oregon,  including  the  wars  of 
1855  and  185b,  and  a  brief  sketch  of  (he  pioneer  history  preceding 
such  wars  and  connected  therewith,  and  that  he  be  instructed  to 
expend  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  out  of 
any  moneys  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  compilation  and 
tabulation  of  such  historical  record,  and  such  other  information 
as  will  preserve  the  names  and  incidents  connected  with  the  In- 
dian wars  of  Oregon  ;  such  historical  work  to  be  compiled  under 
his  direction. 

Be  it  further  resolved,  That  the  unexpended  balance,  if  any, 
shall  be  returned  to  the  state  treasury.  The  secretary  of  state  is 
hereby  appointed  custodian  of  such  book  when  published,  and  he 
is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  sell  such  book  at  the  actual 
cost  of  compilation  and  publication,  and  to  report  to  the  legisla- 

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iv      HOUSE  CONCUllRE^RESOLimON  NO.  22. 

tive  assembly  of  1893  the  amou^  of  money  received  by  him  aa 
he  p^r^dB^of  such  Bales.    The  secretary  of  state  Is  i^Hher  lu- 
Btructed  to  compile  statements  Showing  services  of  the  soldiers  o 
The  Indian  wars  of  Oregon,  and  to  publish  the  same  In  pamphlet 
form  for  distribution  among  the  veterans  of  said  wars. 

Adopted  by  the  house,  February  13,  1891.     ^   ^   ^^^^^ 

Speaker  of  the  House. 

Concurred  In  by  the  senate,  February  19,  1891. 

Joseph  Simon, 
President  of  the  Senate. 


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PREFACE. 


Having  been  entrusted  by  the  legislature  of  Oregon 
with  the  duty  of  recording  the  history  of  the  early  wars 
of  the  white  race  with  the  Indians  of  the  northwest,  it 
appeared  to  me  eminently  proper  to  set  forth  the  causes 
in  detail  which  led  to  those  race  conflicts.  In  doing 
this  I  have  endeavored  to  "nothing  extenuate,  nor  set 
down  aught  in  malice,"  but  rather  to  give  a  philosoph- 
ical view  of  the  events  recorded.  This  is  the  more  im- 
portant because  Action  and  sentimentalism  on  one  hand, 
and  vengeful  hatred  on  the  other,  have  perverted  the 
truth  of  history. 

The  Indian  is  a  wild  man;  it  would  only  be  a  fact  of 
evolution  to  call  him  a  wild  animal  on  his  way  to  be  a 
man,  provided  the  proper  environments  were  furnished 
him.  While  the  instincts  and  perceptions  are  acute,  the 
ethical  part  of  him  is  undeveloped,  and  his  exhibitions 
of  a  moral  nature  are  whimsical  and  without  motive. 
Brought  into  contact  with  white  men,  whether  of  the 
lowest  or  of  the  highest,  he  is  always  at  a  disadvantage 
which  is  irritating,  and  subject  to  temptations  which  are 
dangerous.  On  the  other  hand,  the  white  man  is  sub- 
ject to  the  more  subtle  temptation  to  abuse  his  superi- 
ority for  selfish  purposes;  he  being  in  selfishness  often 
but  IHtle,  if  at  all,  removed  from  the  wild  man. 

One  point  to  be  brought  out  in  these  pages  is  the  ac- 
countability of  the  government  in  our  Indian  wars,  and 

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its  indebtedness  to  the  pioneers  of  every  part  of  the 
country:  first,  in  inviting  settlement,  and  then  in  not 
properly  protecting  settlers.    The  policy  of  the  govern- 
ment for  a  hundred  years  has   been  to  throw  out  a 
vanguard  of  immigration,  and  when  these  had  fallen 
victims  to  savage  cupidity  or  hatred,  to  follow  with  a 
tardy   army   and  "punish"   what   it  should   have  pre- 
vented.   The  Spaniards  did  better  than  this,  for  they 
sent  a  garrison  out  with  every  colony  and  "reduced" 
the  native  population  with  comparatively  little  blood- 
shed. 

If  this  record  of  the  first  ten  years  of  Indian  war- 
fare in  Oregon  presents  this  subject  fairly  to  the  reader, 
it  will  have  achieved  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  writ- 
ten. 


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CON'IENIS. 


THE    CAYUSE    WAR. 


CHAPTER    I. 

Policy  of  the  United  Htatbs  Ueoaruino  the  Pacific  Coast— TEMi>F.it  ok  the 
People— CoNGRFAs  Seekino  Information  — Karly  Fi'R-TuADiNa  Expedi- 
tions—Effect OF  CONORESaiONAL  INQUIRY   ON  THE   PUBLIC  MiND— FLOVD'.S 

Schemes  for  the  Settlement  op  oheoon  — Petitions  to  Congress  to  Paks 
A  Bill  to  Occupy  the  Columbia  Region— Troubles  of  Joint  Occupation 
—  Indian  Call  for  Teachers— Mission  Effort,  and  i  s  Result  in  the 
Wallamet  Valley  — Hostility  of  the  Mission  Colon\  to  the  British 
Occupants- Secret  Aid  from  the  Government— Hudson's  Bay  Company 
Introduce  Settlers- United  States  Naval  Expedition— First  Actual 
Settlers  from  the  United  States  — Elu ah  White's  Immigration  — First 
'  Conflicts  Between  the  Indian?  and  Americans  in  Western  Oregon— 
Jedediah  Smith  and  John  Turner  — Black,  Gay,  Bailey— A  Rogue  River 
Indian  Shot— Lee  and  Hines'  Visit  to  the  Umpquas— The  Dalles  Indians 
—The  Clatsops- Puoet  Sound  TRiRfM- Conclusions  Drawn  from  the 
Foregoing 


CHAPTER  II. 


Presbyterian  Missions  in  Oregon  — Dr.  Whitman  — H.  H.  Spalding- A.  B. 
Smith  — W.  H.  Gray,  Cornelius  Rogers  — Dr  Parker's  Mission  to  Oregon 

—  Heroic  Women— Characteristics  of  the  Flatheads,  Cayuses,  Walla 
Wallas,  and  Nez  Percks  — Bonneville's  Present  fro..i  a  Gayuse— Their 
Religious  Observances --Taught  by  Pambrun  — Missionarif^s  Unable  to 
Understand  the  Indians  — Their  Demands— Spalding's  Troubles- The 
Fate  of  Hat— Attitude  of  Ellis  —  Efforts  at  Agriculture— Mrs.  Spald- 
ing—Che.mekane  Mission— Catholic  Influence  — Blanchet  and  Drmers 
—The  Root  of  the  '1'roublf,s  with  the  Indians  — Cayuse.1  Assault  Dr. 
Whitman  — Assistants  Refuse  to  Remain  at  the  Mission  — Gray's  Indis- 
cretion—Troubles of  Spalding  — DE.MANDS  of  the  Home  Board— OrKer 
to  Discontinue  Waiilatpu  and  Lapwai  Missions- Arrival  of  White's 
Imjiiguaxt  Party— Whitman's  Plans,  and  His  Sudden  Journey  East — 
Oregon  Affairs  in  Congress— Whitman's  Bill,  and  What  it  Asked  For 

—  Th3  Failure  of  His  Mission  to  the  East  — Conclusions 


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CHAPTER  III. 

Db.  White  Called  to  the  Cayuse  Country  — Dlsturlances  Among  the  Indians 
—  Personnel  of  the  Party  — White's  Policy  — Council  with  Nez  Perces 
-Speeches  of  White,  McKinlay,  Rogers,  and  McKay  — Replies  ok  Five 

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CONTENTS. 


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—Trouble  at  Oi.athoi'— Fiiksh  Ai.akmn  in  tiik  hfhino  ok  lxi;;— Hhkwku'h 

LKTTKK— WiriTK'H    KMnAHIlAHHMENT— MKMOHIAI.    AiiAINKT    I)R.    iMcLOlIfillMN 

—  How  MR  HKl'Air)  TlIK  MKM0ltIAI.lS-«  — COMI'LAINTNOKTIIE  DaI.I.EH  INDIANH 
— WllITK     I'llOCKKUS    TO    WAIII.ATI'II  —  KKKKCT    OK     lllfl     VISIT  — TllF.    CAVtlHICS 

Show  IIim  Tiikir  I-ahmh— An  Kxtiiaordinaiiy  ('avai.':ai)K  — P^kkinc'  Visits 
TO  Tai'itowk'8  Camp  — White  Ookh  to  Lai'v.ai  — Nez  Perceh  Heceiveh  Into 
the  Church— Jobekii  Wki.co.mkh  Kli.is-  Kkkeit  on  Their  (iiEnTs—  Lawyer 

—  Tiik  Nkz  I'erck^  ArcoMi'AHv  White  to  Waiii.ati'u- Urand  Keceition  — 
Council— Speecheh  ok  the  Chieks  — Laws  Acceited- White  Heturnh  to 
The  Dallei  to  Teahi  Tir.  Indians— Mrs.  Whitman  Leaves  Waiilatpi).. 


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CHAPTER  l\. 


Two  Important  Kvents— White's  (Iaution  to  t.ie  Immiurants— Pilots  ok  1*IS 

—  Indians Thourlesome—Trvdino  for  Cattle— The  Dalles  Mission  Ahan- 
conkd— MisiiEiiAVioR  of  Chiei'  Cockstock  — The  Akkairs  at  Oreoon  Citv 

—  Cockstock  and  Two  Americans  Killed— IU'nokr  and  Thievino  in  the 
Wallamet  Valley- The  Orecion  Ranoers  and  Their  Kxpi.oits—Tiie 
Indian  Cattle  Company— Killino  of  Eli.iah  Heddino— Alarm  in  Orehon 
—White's  Departure  for  Washinoton— Ceu-pku-mox-mox  in  California 
IN  18lti— New  Indian  Aoent— iMMKiRATioN  of  1si5— Road  Makimi -Poli- 
tics and  the  Southern  Route— Immigration  of  184G— Treatment  of  the 
Indians  by  the  Colonists— Immioration  of  1817  —Neglect  op  Oregon  by 
THE  fiovERNMENT— Threats  of  Independence— Apprehensions— The  Hu)W 
Falls 72 

CHAPTER   V. 

Causfj;  of  the  Cayuse  Hostilities- Dr.  Whitman  Warned  — Immioration  ok 
1847  — Americans  at  Waiilatpu— arrival  op  Catholic  Priests  — Whit- 
man's Fears- Sickness  Amono  the  Indians— Whitman  and  Spaidinc;  at 
Umatilla— The  Massacre  at  Waiilatpu  — Death  of  Dr.  anu  Mrs.  Whit- 
man AND  Seven  Others  —  Escapf-s,  and  Captives  —  Rev.  J.  B.  A.  Brovillet 
-Escape  of  Mr.  Spaldinc— Canfield  Reaches  Lapwai- Courage  of  Mrs. 
Spalding- Conduct  op  the  Nez  Perces  — Spai.dino's  Letter  to  Brouii.let 

—  A  Council  Held  at  the  Catholic  Mission- Indian  Manifesto- Ooden's 
Arrival  at  Fort  Walla  Walla  — Another  Council— Ran.som  Paid  for 
the  Captives —Anxiety  of  Ooden  — Departure  foh  Vancouver  — Horrors 
of  the  Captiv'ty- Suspicions  and  Mistakes  of  Captivf.8  — Subsequent 
CoNTRovERsiFJi  — Ooden  Delivers  the  Released  Americans  to  Governor 
Abernetiiy— Endless  Discussion  of  Causes- The  Real  Cause 9'i 


CHAPTER  VI. 


Tiik  Legislature  of  1847-S— Recent  ok  thk  News  of  the  Massacre  at  Waii- 
latpu— Letter  of  McBean-  letter  of  James  Douolas- SIf-ssagk  ok 
GovF.RNon  Abernetiiy  — Condition  of  the  Treasury  of  the  Provisional 
Government  — Efforts  to  Procure  the  Means  to  Put  Troops  in  the 
Field- The  Hudson's  Bay  Company  Decline  to  Furnish  Money  — Com- 
missioners Borrow  a  Small  Amount  on  the  Faith  of  the  Oregon  Gov- 
ernment—The Legislature  Authorizes  the  Raising  and  Equipping  of 
A  Regiment  of  Riflemen  — Officers  Appointed  — A  ME.>«ENnER  Dispatc-.ied 
TO  Washington,  and  Another  to  California  — Failure  of  the  Latter., 


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rial 

Ei,BCTio«  OF  Army  OrFirsBg  by  tub  Lcoihi'Turb  — Apkoihtmcnt  bythr  Gov- 

RRMOR  OP    A    PEACK    CoMMI/WION  —  ITH   OUi  KCT  — TIIE    BALK    OF    FiRKARMI:    YO 

THK  rNnuNM  Prohibited—  Atxittide  of  the  Settlehu  Towarm  the  Inhianr 
— Feelino  Towards  the  Hi'Dhon'h  Bay  Company— Comim.aint  Aiiainut 
OoDBN— Attitude  OF  The  Daij.eh  Indians— Koht  Oilmam— Fii«t  Nkikmirii 
With  thk  Knemy— Condition  ok  Pi-bi.ic  Sentiment  — Coi.onei.  •■iiM,iAM'.4 
Hostility  to  the  Fur  Company  — Letter  of  James  Doudi.AS  — Kbply  of 

UOVERNOIl     AHERNETHi-  — DKPABTCRE     FOR    THE     SKAT    OK     WAR  — (iKNKRA  1, 

Orders— The  Commwsary-Oenerai.   and  Peace  Commirhioner    at  Fort 

OlLLIAM  — ARKIVAl,    AT    THE    UaLLED  — UlLUAM     DlSPI.KAHBD  —  URDKRH    THK 

Army  Forward  — The  CAYroEs  Attack,  and  Oppose  thk  CnofwiNo  ok  ti  • 
Umatii.la  — Abbiva  »■'  'Vaiilatpu— Avoidancb  ok  the  Indians  by  the 
Commander  — Dei'ak'i I  ur.  of  Meee'i  Party  fob  Wahhinoton  — A  Council 
Held  Wirn  the  Indians- Battle  ok  the  Toiichet- TmATH  of  Oii.i.iam- 
Promotioi     f  Lee  to  the  Command  of  the  Army 162 


CHAPTER  Vni. 


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Abkrnethv's  Iiktter  to  Gilliam— Condition  op  the  Army— Appeal  ok  M ax- 
on—Kkfobts  of  THE  Women  of  Oreuon  Citv— Compact  of  Fifteen  Youno 
Ladies- The  Governor's  Proclamation— Lbe's  Appeal— More  Companies 
Raised- DiFFKnjLTY  of  Sendino  Men  to  the  Front  Without  Money  — 
Appleoate'8  Letter  to  Palmer  — Letter  to  Lef.— AFFAiRa  at  Tub  Ualled 
—  Kn  Route  to  Fort  Waters- Condition  ok  Commissary  Stores— Indians 
More  Friendly  — Lee  Finds  tub  Reuiment  Improvicd,  and  RBaioMs  His 
Commission  — Accepts  Another  — Instiiuctionh  ok  the  Governor  to  the 
St'PERINTENDBNT  ok  Indian  Affairs  — Overtures  of  thb  Yakimas  and 
Other  Tribes- Lee's  Charge  to  Them  — Fruitless  Pursuit  ok  the  Cay- 
uses- Agreement  With  the  Nkz  Pkrces  — Okfer  op  a  Reward  for  the 
Capture  ok  THE  Cayuses  — Results  ok  the  Campaign  — Cayusb  Lands  Con- 
fiscatbd  — Withdrawal  of  Army —Forts  Waters  and  Lee  Held  Until 
September- army  Discharged  — Lee's  Resignation  and  Explanation— 
SusPFCTED  Priests  —  Fourth  of  July  at  Fort  Waters  —  Raids  in  the  Wall- 

AMIT  VALLBY • 


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CHAPTER  IX. 


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127 


COBBESPONDtNCK  OF  ABBRNBTHY   WITH    UNITED    STATES    OFFICERS  AND    OTHBIUI 
CONCBBNIMO    THE   CONDITION  OF    OREGON -LETTERS    TO   SHUBRICK  —  LETTER 

OF  Governor  Mason  to  Abernethv— Abbrnethy  to  Mason— Ooden  to 
Abernethy,  One  and  Two  — Abbrnethy  to  Ogden  — Abernethy  to  Uar- 
DiE— Reply  ok  Hardif  — Abbrnethy  to  President  Polk  — Appointment 
of  Pickett  Indian  Agent- United  States  Commissioner  at  Hawaii  Re- 
ceivbs  a  Letter— Munitions  of  War  Arrive  After  Peace  is  Restored- 
Gold  Pisoovered  —  Messenger  Meek  Reaches  Washington,  and  the  Tisr- 

RITORIAL  ACT  IS  PASSED- LANE  APPOINTED  GOVERNOR  AND  MEEK  Mar'j.!>.' 

—  Indian  Trouble  on  the  Sound  — Arrival  of  the  Massachusetts  with 
Two  Artillery  Companies— Sub -Indian  Agent  Services  op  Pr.  Tolhie— 
The  Mounted  Rifle  Rboimbnt— Desertion  of  Men— Surrendbr,  Trial, 
AND  Execution  ok  the  Murderibs- Faithful  Discharge  of  Duty  by 

THE  RrOIMBNTAL  AND  ACCOUNTING  OPPICBRS  OF  THE  PBOVISIONAL  GOVERN- 
MENT—REPORTS  OK  THE  Loan  Cohmi8sioner6,  Adjutant-Obneral,  and  Com- 
missary AND  Quartermaster-General— Settlement  op  the  Cayuse  War 
Debt '227 


CONTENTS. 


ROaUE    RIVER    WARS. 


i  I 

I    i 


CHAPTER   I. 

RA8CALITI1S   OF    THE   ROGUE-BIVKR    INDIANS  — LaNB'B    FIRST    EFPOET   TO   TREAT 

With  Them— Naming  a  Chief— Appointment  of  an  Indian  Commission  to 
Make  Tbeaties— Bxtbavaoant  Kxpenditubb— Dart  Made  Sdperintknd- 
ENT— Outrages  by  Snake  Indians  — Causes  — Trouble  With  the  Roouk- 
BivEB  Indians  — The  Mubdib  of  Dilley— Tbavelebs  Attacked  — Kear- 
ney's Skibmish,  and  Death  of  Captain  Stuart— Volunteering—Lane 
Appears  Again- Kearney's  Final  Battle  —  Indian  Prisoners  Delivered 
,  TO  Governor  Qainbb- The  Port  Orford  Settlement  Attacked— Massa- 
cre on  the  Coquille  — Escape  of  T'Vault  and  Others— Troops  and  In- 
dian Agents— Gaines  and  Skinner- Colonel  Casey's  Operations— Ar- 
rival OF  Fresh  Tboops— Camp' Casta  way— Renewal  of  Tbocbles  in  the 
Rooue-biveb  Valley- Elisha  Steele  and  Agent  Skinner- Fight  at  Bio 
Bar— Treaty  Made  With  Chief  Sam- Neglect  of  the  Fbdebal  Govern- 
ment—Murders BY  the  Modocs— McDirmit'b  and  Hem  Wuight's  Cam- 
paign—Expedition of  John  E.  Ross— Punishment  of  the  Modocs 267 

CHAPTER  11. 

Weakness  of  Treaty  Obligations  —  Renewal  of  Hostilities  in  Rogue-river 
V'.lley— Absence  of  Authobized  Aqents— The  August  Outbreak  — Peti- 
tion to  the  Commander  of  Fort  Jones— Aid  from  Fort  Vancouver,  and 
A  Volunteer  Company  from  the  Wallamet— Aldkn  Takes  Command- 
Volunteers  FROM  Ybeka  Join  the  Regulars- Forces  Organized— Skir- 
mish on  Evans'  Creek,  and  Death  of  Lieutenant  Ely  with  Sut  Men  — 
Lane  Appears  on  the  Scene- Is  Offered  the  Command  —  Takes  It— Al- 
DEN  AND  Lane  Wounded— Cessation  of  Hostilttibs- Abbangembnts  fob 
A  Treaty  — Its  Teems— Thk  Indians  go  Upon  a  Reservation,  with  S.  H. 
Culver,  Agent— Troubles  in  Other  Locauties— The  Loss  of  Life  and 
Property  in  1853— Murders  in  1854  by  the  Shastas— They  go  Unpun- 
ished—Troubles  with  THE  Coquilles —Their  Punishment  by  Volunteers 
—The  Murders  of  the  Year- ATTtTUDB  of  General  Wool  Towards  Ci- 
viUANS- The  "Expedition  to  FighttheImmigrants"— The  Ward  Massa- 
cre—Haller's  Expedition  to  Boise- Curry's  Action— The  Proclana- 
•noN  Withdrawn „ S07 

CHAPTER  lU. 

Small  Military  Fobce  of  the  Pacific— Affairs  of  the  Indian  Superintend- 
ENCY- The  Treaty  op  Walla  Walla— Conduct  ok  Chiej-s  at  the  Coun- 
cil—Speech OF  Cayuse  Head  Chief  — The  Influence  of  Lawyer —The 
Opposition  op  Kamiakin— The  Treaty  Sioned- Renewal  of  Troubled  in 
.Southern  Oregon— Murders  — Volunteer  Companies  and  Hkuulaks  Dis- 
agree—Troubles ON  the  Coquille— Mubdeb  of  Travelers  in  Rooue- 

BIVER    AND    UMPQUA    VaLLBYS  — THE   LUfTON    AFFAIB  — THE    MASSACRES  OF 

'  October  Ninth  — Death  of  Mrs.  Wagoner- Bravery  ok  Mrs.  Harris- 
Arming  of  the  People  —  Hostilities  General— The  Ninth  Regiment- 
The  Battle  of  Skull  Bar  — More  Murdebs-  Guarding  Roads  and  Set- 
tlements—Battle  OK  Hungry  Hill- Conduct  ok  Indian  Akkaibw  by  the 


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MKIT  DUBAKDKD— NOBTHXBN  AMD  BOITTHIBN   BATTAUONB— CON8OLIDATION 

Into  the  Second  RBanuNT  of  Oregon  Mounted  Voluntbirs— 'iRavLABS 

AaSISr  THE  TBRBITOBUL  FoBCBS— ATTBUFT  to  CAPTnBB"THa  Mbaoows"— 

Fight  op  Aloobm  on  Little  Bdttb  Cbbbk— Thb  Fight  of  Ricb  on  Rogub 
River— Battle  op  "The  Cabins"- Fight  on  Appleoatb  Creek  by  Bruce, 
O'Nbal,  and  Aloobn— The  Thanklbss  Sebvicb— The  Nobtheen  Compa- 
nies Dischabgbd— Recruits  Called  Fob SS2 

CHAPTER  IV. 

Troublxs  in  Wbight's  Hub-Aobncy— The  Coquillb  Guabiw— Thbib  Opbba- 
T10N8  IN  Coquille  District— Letter  of  Captain  Pack  wood  to  Governor 
Curry— Poland's  Gold  Beach  Company— The  Massacre  of  February 
Twenty-third— Killing  of  Wright  and  Poland— Long  Sibgb  of  Those 
who  Escaped— Loss  of  a  Party  of  Rescuers  from  Port  Orford— Fears 
OF  A  Famine— Timely  Arrival  of  Regular  Troops  Under  Colonel  Bu- 
chanan—Org  amzation  OF  Minute  Men— Abbott's  Company  Attacked— 
Indifference  of  the  Regular  Troops  to  their  Sufferings— Petition  of 
Jackson  County  to  General  Wool— His  Attitude  Towards  the  Civil 
Authorities  — Re-organization  of  thb  Second  Regiment- Extract  from 
the  Writinos  of  J.  M.  Sutton- Extracts  from  the  Reports  of  Captains 
O'Neil,  Bushey,  Buoy,  Qeobob,  Sheffield,  Wallen,  Cbeiohton,  Harris, 
and  Colonel  Kelbby— Attack  on  Tne  Meadows— The  Indians  Dislodged 
—Plans  of  the  United  States  Officers  fob  Peace— A  Fight  and  a  Coun- 
cil—John  DBTBRMINBD  to  CONTItlUE  HOSTIUTIES— SMITH  ATTACKED  NEAR 

The  Meadows— The  Battle  and  Rbukf— Movements  of  Volunteers  — 
Surrender  of  the  Indians— They  are  Taken  to  the  Coast  Reservation 
-Discomfort  and  Discontent— Military  Establishment- Final  Close 
of  Indian  Wars  in  Southwestern  Oregon- Present  Condition  of  the 
Indians 371 


THE    YAKIMA    WAR. 


CHAPTER  I. 

Extent  op  the  Hostiik  Conperation  in  Oregon  and  Washington- The  Yak- 
IMA8  Murder  Mink'^j- Deathof  Boijin— Kamiakim's  Confession  to  a  Spy 

—  The  Preparations  for  War  — Acting  Governor  Mason  op  Washington 
Territory  Makes  a  Requisitiok  Upon  the  United  States  Forts- Major 
Haller  18  Orderi.:j  Into  the  Yakima  Country— His  Battle  and  Defeat 

—  Comments  of  General  Wool— Rk-enforcements  and  Voluntef.rs  ark 
Called  For  — Action  of  Governor  Curry— A  Regiment  Called  Out  by 
Proclamation— Ma )0R  Rains'  Campaign —Kamiakin's  Letter— Rains'  Re- 
ply—Wool's REMAifKs  ON  Rains'  Campaign  —  Indifference  of  the  Regp- 
lar  Army  to  the  Peril  of  Governor  Stevens  — Oi.nby's  Futile  Attempt 
to  Prevent  the  Walla  Wallas  and  Cayusks  Joining  Kami  akin— His  Or- 
der TO  the  Fkttlers  —  Raymond's  Letter  to  the  Volunteer  Commander 

—  Fok  •  Walla  Walla  Destroyed  With  all  its  Contents— Curry's  View 
OF  His  Duty— Organization  of  the  First  Regimb:4t  op  Oregon  Mounted 
Volunteers— Occupation  of  Walla  Walla  Valley  by  Oregon  Forces  — 
The  Battle  of  Walla  Walla— Killing  of  Pbu-veu-mox-mox- Indigniiies 


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XXI 


CONTENTS. 


iNfucTED  ON  HiB  Body— End  or  Foub  Days'  Fioiitino  —  Thk  Indtans  Re- 
tire—Lonn  ON  Both  Sideb— Fokt  Bbnnktt  BaicncD— Safe  Armval  of 
Governor  Stevens  at  the  Fort  — Hib  Course  With  the  Cceur  d'Alenes, 
Spokanes,  Nez  Perceb— Looking  Olam  Treacherocs— Successful  CotN- 
ciLs— Resionation  of  Nesmith— Thomas  Corneuus  is  Chosen  Colonel— 
The  Rboiment  RFfRrrrED- Hard  Fare— Fioht  With  the  Yaximas— Loss 
of  Mounts- Regiment  Disbanded— A  Battalion  of  Oregon  Rangers  Or- 
ganized   * . 423 


CHAPTER  n. 


Arrival  of  Colonel  Wright  with  Ninth  Infantry  —  Posts  Oarruonbd— 
Importance  of  the  Cascades— Error  of  General  Wool— Attack  on  the 
Cascades  by  the  Yakimas — The  Long  Siege  of  Bradford's  Store — Appear- 
ance of  the  Troops— Volunteers  and  Regulars  from  Vancouver  and 
Portland— Sheridan's  Plight- Steptoe's  Error  — List  of  Killed  and 
Wounded— Trlal  and  Punishment  of  the  Cascade  Indian.4— Wright's 
Campaign  in  the  Yakima  Country,  and  Its  Results— Course  of  Ooternor 
Stevens— Washington  Volunteers  Take  the  Place  of  the  Disbandeu 
Oregon  Mounted  Volunteer  Rroimbnt— Letter  of  Indian  Agent  Craig— 
Battle  of  Grand  Rono— Effect  of  Shaw's  Policy— Stevens'  Failure  in 

THE  COUNaL  with  THE  NEZ  PRRCES- ATTACKED  BY  THE  CaYUBES  AND  WALLA 

Wallas- Wool's  Report  on  this  Matter— Stevens'  Remarks  Upon  the 
Policy  op  Co)x>nel  Wright— Fort  Walla  Walla  Established- The  Or- 
egon AND  Washington  Superintbndencies  United— General  Wool  Re- 
called, AMD  General  Newman  S.  Clarke  Succeeds  Him— Slight  Changes 
at  First— Steptoe's  DisASTRorTs  March— Cijirke  and  Wright  at  Last 
Aroused— Wright's  Campaign- Battle  OF  Four  Lakes— The  Troops  Vic- 
torious AND  the  Indians  Subdued-  Kamiakin'b  Flight— Wright's  Heroic 
Treatment  of  the  Indian  Question  When  the  Army  was  Hurt. 468 


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THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


CHAPTER  I. 


Policy  op  tiib  United  Statks  Regardino  the  Pacific  Coast— Tkmpbr  of  the 
People— Congress  Seeking  Information- K ably  Fur-Trading  Expeditions- 
Effect  OF  Congressional  Inquiry  on  the  Public  Mind  — Fix)yd's  Schemes 

FOB  the    SEITLEMENT  OP   OREGON— PETITIONS   TO    CONGRESS  TO    PASS  A   BILL  TO 

Occupy  the  Columbia  Region— Troubles  op  Joint  Occupation  — Indian  Call 
FOB  Teachers— Mission  Effort,  and  its  Result  in  the  Wallamkt  Valley 
-Hostility  of  the  Mission  Colony  to  the  British  Occupants— Secret  Aid 
from  the  Govebnment— Hudson's  Bay  Company  Introduce  Settlers  —  United 
States  Naval  Expedition  — First  Actual  Settlers  from  the  United  States 
—  Elijah  White's  Immigration  —  First  Conflicts  Between  the  Indians  and 
Americans  in  Western  Oregon— Jedbdi ah  Smith  and  John  Turner  — Black, 
(Jay,  Bailey  — a  Koouk  River  Indian  Shot— Lee  and  Hinks'  Visit  to  the 
Umpquas— The  Dalles  Indians— The  Clatsops  — Puoet  Sound  Tribes  — Con- 
clusions Drawn  from  the  Foregoing. 


For  more  than  twenty  years  before  the  first  immigrant 
party  set  out  for  Oregon,  tlie  government  had  been  point- 
ing out  to  the  people  of  the  United  States  the  prize  it  was 
reaching  after  on  the  shores  of  the  Pacific.  As  a  nation 
America  was  still  too  young  for  conquest,  even  had  it  been 
a  part  o^*  our  policy  to  acquire  territory  by  force,  which  it 
was  not.  tiy  treaties,  and  by  expending  a  few  millions  in 
money,  we  obtained  the  transfer  of  French  and  Spanish 
titles;  and  by  force  of  defensive  arras  had  compelled  Great 
Britain  to  surrender  to  us  the  forts  she  held  on  our  lake 
borders. 

But  before  this  was  accomplished,  far-seeing  statesmen 
had  set  on  foot  that  transcontinental  expedition,  never 
appreciatingly  eulogized  in  the  past,  nor  adequately  hon- 
ored with  remembrance  in  the  present — the  journey  of 
Lewis  and  Clarke  from  the  Missouri  iiver  to  the  Pacific,  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Columbia,  in  1804-5-6.  It  was  a  brave 
and  a  perilous  undertaking,  and  forged  one  of  the  strong- 

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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


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est  links  in  the  chain  of  evidence  which  prevailed  in  the 
controversy  with  Great  Britain  concerning  our  title  to  the 
Pacific  Northwest.  It  stimulated  the  first  commercial 
enterprise  on  the  coast  of  Oregon — the  Pacific  Fur  Com- 
pany of  Astor — the  melancholy  failure  of  which,  through 
the  cowardice  and  treachery  of  his  Canadian  partners, 
made  room  for  the  advent  of  a  British  company. 

The  ruin  of  the  Pacific  Fur  Company  was  regarded  as 
a  humiliation  to  the  country,  but  such  was  the  situation 
of  international  politics  that  congress  declined  to  inter- 
fere, or  subse(iuently  to  extend  aid  to  individual  enterprise 
in  Oregon,  and  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  successor  to 
the  Northwest  Company,  wps  left  in  actual  possession, 
while  diplomacy  in  London  and  Washington  carried  on 
the  contest  for  mastery  year  after  year,  with  varying 
prospects  of  success. 

The  war  of  the  Revolution  had  found  Americans  a 
nation  of  politicians,  and  left  them  a  nation  of  patriots, 
barring  the  Tory  minority,  of  whom,  after  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  very  little  was  heard.  The  doings  of 
congress  in  the  early  part  of  the  century  were  far  more 
interesting  to,  and  notwithstanding  the  lesser  number  of 
public  prints,  more  studied  by  t)  e  people  than  are  its  acts 
in  this  age  of  daily  newspapers.  Each  man  who  had  in 
any  way  aided  in  the  struggle  for  freedom  felt  a  personal 
pride  in  enhancing  the  glory  of  the  new  republic,  and  a 
corresponding  desire  to  punish  its  enemies  or  abase  its 
rivals.  Such  was  the  spirit  of  Americanism  for  the  first 
fifty  years  of  the  existence  of  the  United  States. 

Well  aware  of  the  national  temper,  statesmen  made  use 
of  it  in  the  movement  to  establish  the  title  to  the  territory 
in  dispute  on  the  Pacific  coast.  Thoy  took  care  to  inform 
themselves  of  the  privat  enterprises  of  the  citizens  in  the 
Northwest,  the  most  notable  of  which,  as  occurring  so  soon 
after  Lewis  and  Clarke's  expedite''  i,  was  the  adventure  of 
Major  Henry,  who  led  a  fur-l...iiting  party  to  the  head- 
waters of  the  Colniubiii  in  ISOS.     lie  confintMl  his  sul)SO- 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


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quent  operations,  however,  to  the  headwaters  of  the  Mis- 
souri, where  his  name  is  preserved  in  Henry's  Fork  of 
that  river. 

As  early  as  1820,  Floyd,  member  of  congress  from  Vir- 
ginia, caused  inquiry  to  be  made  "  into  the  situation  of  the 
settlements  on  the  Pacific  ocean,"  having  reference  to 
Astoria,  which  had  been  restored  to  us  after  the  war  of 
1812-15,  and  to  the  settlements  of  the  British  fur  compa- 
nies in  this  region. 

Among  the  matter  brought  to  light  by  this  inquiry  was 
an  account  in  1823  of  the  expedition  of  W.  H.  Ashley  in 
the  previous  year.  Encouraged  by  indications  of  govern- 
ment support,  Ashley,  in  1822,  pushed  a  trading  party  us 
far  west  as  the  South  Pass.  In  1823  he  took  a  wagon 
train  to  Green  river,  repeating  his  venture  for  several  sea- 
sons, and  reporting  to  the  government  all  the  information 
obtained  in  liis  several  expeditions.  Other  companies 
succeeded  him,  and  came  into  conflict  with  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company  on  the  west  side  of  the  Rocky  mountains ; 
their  explorations  being  watched  with  interest  by  those 
having  the  future  of  tiie  United  States  under  consideration. 

Floyd,  in  181:1,  presented  a  report  to  congress  contain- 
ing all  the  information  gathered  from  ihe  explorations  of 
traders  and  adventurers,  introducing  a  bill  at  the  same  time 
authorizing  the  president  to  occupy  the  Oregon  territory, 
extinguish  the  Indian  title,  and  provide  a  government, — 
occupation  meaning  defenses  at  the  mouth  of  the  Colum- 
bia, and  military  settlements  at  intervals  along  the  route 
to  the  Columbia.  This  bill  was  discussed  and  amended 
from  session  to  session,  the  military  features  being  gradually 
eliminated  as  the  temper  of  the  nation  changed,  dona- 
tions of  land  being  offered  to  settlers  as  an  inducement  tc 
emigration.  Already,  in  1822,  petitions  egan  to  flow  in 
from  associations  in  different  states,  both  north  and  south, 
memorializing  congresa  to  pass  Floyd's  bill,  and  books  and 
pamphlets  on  the  boundary  question  between  Great  Britain 
and  the  United  States  abounded,  written  not  only,  or  nbt  so 


li' 


4  INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 

much  by  statesmen,  as  l)y  politicians  among  the  people. 
Correspondence  between  the  diplomats  of  both  nations 
may  have  been,  if  not  aided,  at  least  rendered  more  cau- 
tious by  the  arguments  put  forth  so  freely  on  every  hand. 
Congress,  it  must  be  conceded,  by  admitting  bills  promoting 
emigration  to  a  territory  in  dispute  while  negotiation*  were 
still  pending,  violated  the  international  code  of  fair  deal- 
ing; but  not  more,  it  was  argued,  than  Great  Britain,  who 
peopled  it  with  traders,  and  despoiled  it  of  its  natural 
wealth  of  furs,  giving  us  occasion  to  act  upon  the  premise 
that  "  all  is  fair  in  love  and  war."  The  congressional  con- 
science was  satisfied  by  refraining  from  passing  the  bills 
under  discussion,  while  the  utterances  put  foith  in  speeches, 
often  full  of  erroneous  statements,  served  to  keep  the  na- 
tional spirit  in  a  menacing  attitude  toward  our  British 
rival.  Joint  occupation,  where  each  nation  looked  upon 
the  other  as  an  intruder,  was  a  wholly  unsatisfactory,  con- 
dition, and  fostered  in  the  people  a  feeling  of  defiance 
towards  the  rival  power  never  quite  appeased  since  the 
late  war.  In  the  meantime  it  occurred  to  religious  socie- 
ties to  send  missionaries  to  teach  the  Indians  of  Oregon, 
about  whom  very  favorable  statements  were  made  by  the 
fur  companies  dealing  with  them  concerning  their  natural 
tendencies  towards  religion.  The  appearance  in  St.  Louis 
of  four  Flatheads,  proteges  of  one  of  the  companies,  in 
1832,  and  their  demand  for  teachers,  was  the  alleged  cause 
of  the  immediate  action  of  the  Methodist  church,  and 
the  subsequent  action  of  the  Presbyterian  and  Catholic 
churches,  in  establishing  missions  in  Oregon. 

That  these  young  chiefs  should  have  traveled  two 
thousand  miles  in  search  of  spiritual  teachers  was  deemed 
so  much  more  remarkable  than  that  the  St.  Louis  company 
should  have  traveled  the  satde  distance  in  search  of  furs, 
that  they  were  at  once  elevated  into  something,  if  not 
superhuman,  at  least  greatly  superbarbarian  in  character, 
and  the  country  rang  with  the  exploit.  Those  who  gave 
the  story  its  vk^ondorlul  wmgs  might  have  remembered  that 


people. 

nations 

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f 


THfJ   GAYUSE  WAR.  6 

in  the  history  of  all  invasions  or  explorations  of  new 
countries,  the  invaders  have  brought  back  with  them  some 
best  specimens  of  tlie  native  people  to  show  in  evidence  of 
something  they  wished  to  prove.  But  in  this  instance  it 
was  not  unnatural  that  these  Indians,  perceiving  that 
white»men  were  possessed  of  knowledge  and  property  above 
anything  ever  imagined  among  themselves,  should  have 
desired  to  obtain  a  clue  to  this  superiority ;  nor,  since  all 
primitive  people  are  superstitious,  with  a  great  awe  of 
spiritual  influences,  that  they  should  have  inquired  con- 
cerning the  God  of  the  white  men,  and  desired  to  be  taught 
his  ways  with  his  creatures.  It  was  a  day  of  great  mission- 
ary enterprises,  and  the  call  of  the  Flatheads  was  quickly 
responded  to  by  the  organization  of  a  mission  party  of  five 
men — two  preachers,  Jason  and  Daniel  Lee,  from  Stan- 
stead,  Canada,  and  later  of  Wilbrahoam  seminary ;  and  two 
laymen,  Cyrus  Shepard  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  Philip 
L.  Edwards  of  Richmond,  Missouri;  with,  as  a  helper, 
Courtney  M.  Walker  of  the  same  place,  engaged  for  one 
year.  Theso,  in  the  spring  of  1834,  joined  a  fur-hnnting 
expedition  under  Nathaniel  J.  Wyeth  bound  for  the  Colum- 
bia river.  In  addition,  two  naturalists — Townsend  and 
Nuttall — were  attached  to  Wyeth's  party,  and  all  these, 
although  keeping  up  separate  organizations,  traveled 
together  with  che  St.  Louis  Fur  Company  under  William 
Sublette,  tho  joint  expedition  numbering  seventy  men,  with 
two  hundred  and  fifty  horses,  and  a  small  herd  of  cattle. 

The  missionaries  did  not,  as  had  been  expected,  tarry 
among  the  Indians  upon  the  upper  Columbia.  Perhaps 
the  American  fur  companies  who  traded  with  them  did 
not  desire  it;  at  all  events  they  came  with  Wyeth  to  the 
lower  Columbia,  and  were  received  in  an  unexpectedly 
friendly  fasliion  by  the  British  company  whose  head- 
quarters were  at  Vancouver,  and  who  also  politely  but 
determinedly  made  Oregon  very  uncomfortable  for  the 
Yankee  trader,  who  soon  sold  out  to  them  and  retreated 
from  the  field. 


6 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


Not  so  the  missionaries,  who  selected  a  site  for  their 
haljitation  in  the  fertile  Wallaniet  valley,  and  began 
teiiching  as  best  they  could  a  nomadic  race,  already  infected 
with  the  poison  of  scrofula.  The  outcome  was  what  might 
have  been  expected.  They  soon  had,  to  use  their  own 
language,  "more  children  in  the  graveyard  than  m  the 
schoolroom";  for  Indian  youth,  accustomed  to  freedom  of 
movement,  of  air,  and  a  certain  diet,  could  not  long  with- 
stand the  influence  of  unaccustomed  labor,  confinement  in 
a  crowded  house,  and  different  forms  of  food.  Besides, 
there  was  sickness  among  teachers  as  well  as  children, 
induced  by  the  malaria  arising  from  turning  up  the  rich 
soil  of  the  valley  in  opening  the  mission  farm.  In  place 
of  the  Indians,  however,  a  few  white  adventurers  found 
their  way  to  the  valley. 

Under  these  circumstances  what  should  be  done?  Go 
back  whence  they  came  and  abandon  their  undertaking? 
No;  indeed  no!  Lee  had  sent  home  such  a  report  in  the 
beginning  as  caused  the  church  to  reenforco  him  in  the 
third  year  with  a  fuller  complement  of  teachers  —  women 
—  a  physician,  and  mechanics,  who  came  by  sea.  Other 
reports  were  sent  honie  of  the  beauty  and  fertility  of  the 
country,  and  the  arbitrary  demeanor  of  the  British  resi- 
dents towards  American  citizens,  which  found  their  way 
to  Washington.  Then  came  a  government  agent  in  the 
character  of  a  private  citizen  to  confirm  these  rumors,  who 
encouraged  the  missionaries  to  found  a  colony,  and  helped 
them  to  procure  cattle  from  California  to  stock  the  grassy 
plains  of  the  Wallamet.  Following  Slacum's  report  to  the 
government  was  a  petition  gotten  up  among  the  missiona- 
ries, who  had  attached  to  their  colony  the  few  Americans 
led  by  adventure  into  the  countiy,  all  of  whom  signed  the 
petition  for  protection  from  the  tyranny  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  which,  it  was  contended,  had  no  rights  the 
United  States  was  bound  to  respect  on  the  south  side  of 
the  Columbia,  where  its  dependents  had  already  seized 
upon  a  large  tract  of  fertile  [)rairie.    So  well  did  they  pre- 


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THE   CAYUSK  WAR.  7 

sent  this  argument  to  the  Canadians  themiielves,  that  many 
of  thorn  in  fear  of  losing  their  farms  signed  the  petition  to 
have  the  protection  of  the  United  States  government  ex- 
tended over  them. 

So  much  did  Jason  Lee  have  at  heart  the  colonial 
scheme  that  in  the  spring  of  1838  he  returned  to  the 
states  overland,  carrying  this  memorial;  and  so  did  he 
prevail  both  with  the  church  and  members  of  the  cabinet 
that  in  1840  a  third  reenforcement  and  a  shipload  of  goods 
and  farming  implements  arrived  for  the  mission  settle- 
ments, which  were  scattered  from  The  Dalles  to  the  mouth 
of  the  Columbia,  but  which  as  missions  were  soon  after 
abandoned,  the  incumbents  frankly  owning  the  hopeless- 
ness of  the  missionary  cause  with  the  native  population 
of  western  Oregon. 

In  1840  the  missionaries  again  petitioned  congress  to 
establish  a  territorial  government  in  Oregon.  The  mission 
colony  received  this  year  a  reenforcement  of  over  tifty 
persons,  swelling  the  whole  number  to  seventy,  and  was 
assisted  by  the  government — an  open  secret  then,  and 
admitted  freely  at  a  later  period.  Every  one  who  could 
be  induced  to  go  to  Oregon  at  that  time  was  encouraged, 
if  necessary,  by  financial  aid  from  the  contingent  fund; 
both  parties  to  the  boundary  controversy  feeling  that 
occupation  was  the  argument  which  must  ultimately 
settle  the  vexed  question. 

To  offset  the  mission  colony  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company 
introduced  in  1841  about  an  equal  number  of  Red-river 
people  to  the  Puget  Sound  region,  many  of  whom  subse- 
(^uently  settled  south  of  the  Columbia.  This  year  also 
Oregon  was  visited  by  the  United  States  exploring  expedi- 
tion under  Commodore  Wilkes,  who  inspected  the  Ameri- 
can settlements,  and  was  consulted  by  the  colonists  with 
regard  to  organizing  a  provisional  government;  a  'cheme 
he  disapproved  as  unnecessary.  In  the  autumn  there 
arrived  overland  a  small  company  of  actual  settlers  —  the 
first  low  wosh  of  the  wave  of  immigration  which  touched 


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8 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


tho  shore  of  the  I'atiific  Northwest,  wliich  was  neither  of 
the  missionary  or  adventurer  classes,  but  men  with 
families.' 

To  such  straits  wore  tho  friends  of  Oregon  in  Washing- 
ton reduced  ahout  this  time  by  tiie  condition  of  our 
interiuitional  affairs,  that  in  tho  spring  of  1842  John  0. 
Spencer,  the  then  secretary  of  war,  found  it  necessary  to 
invite  Dr.  l*ilijah  White,  the  first  physician  of  the  Metho- 
dist mission,  who  liad  returned  to  his  liome  in  Ithica,  New 
York,  to  come  to  Washington  to  answer  certain  questions; 
amongst  others  if  he  felt  competent  to  pilot  an  emigration 
to  Oregon  that  year.  For  notwithstanding  the  great 
amount  of  writing  and  public  speaking  on  the  P*acific 
territory  claimed  by  us,  and  the  prospect  of  the  passage  of 
a  very  favorable  land  bill  in  charge  of  Dr.  Linn,  senator 
from  Missouri,  who  had  taken  up  the  work  suspended  by 
Floyd's  retirement  from  congress,  no  important  movement 
of  tho  people  in  the  direction  of  Oregon  had  yet  been 
made.  The  people  were  waiting  for  the  L'nn  bill  to  be- 
come a  law;  and  congress  was  waiting  for  an  emigration 
movement  to  justify  such  a  law ;  for  to  legislate  for  Oregon 
while  our  northern  boundary  was  unsettled  might  compli- 
cate international  affairs.  Hence  the  appeal  to  White, 
and  the  offer  of  a  commission  from  the  government. 

White  was  of  that  happy-go-lucky  temperament  that 
nothing  ever  dismayed — not  even  the  reproaches  of  his 
own  conscience — and  although  he  had  never  crossed  the 
continent,  he  knew  those  who  had,  and  felt  himself  equal 
to  the  emergency.  He  therefore  immediately  set  about 
the  labor  of  drumming  up  a  company,  for  it  was  January, 
and  he  must  start  by  the  middle  of  May.  His  pay  as 
Indian  agent  was  only  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a 
year,  with  the  promise  of  double  that  amount  when  the 
land  bill  became  a  law,  and  permission  to  draw  upon  the 

'  It  should  perhaps  be  explained  that  these  Immlgrauts  started  for  California  In 
Bidwell's  company,  but  turned  off  at  Fort  Hall  and  came  to  Oregon.  They  finally 
went  to  California  with  Wilkes'  overland  expedition,  as  did  also  Joel  I'.  Wallcer  and 
his  fiimily,  who  arrived  in  Oregon  in  1840. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAIi. 


government  for  fumls  to  moot  necessary  oxjionsos.  Pocket- 
ing his  commission,  which  really  nm».  .intcd  to  nothing 
except  as  a  soj)  to  the  colonists  to  keep  them  loyal  and 
hopeful,  he  proceeded  westward  to  St.  Louis,  lecturing  by 
the  way,  and  writing  such  articles  for  the  newsjmpers  as 
was  calculated  to  engage  the  attention  of  those  persons 
already  half  minded  to  go  to  Oregon.  In  this  wuy  he 
drew  together  the  several  small  parties  which  constituted 
the  immigration  of  1842,  a  movement  more  important  than 
at  first  appeared,  the  fame  of  it  in  the  states  encouraging 
the  ten  times  larger  immigration  which  followed  in  1843. 
The  effect  of  it  on  the  colony  also,  together  with  the  news 
he  brought  directly  from  Washington  of  the  probable 
early  passage  of  Linn's  land  bill,  and  the  treaty  in  contem- 
plation by  which  they  exjjccted  the  boundary  would  be 
defined,  was  to  raise  in  their  breasts  haj)[)y  anticipations 
of  a  local  government  sanctioned  and  supported  by  the 
strong  arm  of  their  common  country. 

White's  party  consisted  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  per- 
sons, fifty-two  of  whom  wete  able-bodied  men,  and  ten  of 
whom  had  families.  To  these  wore  added,  en  route,  several 
mountain  men  and  adventurers,  bringing  the  number  uj) 
to  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven.  They  traveled  with  a 
train  of  eighteen  Pennsylvania  wagons,  and  a  long  pro- 
cession of  horses,  pack  mules  and  cattle,  and  were  the  first 
openly  avowed  immigration  of  settlers  to  Oregon.  The 
wagons  and  cattle  were  left  at  Forts  Laramie  and  Hall, 
the  remainder  of  the  journey  being  performed  with  only 
pack  animals — a  mistake  due  to  Dr.  White's  ignorance  of 
the  country,  he  having  traveled  the  sea  route  to  and  from 
Oregon.  Accredited  to  this  country  as  United  States  sub- 
Indian  agent  and  government  spy,  he  professed  to  believe 
himself  the  authorized  governor  of  Oregon,  although  his 
commission  was  merely  a  verbal  one,  and  its  powers  unde 
fined.  The  colony,  however,  ignored  his  pretensions,  ex- 
cept in  so  far  as  related  to  the  office  of  United  States 
Indian  agent. 


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10 


INDIAN  WAES  OF  OREGON. 


Thus  far  no  greater  trials  had  befallen  the  Oregon  colony 
than  those  which  are  common  to  border  life.  Indeed,  they 
had  been  h  lured  the  greet  calamity  of  most  border  com- 
munities—  Indian  warfare.  For  this  immunity  there  were 
two  principal  reasons:  the  first,  that  the  nations  of  the 
whole  country  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains  were  in  a 
state  of  serai- vassalage  to  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company, 
which  required  them  to  live  in  peace,  and  was  generally 
able  to  control  them;  the  second,  that  the  Indians  of  the 
lower  Columbia  and  Wallamet  valleys  were  so  weakened 
by  disease  as  to  have  lost  their  warlike  character.  That 
there  were  strong  and  hostile  tribes  to  the  south,  east,  and 
north,  among  whom  even  the  powerful  British  company 
was  forced  to  live  in  forts,  was  true,  but  they  usually  con- 
fined their  hostilities  to  strangers  passing  through  their 
country,  and  did  not  go  abroad  to  attack  others  unless 
they  had  .some  injury,  real  or  iraajined,  to  avenge.  Thus, 
altliough  sometimes  alarmed  by  insignificant  quarrels 
amongst  them,  occasioned  by  theft  or  by  indulgence  in 
strong  drink  furnished  by  Americans — to  their  shame  be 
it  said  —  the  Indians  in  the  vicinity  of  the  missions  were, 
if  worthless,  at  least  peaceable. 

To  preserve  this  peace  the  fur  company  and  the  mis 
sionaries  united  in  tlie  purchase  and  destruction  of  a  dis- 
tillery and  organized  a  temperance  society,  which  was 
joined  by  a  majority  of  the  inhabitants  irrespective  of 
nationality,  and  to  this  influence  without  doubt  was  owing 
the  immunity  from  Indian  warfare  enjoyed  by  the  earliest 
settlers  of  the  Wallamet  valley.  There  were  not  lacking, 
however,  examples  of  savage  manners  sufficiently  brutal 
and  explicit  to  cause  occasional  shudderings  among  the 
handful  of  white  intruders  in  their  midst.  Hardly  was  the 
mission  established  in  the  Wallamet  valley  when  the  bach- 
elor housekeepers  were  startled  by  the  appearance  of  a 
large  and  powerful  white  man,  ill-clad,  and  accompanied 
by  an  Indian  woman,  descending  the  river  on  a  raft,  who 
landed  and  solicited  succor.     li,  proved  to  be  John  Tamer, 


1 


THh   GAYUSE  WAR. 


11 


urner, 


a  man  afterwards  famed  among  the  settlers  for  qualities 
not  thought  necessary  to  Christian  endeavor,  though  he 
counted  as  an  American,  and  no  one  esteemed  his  erior- 
rnous  strength  as  worthless  in  a  young  community  sur- 
rounded by  i)ossible  dangers. 

Turner  had  a  story  to  relate  which  engaged  the  sympa- 
thies of  his  entertainers.  This  was  not  his  first  appearance 
in  Oregon.  F'ive  years  previous  he  had  been  a  member  of 
a  party  under  Jedediah  Smith  of  the  Rocky  Mountain 
Fur  Company,  who  was  approaching  the  Wallamet  valley 
via  the  coast  route  from  California,  when  at  the  crossing 
of  the  Umpqua  near  where  Scottsburg  now  stands,  while 
looking  for  a  fording  place  for  the  pack  animals,  the  party 
was  attacked  and  nine  men  out  of  thirteen  killed,  Smith 
losing  twenty  thousand  dollars  worth  of  furs  and  all  his 
horses  and  other  property.  Smith  himself  escaped  with 
one  man,  being  on  a  raft  in  the  river  when  the  r  ttack  on 
the  camp  was  made,  and  reached  Fort  Vancouver  in  a  suf- 
fering condition,  where  he  wintered,  being  kindly  caued 
for  by  the  Huison'c.  Bay  Company.  A  strong  party  was 
aent  by  the  company  to  punish  the  Umpquas  and  retake 
the  furs,  which  the  company  purchased,  sending  Smith 
back  to  the  Rocky  mountains  after  his  associates  had  de- 
spaired of  ever  seeing  him  again. 

Of  two  other  men  who  e:scaped.  Turner  was  one.  He 
defended  himself  with  a  burning  poplar  stick  snatched 
from  the  fire,  his  enormous  strength  enabling  him  to  fell 
his  assailants  as  he  retreated,  until  finally  he  eluded  them, 
fleeing  to  the  mountains  alone,  and  reaching  Vancouver 
in  a  wretched  state  during  the  winter.  The  fourth  man, 
named  Black,  also  gainfd  that  asylum  by  the  aid  of  some 
friendly  Indians  whom  he  met  further  north. 

Turner's  second  adventure  in  entering  Oregon  was  with 
the  Indians  at  the  crossing  of  Rogue  river,  and  was  simi- 
lar to  the  first.  The  party  consisted  of  eight  men,  four  of 
whom  were  killed.  Turner's  arrival  at  the  mission  was 
the  occasion  of  great  excitement,  and  the  appearance  of 


12 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


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others  was  anxiously  looked  for.  After  several  days 
George  Gay,  and  William  J.  Bailey,  who  became  prorai- 
iieijt  among  the  first  settlers  of  Oregon,  were  discovered 
on  the  bank  of  the  Wallamet,  opposite  the  mission,  con- 
templating it  with  an  earnest  attention,  as  we  may  readily 
understand.  Finally  one  of  them,  Bailey,  plunged  in  and 
attempted  to  swim  across,  but  being  weak  from  wounds 
and  famine,  was  about  to  perish  in  the  strong  current, 
when  his  companion  sprang  to  his  rescue,  sustaining  him 
until  a  canoe  put  out  from  the  opposite  shore  to  the  relief 
of  both. 

Bailey  was  frightfully  wounded.  One  cut  extended 
through  the  upper  lip  just  below  the  nose,  and  through 
the  upper  and  lower  jaws  and  chin,  passing  into  the  side 
of  th^  neck,  only  narrowly  missing  the  jugular  vein. 
Unable  from  the  terrible  pain  to  properly  adji  t  the  parts, 
he  had  simply  bound  them  together  with  a  handkerchief, 
from  which  neglect  in  healing  they  left  his  face  distorted 
to  an  unsightly  degree.  He  was  placed  in  the  hospital  at 
Vancouver,  where  his  numerous  other  injuries  were  at- 
tended to,  and  afterwards,  being  bred  a  surgeon,  he  prac- 
ticed medicine  and  surgery  among  the  colonists.  The 
fourth  man  missed  the  settlements,  and  reached  Wyeth's 
fort  on  Sauve's  island,  more  dead  than  alive,  and  was 
kindly  cared  for. 

When  the  cattle  company  was  sent  to  California  to  pur- 
chase stock  for  the  mission  and  settlers  in  1837,  Ewing 
Young  a  prominent  American,  was  placed  in  command, 
and  P.  L.  Edwards  of  the  mission  made  treasurer.  Tur- 
ner, Gay,  and  Bailey  were  of  the  company,  and  as  they 
approached  the  scene  of  their  loss  and  suffering  of  two 
years  before,  with  t!:e  precious  herd,  it  became  evidont 
there  would  be  trouble.  The  Indians  would  endeavor  to 
secure  some  of  the  cattle;  but  even  if  thev  did  not.  Turner, 
Gay,  and  Bailey  were  longing  for  vengeance,  and  uttering 
threats  against  the  Rogue  river  Indians.  Four  days  before 
reaching  Rogue  river,  Gay  and  Bailey  shot  "n  Indian  who 


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entered  their  camp,  and  threatened  another  one.  a  mere 
boy. 

The  only  justification  offered  was  that  they  had  before 
suffered  by  allowing  Indians  to  approach  them  in  camp. 
But  the  act  was  none  the  less  imprudent  as  it  w  is  im- 
moral; for  it  invited  retaliation,  and  compelled  Young  to 
double  the  guard  and  to  use  extreme  caution  in  passing 
points  where  an  ambush  was  possible.  On  reaching  the 
locality  made  memorable  by  the  attack  on  their  party  in 
1835,  they  were  assailed  by  a  cloud  of  arrows  discharged 
upon  them  with  deafening  yells.  Young's  horse  was  shot 
twice,  and  Gay  was  again  wounded.  The  guns  of  the 
white  men  were,  however,  more  than  a  match  for  Indian 
arrows ;  and  after  a  skirmish  the  savages  retired  to  trouble 
them  no  more.  The  truth  of  history  requires  that  the 
brutal  act,  of  the  superior  race  shall  be  recorded  as  well  as 
those  of  the  inferior,  as  by  them  we  are  able  to  form  our 
judgment  of  both. 

In  March,  1838,  Jason  Lee  and  Gustavus  Hines  made 
an  excursion  to  the  Umpqua  valley  in  the  vicinity  of  one 
of  the  forts  of  the  Hudson's  Buy  Company  in  charge  of 
one  Gagnier,  with  a  view  to  a  mission  in  that  quarter;  but 
found  the  natives  so  wild  and  threatening  in  their  disj)0si- 
tion  that  despite  the  attractions  of  the  country  for  coloni- 
zation they  gave  an  adverse  report.  Mr.  Hines,  in  his 
History  of  Oregon,  relates  that  Mr.  Lee  had  brought  a 
fowling-piece  with  him,  and  a  patent  shot  pouch.  This 
latter  thing  alarmed  the  chief,  who  happened  to  be  at  the 
fort,  and  he  informed  his  people  that  Lee  had  brought 
medicine  in  a  bag  which  he  wore  around  his  neck  with 
which  he  intended  to  kill  them  all  off.  Gagnier  sent  his 
Umpqua  wife  with  the  missionaries  to  explain  matters  to 
the  Indians,  who  with  customary  readiness  avowed  their 
intention  to  become  Christians  at  once.  Appearances  were, 
however,  so  much  against  them  that  no  efforts  were  made 
in  that  direction;  and  subsequent  events  justified  this 
unfavorable  judgment. 


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Trouble  was  sometimes  had  with  the  Indians  at  The 
Dalles,  who  were  a  roguish  and  impertinent  set  of  rascals, 
playing  thieving  tricks  upon  persons  having  to  pass  their 
way,  and  exacting  double  pay  for  any  services  when  they 
had  made  these  services  indispensable  by  their  own  acts; 
but  so  far  they  had  been  held  in  check  by  the  influence  of 
the  resident  fur  company. 

It  was  among  these  that  Daniel  Lee  and  H.  K.  W.  Per- 
kins attempted  missionary  work  in  1838,  which  they  con- 
tinued with  little  success  for  four  or  five  years.  At  one 
time  they  sent  east  glowing  accounts  of  congregations  of 
several  hundred  Indians  and  numerous  conversions.  But 
they  had  not  made  allowance  for  the  shrewdness,  of  the 
savage,  nor  for  his  cupidity  and  literalness.  When  Per- 
kins was  solicited  by  one  of  his  neophytes  for  a  coat,  he 
said  to  him,  "You  must  work  and  earn  one";  whereupon 
the  innocent  replied,  "You  told  me  if  I  became  converted 
and  prayed  for  what  I  wanted  T  should  get  it.  If  it  is 
work  only  that  will  bring  a  coat,  I  can  get  one  any  time 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company."  They  often  demanded 
pay  for  praying, —  or  on  receiving  some  great  favor  de- 
clared their  "hearts  were  full  of  pray."  It  did  not  take 
them  long  to  discover  that  supplication  was  not  always 
rewarded  with  their  heart's  desire  in  other  matters.  On 
the  death  of  a  chief,  one  of  Lee  and  Perkins'  converts 
asked  sorrowfully,  "What  is  the  good  of  prayer?  Our 
chief  prayed,  and  now  he  is  dead?"  Lee  himself  was 
forced  to  purchase  immunity  from  theft  by  valuable  gifts. 
Relusing  to  pay  an  indemnity  for  a  boy  who  died  after 
being  in  his  service,  the  mission  horses  were  stolen.  They 
resented  not  being  allowed  to  avenge  the  murder  of  their 
relatives,  and  put  on  airs  of  equality  with  their  teachers, 
demanding  a  visit  of  ceremonj'  from  the  superintendent, 
such  as  the  missionaries  received. 

Such  conduct  would  not  be  permitted  by  the  officers  of 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and  the  Indians  judged  the 
missionaries  accordingly.  That  there  was  danger  in  it  the 
missionaries  saw,  but  knew  no  way,  as  peace  men,  to  avert  it. 


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W.  W.  Koue  and  J.  H.  Frost' of  the  latest  Methodist  re- 
enforcement  were  sent  to  the  moutli  of  the  (Columbia,  and 
settled  on  the  Clatsop  plains.  Here  the  degradation  of  the 
natives  was  such  that  the  spirits  of  the  missionaries  re- 
volted. It  was  bad  enough  at  The  Dalles,  where  Mrs. 
Perkins  had  interfered  to  prevent  an  Indian  boy  slave 
from  being  bound  to  tlie  corpse  of  his  master,  to  die  of 
horror,  in  order  that  he  might  accompany  the  chief  to  the 
spirit  world — memelose  illahee.  But  at  Clatsop  the  Indians 
were,  in  addition  to  the  de^'radation  of  superstitions, 
utterly  corrupted.  Frost  relates  that  the  health  of  the 
people  was  destroyed  by  syphilis,  and  tlieir  number  rapidly 
decreasing.  In  addition,  infanticide  was  common.  When 
Mrs.  Frost  asked  the  Indian  women  why  they  killed  their 
children,  they  answered  that  they  could  not  take  care  of 
them  and  perform  besides  all  the  labor  exacted  of  them 
by  their  husbands,  who  beat  them  if  they  failed.  Like 
the  interior  tribes,  they  were  ready  enough  to  be  converted 
if  there  was  anything  to  be  gained  by  it,  and  their  excit- 
able natures  found  relief  in  the  exercises  of  an  animated 
jirayer  meeting,  with  singing,  of  which  they  were  foml ;  as 
their  ill-6lad  and  ill- fed  bodies  found  comfort  in  the  forced 
hospitality  of  the  mission  house,  the  floor  of  which  was 
often  at  night  covered  with  the  poor  wretches. 

These  Indians  were  not  much  feared.  It  was  true  they 
sometimes  committed  a  muruer,  but  so  do  white  men ;  and 
the  crime  was  promptly  punished  in  their  case  by  the  fur 
company.  Had  the.y  not  been  held  in  dread  of  hanging, 
it  migiit  have  been  worse  for  their  teachers. 

In  1842  a  mission  site  selected  in  the  vicinity  of  Puget 
Sound  and  Fort  Nisqually  the  previous  year,  was  aban- 
doned, and  the  missionary,  J.  P.  Richmond,  returned  east. 
Tlie  Indians  in  the  region  were  more  warlike  than  those 
on  the  Columbia,  but  the  reason  given  for  leaving  the 
country  was  that  it  was  not  fit  for  farming. 

From  all  these  facts,  selected  only  to  show  the  condition 
of  Oregon  w(\st  of  tlie  Cascades  when  the  first  immigration 
arrived,  the  following  conclusions  may  be  drawn: — 


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First.  That  the  United  States,  while  refraining  from 
openly  violating  treaty  obligations,  was  encouraging  the 
people  of  the  older  communities  to  possess  themselves  of 
the  Oregon  territory,  and  hold  it  for  the  government,  or  at 
least  to  maintain  the  balance  of  power  between  itself  and 
tiie  English  government. 

Second.  That  the  reports  sent  at  every  opportunity  by 
missionaries  in  western  Oregon  served  to  keep  up  that 
interest  among  the  people  first  awakened  in  congress  by 
discussions  of  the  boundary  question ;  that  their  presence 
in  Oregon  enabled  agents  of  the  government  to  aid  colon- 
ization; and  that  the  government  did  secretly  aid  the 
settlement  of  the  country  through  the  missions  of  western 
Oregon. 

Third.  That  the  position  of  the  mission  settlements  but 
for  the  presence  of  the  powerful  British  fur  company  would 
have  been  most  dangerous,  and  have  required  the  estab- 
lishment of  military  stations  in  various  parts  of  the  country; 
and  that  in  its  own  interest  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company 
must  have  protected  the  American  settlers  in  order  to  keep 
the  Indians  under  control. 

Fourth.  That  the  missionaries  of  western  Oregon  were 
not  successful  as  religious  teachers ;  but  were  noi,  averse  to 
becoming  settlers,  and  were  active  in  keeping  alive  the 
rivalry  between  the  two  governments  by  frequently  memo- 
rializing congress  upon  what  they  named  the  aggressions 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company;  and  by  setting  forth  their 
own  loyalty  to  the  government  of  the  United  States,  and 
their  desire  to  have  it  extended  over  them. 

Fifth.  That  the  arrival  of  White's  party  marked  the 
close  of  active  missionary  effort,  and  inaugurated  that  of 
open  colonization  by  the  people  of  the  United  States; 
hence,  that  to  the  Methodist  missionaries  and  their  friends 
in  Washington  and  elsewhere  was  due  the  Americanization 
of  the  Wallamet  valley,  and  the  inaugural  movement 
towards  a  provisional  government  in  Oregon,  with  all 
that  it  implied. 


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CHAPTER   11. 

I'llKSnYTEKIAN  MISSIONS  IN  ORECON  — Dll.  WHITMAN  — II.  H.  SPALDINT,  —  A.  H.  SMITH 

—  W.  U.  Cray,  Cornklii's  Rogers  — Dr.  Parker's  Mission  to  Oregon- Heroic 
Wo.MKN— Characteristics  of  the  Ki.atheads,  Cayuses,  Walla  Wallas,  and 
Nez  Perces  — Bonneville's  Present  from  a  Cayuse— Their  Religious  Ob- 
servances--TAiKiiiT  BY  Pambrun— Missionaries  Unable  to  Understand  thb 
Indians  — Their  Demands- Spalding's  Troubles  — The  Fat«  of  Hat  — .\tti- 
tdde  of  Ellis —Efforts  at  Agriculture— Mrs.  Spalding— Chemekane  Missiom 
-Catholic  Influence  — Blanchet  and  Demers— The  Root  of  the  Troubles 
WITH  THE  Indians  — Cayuses  .Vssault  Dr.  Whitman  —  Asslstantb  Refuse  to 
Remain  at  the  Mission  — (iR.vv's  Indiscretion— Troubles  of  Spalding  — De- 
mands OP  the  Home  Board  — Order  to  Discontinue  Waulatpu  and  Lapwai 
Missions— Arrival  of  White's  Immigrant  Party —Whitman's  Plans,  and  His 
Sudden  .Iourney  East -Oregon  Affairs  in  Congress  — Whitman's  Bill,  and 
What  it  Asked  For.— The  Failure  of  His  Mis.sion  to  the  East— Conclusions. 

Besides  the  Methodist  missions,  there  were  north  of  the 
Columbia  river  and  east  of  the  Cascades  mountains  several 
Presbyterian  missions,  founded  in  1836,  1837,  and  1838. 
These  were  under  the  superintendency  of  Dr.  Marcus 
Whitman),  and  supported  by  the  American  board  of  com- 
missioners for  foreign  missions.  Dr.  Whitman  was  settled 
among  the  Cayuses  in  the  Walla  Walla  valley,  twenty-five 
miles  from  Fort  Wnlla  Walla  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Com- 
pany. Rev.  H.  H.  Spalding  was  stationed  among  the  Nez 
Perces,  eighty  miles  east  of  the  superintendent,  on  the 
Clearwater  river,  at  a  place  called  Lapwai;  and  a  third 
station  on  a  branch  of  the  Spokane  river,  about  forty 
miles  from  Fort  Colville  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company, 
was  in  charge  of  Elkanah  Walker  and  Gushing  Eells,  who 
had  charge  of  the  Spokane  Indians.  A  fourth  station  was 
selected  among  the  upper  Nez  Percys,  about  sixty  miles 
northeast  of  Lapwai,  which  was  put  in  charge  of  A.  B. 
Smith.  Each  of  these  missionaries  had  a  wife,  who  assisted 
him  in  teaching.  There  was,  besides,  a  lay  member,  also 
married,  attached  to  the  missions  from  the  first — W.  H. 
Gray,  whose  work  on  the  early  history  of  Oregon  is  well 
known;  also  an  unmarried  man,  Cornelius  Rogers;  and 
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from  time  to  time  several  independent  missionaries  gave 
temporary  aid  to  these  widely  scattered  missions. 

Unlike  the  Methodists,  the  Prcshyterians  abstained  from 
politics,  and  had  no  complaints  to  make  to  the  home  gov- 
ernment of  the  tyranny  and  aggressions  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company;  or,  if  they  ever  felt  in  any  way  aggrieved, 
it  docs  not  appear  in  their  correspondence  with  the  home 
board.  They  had  a  different  class  of  Indians  to  deal  with 
from  those  in  the  Wallamet  and  lower  Columbia  valleys — 
more  intelligent,  more  imperious,  and  for  both  these  rea- 
sons, more  dangerous  as  well  as  more  interesting.  To  keep 
the  peace  with  the  Cayuses  had  on  some  occasions  required 
all  the  tact  and  influence  of  the  fur  company. 

Allied  to  them  were  the  Walla  Wallas  and  the  Nez 
Perces,  the  latter  being  a  large  and  powerful  tribe,  of  a 
better  temper  than  their  more  southern  relatives,  who 
boasted  of  their  compact  of  friendship  with  Lewis  and 
Clarke,  and  of  having  always  kept  it. 

In  1835  Rev.  Samuel  Parker  of  Ithaca,  New  York,  and 
Dr.  Marcus  Whitman  traveled  together  to  the  Rocky 
mountains,  escorted  by  the  American  Fur  Company,  where, 
meeting  the  Flatheads  and  Nez  Percys,  they  became  con- 
vinced of  their  desire  for  teachers,  and  Whitman  returned 
to  the  states  to  bring  out  assistants,  only  finding,  however. 
Miss  Narcissa  Prentiss  of  Prattsburg,  New  York,  whom  he 
married,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spalding,  and  Mr.  Gray,  who  could 
be  induced  to  join  him  at  that  time,  and  who  journeyed 
with  him  to  the  Columbia  river  in  1836,  where  they  were 
received  literally  with  open  arms'  by  the  gentlemen  of  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company  at  Fort  Walla  Walla  and  Fort 
Vancouver,  their  unconscious  heroism  in  undertaking  a 
land  journey  of  thousands  of  miles,  in  company  with 
mountain  men,  to  live  among  savages  in  order  to  teach 
them,  being  appreciated  by  these  gentlemen  as  it  was  not 
at  that  time  by  the  missionaries  themselves. 

I  Mrs.  Whitman  wrote  her  mother  that  Mr.  Pambrun,  then  in  charge  of  Fort 
Walla  Walla,  lilted  her  from  her  saddle  with  the  tenderueis  of  a  father. 


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Before  proceeding  with  this  history,  it  might  be  well  to 
inquire  into  the  characteristics  of  the  people  concerned  in 
it  previous  to  the  introduction  of  Protestantism  among 
them,  because  it  would  be  unjust  to  both  parties  to  rep- 
resent the  Indians  as  in  a  wholly  untaught  state  when  the 
missionaries  of  the  Presbyterian  church  came  among  them. 
On  the  contrary  they  had  what  might  be  called  a  national 
religion. 

Recent  writers  have  seldom  made  sufficient  distinction 
between  the  Flatheads  and  the  Nez  Perces.  From  Lewis 
and  Clarke  we  learn  that  they  were  originally  the  same 
people,  although  their  dialect  had  come  to  differ,  as 
well  as  their  habits.  The  Flatheads  lived  in  the  Bitter 
Root  valley,  and  occupied  the  country  northwest  and 
westward  to  the  Blackfoot  river.  Their  territory  shaded 
off  into  the  Nez  Percys  country,  and  they  very  much 
resembled  the  upper  Nez  Perces.  Both  received  stran- 
gers cordially,  when  satisfied  they  were  not  foes;  but 
while  the  Flatheads  were  brave,  determined,  and  honest, 
the  Nez  Percys  were  of  a  weaker  character,  and  would 
steal  and  beg.  In  dress,  they  resembled  each  other.  The 
men  wore  buffalo  or  elk-skin  robes,  ornamented  with  beads. 
Bits  of  btia  shells,  chiefly  mother  of  pearl,  were  worn  at- 
tached to  an  otter-skin  collar,  and  hung  in  the  hair,  which 
was  plaited  in  two  braids  falling  in  front.  They  also  wore 
feathers  in  the  hair,  and  used  paint  of  several  colors  on 
their  persons.  The  women  wore  a  skirt  of  ibex-skin 
reaching  to  their  ankles,  and  festooned  with  shells  and 
other  ornaments,  but  did  not  wear  ornaments  on  the  head. 
As  to  food,  the  Nez  Perces  were  very  poor,  and  very  much 
disinclined  to  part  with  a  morsel.  Nevertheless,  such  was 
their  love  of  ornaments,  that  by  selling  the  buttons  off 
their  coats,  empty  medicine  phials,  and  empty  boxes,  the 
first  explorers  were  able  to  purchase  a  scanty  supply  of 
provisions  from  them. 

Lewis  and  Clarke,  on  coming  among  the  Cayuses,  found 
them  famishing,  so  that  they  greedily  picked  the  bones 


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and  ate  the  rcluse  meat  thrown  away  by  Lewis  and  ( 'Inrke's 
party.  They  wore  also  despicable  beggars.  Captain  Bonne- 
ville, of  a  later  date,  relates  an  anecdote  of  being  enter- 
tained by  a  Cayuse  chief,  who  presented  him  with  a 
handsome-  horse,  for  which  he  returned  a  rifle,  thinking 
the  chief  well  paid.  But  the  donor  of  the  horse  brought 
his  wrinkled  old  wife  with,  "This  is  my  w'fo — she  is  a 
good  wife  —  I  love  her  very  much — she  loves  the  horse  a 
great  deal  —  will  cry  to  lose  him — I  do  not  know  how  I 
shall  comfort  her — that  makes  my  heart  sore."  The  cap- 
tain remembered  some  ear-bobs,  and  made  the  old  dame 
young  with  delight.  The  chief  then  brought  his  son,  "A 
very  good  son — a  great  horseman  —  he  took  care  of  the 
fine  horse — he  loves  him  like  a  brother  —  his  heart  will 
be  heavy  when  he  leaves  the  camp."  Again  the  captain 
bethought  himself  of  a  hatchet  to  reward  the  youth's  vir- 
tues. Then  the  chief,  "This  rifie  shall  be  my  great  medi- 
cine— I  will  hug  it  to  my  heart,  and  love  it  for  the  sake  of 
my  friend,  the  bald-headed  chief.  But  a  rifle  by  itself  is 
dumb — I  cannot  make  it  speak.  If  1  had  a  little  powder 
and  ball  I  would  take  it  out  with  me,  and  would  now  and 
then  shoot  a  deer;  and  when  I  brought  it  home  to  my 
happy  family  I  would  say,  'This  was  killed  by  the  rifle  of 
my  friend,  the  bald-headed  chief,  to  whom  I  gave  that  fine 
horse.'"  It  is  unnecessary  to  add  that  the  captain,  after 
handing  over  powder  and  ball,  fled. 

Speaking  of  the  moral  characteristics  of  the  Flatheads 
and  Nez  Perces,  Bonneville  says  that  they  exhibited  strong 
and  peculiar  feelings  of  natural  religion,  and  that  it  was 
"not  a  mere  superstitious  fear  like  that  of  most  savages  — 
they  evince  abstract  notions  of  morality,  a  deep  reverence 
for  an  over-ruling  spirit,  and  a  respect  for  the  rights  of 
their  fellow  men.  They  (the  Flatheads)  hold  that  the 
Great  Spirit  is  displeased  with  all  nations  who  wantonly 
engage  in  war;  they  abstain  from  all  aggressive  hostilities. 
But  though,  thus  unoflFending  in  their  policy,  they  are 
called  upon  continually  to  wage  defensive  warfare,  espe- 


li^i 


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'larke's 
Boiine- 
;  cnter- 
witli  a 
,hinking 
brought 
•she  is  u 
lorse  a 
how  I 
le  cap- 
1  dame 
s  son,  "A 
re  of  the 
eart  will 
e  captain 
uth's  vir- 
eat  medi- 
he  sake  of 
y  itself  is 
le  powder 
1  now  and 
me  to  my 
;he  rifle  of 
9  that  fine 
tain,  after 

Flatheads 
ted  strong 
hat  it  was 
savages  — 

reverence 
I  rights  of 
1  that  the 

wantonly 
hostilities. 
,  they  are 
:fare,  espe- 


TIIE   CAYVSK  WAR. 


21 


cially  with  the  Blackfeet,  with  whom,  in  the  course  of  their 
hunting  expeditions,  they  come  in  frequent  collision,  and 
have  desperate  battles.  Their  conduct  as  warriors  is  with- 
out fear  or  reproach,  and  they  never  can  be  driven  to 
abandon  their  hunting  grounds."  He  added  that  they 
believed  in  dreams,  charms,  and  a  charmed  life. 

In  spite  of  their  opposition  to  wanton  warfare,  they  were 
not  averse  to  some  practice  in  the  art  of  war.  "War," 
they  said,  "is  a  bloody  business,  and  full  of  evil,  but  it 
keeps  the  eyes  of  the  chiefs  always  open,  and  makes  the 
limbs  of  the  young  men  strong  and  supple.  In  war,  every- 
one is  on  the  alert.  If  we  see  a  trail  we  know  it  must  be 
an  enemy ;  if  the  Blackfeet  come  to  us  we  know  it  is  for 
war,  and  we  are  ready.  Peace,  on  the  other  hand,  sounds 
no  alarm;  the  eyes  of  the  chiefs  are  closed  in  sleep,  and 
tlie  young  men  are  sleek  and  lazy.  The  horses  stray  into 
the  mountains;  the  women  and  their  little  babes  go  about 
alone.  But  the  heart  of  a  Blackfoot  is  a  lie,  and  his  tongue 
is  a  trap.  If  he  says  peace,  it  is  to  deceive.  He  comes  as 
a  brother;  he  smokes  his  pipe  with  us;  but  when  he  sofs 
us  weak  and  oif  our  guard,  he  will  slay  and  steal.  "We 
will  have  no  such  peace;  let  there  be  war!" 

W'yeth  gave  the  Flatheads  equal,  or  even  greater  prai.se, 
saying  he  had  never  known  an  instance  of  thelt  among 
them,  neither  quarreling  nor  lying;  that  they  were  brave 
when  put  to  the  test,  and  more  than  a  match  for  the 
Blackfeet.  What  is  here  said  of  the  moral  character  of 
the  Flatheads,  applied,  with  the  exception  already  made, 
to  the  Nez  Percys;  especially  to  the  upper  division  of  that 
tribe.  Concerning  the  religious  feeling  of  these  Indians, 
the  early  American  traders  remarked  upon  their  observ- 
ance of  the  Sabbath,  to  which  Bonneville  adds:  "We  must 
observe,  however,  in  qualification  of  the  sanctity  of  the 
.Sabbath  in  the  wilderness,  that  these  tribes,  who  are  all 
ardently  addicted  to  gambling  and  horse-racing,  make 
Sunday  a  peculiar  day  for  recreations  of  this  kind,  not 
deeming  them  in  any  way  out  of  season." 


1  if 


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mm 


I 


22 


INDIAN  WABS  OF  OliEOON. 


This  Sabbath  observance,  and  other  religious  forms 
greatly  surprised  travelers  among  these  tribes,  namely,  the 
Flatheads,  Nez  Perces,  and  Cayuses.  Dr.  Parker  found  in 
it  a  mystery  also.  But  the  explanation  is  simple.  Says 
Bonneville:  "  Mr.  Pambrun  informed  me  that  he  had  been 
at  some  pains  to  introduce  the  Christian  religion,  in  the 
Roman  Catholic  form,  among  them,  where  it  had  evidently 
taken  root,  but  had  become  altered  and  modified  to  suit 
their  peculiar  habits  of  thought,  and  motives  of  action, 
retaining,  however,  the  principal  points  of  faith,  and  its 
entire  precepts  of  morality.  The  same  gentleman  had 
given  to  them  a  code  of  laws,  to  which  they  conformed 
with  scrupulous  fidelity.  Polygamy,  which  once  prevailed 
among  them  to  a  great  extent,  was  now  rarely  indulged  in. 
All  the  crimes  denounced  by  the  Christian  faith  met  with 
severe  punishuicnt.  Even  theft,  so  venial  a  crime  among 
the  Indians,  had  recently  been  punished  with  hanging,  by 
sentence  of  a  chief." 

Bonneville,  speaking  of  the  Cayuses,  says:  "They  will 
not  raise  their  camp  on  that  day,  unless  in  extreme  cases 
of  danger  or  hunger;  neither  will  they  hunt,  nor  fish,  nor 
trade,  nor  perform  any  kind  ot  !'ubor  on  that  day.  A  part 
of  it  is  passed  in  prayer  and  leligious  ceremonies.  Some 
chief,  who  is  at  the  same  time  ^rhat  is  called  a  medicine 
man,  assembles  the  community.  After  invoking  blessings 
from  the  Deity,  he  addresses  the  assemblage,  exhorting 
them  to  good  conduct;  to  be  diligent  in  providing  for 
their  families;  to  abstain  from  lying  and  stealing;  to  avoid 
quarreling  or  cheating  in  their  play,  and  to  be  just  and 
hospitable  to  all  strangers  who  may  be  among  them. 
Prayers  and  exhortations  are  also  made  early  in  the  morn- 
ing on  week  days.'^  Sometimes  all  this  is  done  by  the 
chief  from  horseback,  moving  slowly  about  the  camp  with 
his  hat  on,  and  uttering  his  exhortations  with  aloud  voice. 

'''Farnbam,  in  his  Traveln,  speaks  admiringly  of  Uiew  raorninR  devotions  as  lie 
saw  them  practiced  near  Whitman's  statiou  in  l&W;  but  he  took  I'  ;.)r  granted  that 
it  came  from  the  teachings  of  the  mlssiimarioa  at  that  station. 


THE   CAY  USE  WAR. 


forms 

lely,  the 

ound  in 

Says 

ad  been 

in  the 

vidently 

d  to  suit 

action, 

and  its 

an  had 

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prevailed 

ulged  in. 

met  with 

le  among 

ngiug,  by 

rhey  will 
3m  e  cases 
i"  fish,  nor 
.  A  part 
3S.  Some 
medicine 
blessings 
3xhorting 
iding  for 
;  to  avoid 
just  and 
ng  them, 
the  morn- 
le  by  the 
amp  with 
jud  voice. 

votions  as  ho 
r  granted  ttiat 


On  all  occasions  the  bystanders  listen  with  profound  atten- 
tion, and  at  the  end  of  every  sentence  respond  one  word  in 
unison,  apparently  equivalent  to  an  'amen.'  While  these 
prayers  or  oxhortalions  are  going  on,  every  employment  in 
the  camp  is  suspended.  If  an  Indian  is  riding  by  the 
place,  he  dismounts,  holds  his  horse,  and  attends  with 
reverence  until  all  is  done.  When  the  chief  has  finished 
his  prayer  or  exhortation,  he  says  'I  have  done,'  upon 
which  there  is  a  general  exclamation  in  unison."  He 
says  further:  "Besides  Sunday,  they  observe  all  the  car- 
dinal holidays  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,"  but  that 
with  them  they  mixed  some  of  their  pagan  ceremonials, 
such  as  dancing  and  singing. 

Townsend,  in  his  Narrative,  expresses  much  interest  in 
these  Indians  on  account  of  their  desire  for  instruction  in 
religious  matters,  and  evidently  is  at  a  loss  to  discover  the 
motive — for  to  ascribe  a  spiritual  motive  to  the  savage 
would  be  childish.  The  greater  intelligence  of  a  few 
tribes  of  Indians  is  difficult  to  account  for,  especially  when 
in  contact  with  degenerate  tribes  like  the  Walla  Wallas 
and  the  Indians  of  the  Columbia.  But  their  motive  in 
adopting  any  innovation  is  the  same  as  the  white  man's. 
It  is  because  it  is  to  his  material  advantage.  When  it 
ceases  to  be  that,  there  is  danger  of  a  too  sudden  and 
serious  revolt. 

It  was  impossible  that  the  missionaries  should  under- 
stand at  once  how  to  deal  witli  a  people  so  different  from 
any  of  whom  they  had  any  experience.  For  the  first  year 
all  was  smooth  sailing.  The  Indians  at  Whitman's  and 
Spalding's  stations  were  pleased  with  the  idea  of  becoming 
wise  like  their  teachers.  But  it  was  not  long  before  they 
found  they  had  not  understood  each  other.  The  mission- 
aries had  to  work,  and  wanted  the  Indians  to  do  so;  but 
the  masculine  side  of  savagery  scorns  work,  leaving  it  to 
his  female  relatives.  The  gentlemen  of  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company  did  not  labor.  Naturally  their  savage  serfs  en- 
tertained contempt  for  white  men  who  condescended  to 


24 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


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do  what  servants  ought  to  do,  and  were  not  able  to  make 
allowance  for  the  poverty  of  missionary  societies. 

An  indiscreet  remark  of  Dr.  Parker's  on  his  visit  to 
them  was  also  the  occasion  of  much  trouble.  Dr.  Parker, 
they  said,  had  told  them  that  their  land  should  not  be 
taken  for  nothing,  but  that  they  should  be  paid  annually 
in  goods  and  agricultural  implements,  that  being  "the 
American  fashion." 

A  year  had  not  elapsed  before  a  chief  known  as  Splitted 
Lip  ordered  Dr  Whitman  off  the  lend  he  had  taken  to 
cultivate  on  the  Walla  Walla  river,  because  he  had  not 
paid  for  it.  In  1S38,  the  same  chief  threatened  the  doctor 
with  death  should  he  fail  to  cure  his  wife,  whom  he  was 
treating  for  some  sickness.  It  would  seem  that  Dr.  Whit- 
man thought  these  threats  idle,  or  that  the  protection  of 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  would  sullice,  for  he  went  on 
teaching,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Whitman,  and  at  the  same  time 
improving  his  farm. 

In  the  autumn  of  that  year  Gray's  return  from  the 
states,  whither  he  had  gone  to  procure  more  workers  for 
the  missionary  field,  having  with  him  a  wife  and  seven 
other  persons,  men  and  women, — a  small  company,  indeed, 
—  was  the  occasion  of  fresh  trouble. 

When  Gray  started  for  the  states  in  1837  he  took  with 
him  a  band  of  Indian  horses  to  exchange  for  cattle,  which 
were  much  needed.  To  aid  him  Mr.  Spalding  persuaded 
three  young  chiefs  of  the  upper  Nez  Perces  to  accompany 
him,  namely,  Ellis,  Blue  Cloak,  and  Hat.  By  the  time 
they  had  reached  the  rfindezvots  of  the  fur  companies  on 
Green  river,  their  horses'  feet  had  begun  to  fail,  and  two  of 
them  turned  back,  Hat  only  continuing  on.  Whon  Ellis 
and  Blue  Cloak  presented  themselves  at  Lapwai  mission, 
Mr.  Spalding,  who  was  an  excitable  man  and  felt  much 
anxiety  for  the  success  of  the  expedition,  reproached  the 
young  chiefs  severely,  and  declared  they  deserved  punisli 
ment  for  breaking  their  contract,  and  leaving  (Jnvy  in  the 
middle  of  his  journey  with  insufhcient  help. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


25 


make 

risit  to 

*arker, 

not  be 

luually 

"the 


It  was  the  cust:)m  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  when 
tlie  Indians  committed  any  offense  not  amounting  to  a  seri- 
ous crime,  to  demand  pay  for  it;  or,  if  pay  was  not  forln- 
coraing,  to  require  their  chiefs  to  have  them  whipped  — 
the  culprits  receiving  their  chastisement  with  little  sense 
of  degradation.  This  custom  was  adopted,  it  would  seem, 
by  Mr.  Spalding,  who  assessed  the  delinquents  a  horse 
each  for  their  breach  of  faith,  which  was  refused. 

Ellis,  who  had  a  large  following,  was  able  to  avoid  the 
penalty  imposed  on  him,  no  one  venturing  to  arrest  him. 
Blue  Cloak,  however,  one  evening  appeared  at  prayer  meet- 
ing unattended,  when  Mr.  Spalding  ordered  some  Indian 
pupils  present  to  take  and  tie  him.  No  one  obeying,  at 
last  a  young  Nez  Perces  chief  arose  in  wrath,  sei/ed  Blue- 
Cloak,  bound  him,  and  turning  to  Spalding  said,  "  Now 
whip  him."  "No,"  said  Spalding,  "I  do  not  whip;  I  com- 
mand: God  does  not  whip,  he  commands."  "You  are  a 
liar,"  returned  the  young  chief  indignantly.  "I^ook  at 
your  picture  (a  water-color  sketch  hanging  on  the  wall, 
designed  by  Mrs.  Spalding  to  illustrate  bibk  teachings). 
You  have  there  painted  two  men,  and  God  behind  them 
with  a  bundle  of  rods  to  whip  them.  Whip  him,  or  we 
will  put  vou  in  his  place  and  whip  you."  Mr.  Spalding 
yielded,  punished  Blue  Cloak,  and  received  the  horse  he 
had  exacted,  which  discipline  restored  quiet  for  a  time. 

In  1838,  when  Gray  returned  from  the  states,  and  it  was 
learned  that  Hat,  the  chief  who  had  accompanied  him, 
had  perished,  together  with  four  other  Indians,  in  an 
attack  made  upon  Gray's  party  by  the  Sioux  at  Ash 
Hollow,  a  great  excitement  was  aroused  by  it  among  the 
followers  of  Ellis.  That  chief  accused  Mr.  Spalding  of 
designing  the  death  of  all  three  of  Gray's  Nez  Percys  aids. 
He  had  the  mission  family  at  Lapwai  confined  in  their 
house  for  more  than  a  month,  during  which  time  Mr. 
Pambrun  sent  a  messenger  several  times  to  induce  the  Nez 
Perc^R  to  restore  them  their  liberty,  explaining  to  them 
'hnt,  (iray  could  not  have  foreseen  or  prevented  the  attack 


26 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OBEGON. 


upon  his  escort,  and  was  in  no  way  responsible.  They 
were  finally  persuaded  to  accept  presents  and  release  their 
captives. 

But  this  was  not  the  end  of  the  early  troubles  at  the 
Presbyterian  missions.  A.  B.  Smith,  thi  year  after  his 
arrival  with  Gray's  party,  was  sent  to  establish  a  mission 
upon  Ellis'  land  at  Kamiah,  east  of  Lapwai.  To  do  this 
he  had  permission,  but  was  forbidden  to  cultivate  the 
land.  After  being  at  Kamiah  one  year,  Smith  made  some 
preparations  to  till  a  small  field,  but  Ellis  reminded  him 
that  he  had  been  warned  not  to  do  so.  "  Do  you  nuc 
know,"  he  asked,  "what  has  been  told  you,  that  you  would 
be  digging  a  hole  in  which  you  should  be  buried  ?"  At 
this  he  desisted,  but  the  following  year  made  another 
attempt,  and  was  again  reminded,  when  he  made  no  more 
such  eJBForts.  In  1841  he  left  the  country  for  the  Sandwich 
Islands,  having  during  his  residence  in  Oregon  writlen  a 
grammar  of  the  Nez  Percys  language,  which  was  printed  on 
a  press  brought  from  Honolulu,  together  with  a  hymn 
book,  and  primers  to  be  used  in  the  schools. 

Why  it  was  that*  S;>alding  was  permitted  to  cultivate 
does  not  appear,  unless  it  was  that  he  was  able  to  convince 
the  Indians  by  actual  test  that  it  was  good  for  them  to  be 
able  to  raise  food,  and  save  themselves  the  trouble  of 
taking  long  journeys  every  summer  to  procure  game,  ro>  iS, 
and  berries.  At  all  events  he  seems  to  have  been  very 
successful,  and  his  reports  upon  the  fertility  of  the  country 
comjiare  well  with  those  written  at  a  much  later  period. 
He  presented  those  v.hom  he  could  induce  to  cultivate, 
with  hoes  and  ploughs — a  present  goinqr  a  long  way 
toward  convincing  an  Indian  that  your  word  can  be 
trusted. 

Mrs,  Spalding  was  a  balance  wheel  in  the  missionary 
machinery  Her  quiet  devotion  to  duty,  her  kindlineya 
and  firmness,  made  a  real  impression  upon  the  Ne :  P(  rce?, 
the  women  looking  upon  her  as  their  true  fr"  3;iu,  whco 
wisdom  they  never  questioned.    She  taught  tuem  hju.- > 


1 


THE  GAYUSE  WAR. 


27 


They 
,se  their 

at  the 
fter  his 
mission 

do  this 

/ate  the 

de  some 

ded  him 

you  not 

)U  would 

d?"    At 

another 

no  more 

Sandwich 

writlen  a 

rinted  on 

a  hymn 

cultivate 
convince 
liem  to  be 
rouble  of 
^me,  rouLs, 
been  very 
e  country 
er  period, 
cultivate, 
long  way 
i  can  be 

lissionary 
kindliness 
16"  Pi-rtes, 
nc,  whc* 
3m  hijo^v)- 


work,  sewing,  spinning,  and  cookery,  all  of  w^hich  they 
learned  readily  when  they  chose. 

Farnham,  who  visited  Waiilatpu  in  1839,  was  struck 
with  admiration  of  the  superintendent's  work,  both  as 
teacher  and  farmer,  and  greatly  impressed  by  the  appar- 
ently devotional  character  of  the  Cayuses  as  exhibited  in 
some  of  the  chief  families,  who  were  regular  in  their 
.\t,fcendance  upon  public  worship,  and  morning  and  evening 
i^voiions  in  their  lodges. 

At  the  Spokane  mission  of  Chemekane  there  was  less 
improvement,  and  soraewhat  less  arxiety.  In  1839  one  of 
the  teachers  at  that  station  wrote,  "The  failure  of  this 
mission  is  so  strongly  impressed  upon  my  mind  that  I  feel 
it  necessary  to  have  cane  in  hand,  and  as  much  as  one 
shoe  on,  ready  for  a  move.  I  see  nothing  but  the  power 
of  God  that  can  save  us."  Yet  the  Spokanes  were  esteemed 
more  tractable  than  the  Cayuses.  When  the  mission 
house  was  burned  in  the  winter  of  1839  40,  they  offered 
their  assistance,  and  refrained  from  pillage.  But  not 
knowing  v.'hat  thair  course  might  be,  the  Hudson's  bay 
gentler  ••»  at  Colville  came  down  with  their  servants,  and 
cator    '  iiC'  r,  to  afford  their  protection. 

/  !  .  V  i ,  as  1838  an  element  of  discord  of  a  nature 
diflerc  ..t  :/j.i»^>  those  already  mentioned,  was  introduced 
into  the  l.  (-? •" ^nary  life  in  Oregon.  Thit;  was  a  period  in 
church  history,  when  Catholicism  and  Protestantism  were 
in  a  state  of  active  hostility  to  each  othtr.  The  mfre 
presence  of  a  Catholic  priest  in  the  neighborhoo?'.  of 
Waiilatpu  was  like  a  pestilence  in  the  air,  vh^-eafjuing 
the  welfare  of  every  member  of  the  missions.  The  same 
fwling  existed  in  western  Oregon,  with  this  difference — 
!>';.,  ihe  natives  there  were  so  contemptible  that  their  souls 
wtr '•  Ko^  worth  saving,  and  their  bodies  too  insignificant 
to  ue  leared. 

But  in  the  upper  country,  inhabited  by  powerful  and 
numerous  tribes,  religious  antipathy  and  intolerance  were 
likely  to  occasion  disorders  of  a  dangerous  nature,  partic- 


28 


fNDTAN  WAIiS  OF  OREGON. 


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ularly  as  neither  party  was  able  conscientiously  to  yield 
to  the  otlier,  but  bound  by  duty  to  combat  the  contrary 
opinion  with  all  the  zeal  that  was  in  it.  Dr.  Whitman 
could  readily  see  that  the  ceremonials  of  the  Catholic  faith 
must  prove  atti  live  to  the  childish  minds  of  savages, 
who  were  likely  u)  away  from  the  lessons  of  an  aus- 

tere religion  to  the  u      .^hts  of  bells  and  beads. 

Hence,  when  Rev.  F.  N.  Blanchet  and  Rev.  Modeste 
Demers  came  overland  from  Canada  in  1838,  making  a 
brief  pause  at  Walla  Walla  to  hold  a  "  mission  "  among  the 
French  Canadians,  and  to  baptize  all  the  natives  whom 
they  could  reach  into  the  holy  mother  church,  the  super- 
erintendent  of  the  Presbyterian  missions  was  filled  with 
anxiety,  and  not  without  reason.  The  more  ignorant  peo- 
ple are,  the  more  bitter  are  their  prejudices,  and  rancorous 
their  animosities.  A  religious  schism  among  Indians  was 
therefore  to  be  feared,  and  if  possible  avoided. 

Dr.  Whitman  had  before  him  a  fine  example  of  religious 
toleration  in  the  head  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  who 
received  and  listened  to  protestant  missionaries  of  wliatever 
sect  visiting  Vancouver,  whom  he  also  aided  in  various 
ways  by  courtesies  and  by  contributions.  He  and  all  his 
officers  and  dependants  were  friends  of  Dr.  Whitman. 
Pambrun,  to  whom  they  were  indebted  for  many  kind- 
nesses, was  a  French  Canadian  and  a  (catholic.  Mr.  Mc- 
Kinlay,  Pambrun's  successor  at  Fort  Walla  Walla,  was  a 
Presbyterian,  and  a  warm  friend  of  Dr.  Whitman,  but  not 
more  so  than  Pambrun.  The  Canadian  servants  of  the 
company  were  Catholics,  but  they  never  refused  friendly 
aid  and  neighborly  kindness  to  the  Methodists  or  Presby- 
terians. And  j-et  Dr.  Whitman  was  alarmed,  with  some 
reason  we  must  admit,  considering  that  he  lived  ever  over 
a  mine  of  savagery  that  needed  but  a  match  to  touch  it  ofl". 

The  Catholic  fathers  taught  their  converts  to  say  a  few 
simple  prayers,  and  gave  them  a  picture  called  the  "Cath- 
olic Ladder,"  explanatory  of  the  principal  points  of  their 
faith ;  that  was  all.     Mr.  Spalding  opposed  to  the  "Catholic 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


29 


yield 
Intrary 
jitman 
|c  faith 
ivages. 
in  aus- 


Cath 


Ladder"  a  picture  representing  two  roads  towards  heaven 
— one  wide,  where  the  Pope  was  selling  indulgences,  and 
at  the  end  of  which  the  purchasers  were  seen  falling  head- 
foremost into  hell;  the  other  so  narrow  that  few  could 
follow  it,  but  supposed  to  lead  to  bliss. 

This  now  seems  puerile,  but  in  that  time  was  thought  a 
worthy  means  of  bringing  savages  to  practice  the  religion 
of  Jesus  Christ,  by  Catholics  and  Protestants.  The  Pres- 
byterians often  argued  with  the  Indians,  as  it  was  the 
fashion  of  the  churches  to  hold  doctrinal  arguments  among 
its  members — a  fashion  most  unwisely  followed  among  a 
people  whose  understandings  led  them  to  literal  construc- 
tions, or  to  strange  subtleties,  rather  than  to  spiritual 
insight. 

But  the  root  of  the  troubles  between  the  missionaries 
and  the  natives  was  not  at  any  time  in  their  religious 
differences,  which'  was  really  a  side  issue  capable  of  being 
turned  to  account,  but  which  was  never  used  except  in 
simple  competition,  and  which  alone  need  never  have 
endangered,  the  peace  of  the  country. 

The  real  cause  of  ill  feeling  between  the  Indians  and 
their  Protestant  teachers  was  the  continued  misunder- 
standing concerning  the  ownership  of  land,  and  the  accu- 
mulation of  property.  The  promise  of  Dr.  Parker  had 
never  been  redeemed.  No  one  had  appeared  to  purchase 
the  lands  occupied  by  the  missions,  nor  had  any  ships 
arrived  laden  with  Indian  goods  and  farming  implements 
for  their  benefit. 

Doubtless  Dr.  Parkei,  when  he  made  the  promise,  was 
thinking  of  the  hoped  for  settlement  of  the  Oregon  bound- 
ary question,  and  the  speedy  extinguishment  of  the  Indian 
tit)"  to  the  country  which  would  follow,  in  order  that 
congress  might  carry  out  the  plan  of  {)opulating  it  by 
ofl'ering  liberal  donations  of  land  to  emigrants.  But  this 
we  have  seen  had  not  taken  place,  while  every  year  a  few 
more  Americana  arrived  and  remained  in  the  country,  and 
without  paying  for  their  lands. 


liill 


W   M    1 

1  i] 

ni  ;i 
If' 

30 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


In  the  meantime,  the  very  favorable  view  which  was 
iirst  held  by  the  Presbyterians  of  the  generous  character 
of  the  Indians  had  faded  out.  We  find  Spalding  saying 
that "  I  have  no  evidence  to  suppose  but  a  vast  majority 
of  them  would  look  on  with  indifference  and  see  our 
dwelling  burned  to  the  ground,  and  our  heads  severed 
from  our  bodies."  Smith  at  Kamiah,  and  Walker  and 
Eells  at  Chemekane  thought  the  natives  professed  religion 
to  secure  presents,  which  not  being  forthcoming  they 
were  hostile ;  and  all  agreed  as  to  their  untruthfulness. 

In  1840  the  Cayuses  destroyed  Dr.  Whitman's  irrigating 
ditches,  and  allowed  their  horses  to  damage  the  grain  iu 
the  mission  field.  This  was  done  out  of  malice,  the 
Indians  having  been  taught  enough  about  farming  to  be 
perfectly  aware  of  the  mischief  they  were  causing  to  the 
doctor's  crops.  When  he  angrily  reproved  them  they 
threw  mud  upon  hitu,  plucked  his  beard,  pulled  his  ears, 
threatened  him  with  a  gun,  and  offered  to  strike  him  a 
blow  with  an  axe,  which  he  avoided. 

These  demonstrations  alarmed  the  doctor's  friend,  Mc- 
Kinlay  of  Fort  Walla  Walla,  who  counseled  him  to  leave 
the  country  for  a  time  at  least,  saying  that  the  Indians 
would  repent  when  they  no  longer  had  him,  and  want 
him  back  again.  But  he  feared  to  abandon  his  place, 
which  would  probably  be  destroyed ;  and  the  chief,  Splitted 
Lip,  who  instigated  the  attack  on  him,  dying  that  year,  he 
hoped  for  relief  from  the  persecutions  he  had  suffered. 
Besides,  he  had  determined,  as  he  said,  "never  to  show  the 
white  feather." 

In  1841  W.  H.  Gray  struck  an  Indian  boy,  probably  a 
well-deserved  blow,  and  his  uncle,  who  was  the  chief  on 
whose  lands  the  mission  of  Waiilatpu  was  builtj — Tilou- 
kaikt, — a  haughty  and  ill-tempered  savage,  struck  Whit- 
man in  revenge,  pulling  his  nose,  and  committing  other 
outrages,  which  the  doctor  bore  without  any  signs  of  fear. 
McKinlay,  to  punish  them,  refused  to  hire  their  horses  as 
agreed,  to  take  the  Red-river  immigrants  to  The  Dalles, 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


31 


(h  was 
iracter 


unless  the  chief  and  all  implicated  in  the  assault  should 
beg  the  doctor's  pardon,  which  they  consented  to  do. 

Hearing  of  these  things  prevented  some  miss.'onaries  at 
the  Sandwich  Islands  f  ra  joining  the  Oregon  missions, 
and  prevented  the  board  from  sending  more  across  the 
continent.  The  Indian  boys  were  mischievous  and  thiev- 
ing, and  carried  off  the  best  fruits  raised  in  the  mission 
garden,  which  troublesomeness  inspired  Gray  to  sicken 
them  with  a  dose  of  ipecac  introduced  into  the  finest 
looking  melons.  The  illness  induced  by  the  drug  caused 
the  Indians  to  accuse  the  missionaries  of  designing  to 
poison  them;  and  incited  them  to  fresh  acts  of  hostility. 

These  experiences  at  Waiilatpu  were  duplicated  at  Lap- 
wai,  where  the  Nez  Percys  pulled  down  Spalding's  mill, 
threatened  him  with  a  gun,  and  offered  a  gross  insult  to 
Mrs.  Spalding.  These  were  things  hard  to  be  bornt;  but 
both  Whitman  and  Spalding  were  determined  to  keep  their 
hold  upon  the  homes  they  had  built  up  in  the  wilderness 
under  so  many  difficulties,  until  such  time  as  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  should  come  to  their  rescue. 

Added  to  his  other  trials,  Dr.  Whitman  was  worried  by 
demands  from  the  home  board  that  the  Oregon  missions 
should  be  made  self-supporting,  a  thing  which  could  not 
happen  while  he  had  so  few  assistants,  and  where  there  was 
no  market  for  any  productions.  He  could  barely  subsist 
his  family  by  raising  and  grinding  grain  enough  ;  and  by 
eating  horse  flesh  in  place  of  beef.  He  could  not  purchase 
groceries,  clothing,  machinery,  nor  other  necessaries,  and 
so  ho  told  the  board — and  that  if  they  wished  him  to  turn 
trader  they  must  furnish  him  assistants  and  means,  and 
even  then  wait  for  a  market  to  come  to  him,  as  the  Metho- 
dist missionaries  and  Hudson's  Bay  Company  controlled 
the  trade  of  the  country. 

To  all  this  the  board  finally  returned  in  1842  that  Dr. 
Whitman  must  abandon  the  Cayuse  station  and  join 
Walker  and  Eells  in  the  Spokane  country;  and  Spalding 


82 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


mm 


\ 

must  return  to  the  states,  leaving  the  ungrakiful  Cayuses 
and  Nez  Percys  without  teachers. 

Now,  this  was  what  these  gentlemen  were  resolved  not 
to  do.  From  their  point  of  view  it  was  unwise  to  abandon 
good  homes,  at  a  period  when  it  seemed  most  likely  that 
the  government  was  about  to  settle  the  question  of  the 
Oregon  boundary,  and  immediately  after  of  course,  as  they 
believed,  to  acquire  title  by  treaty  to  the  Indian  lands,  out 
of  which  the  first  settlers  were  to  receive  large  donations. 
If  only  they  could  keep  the  peace  a  little  longer! 

It  was  just  at  this  painful  juncture  in  mission  affairs 
that  Dr.  White  arrived  at  Waiilatpu  with  his  immigrant 
party  of  1842.  He  spent  two  days  at  the  station,  and  we 
can  imagine  how  eagerly  Dr.  Whitman  questioned  him, 
and  how  hopefully  he  heard  what  White  had  to  relate, 
which  confirmed  his  belief  that  if  he  could  hold  on  a  little 
longer  he  need  neither  abandon  the  Cayuses  nor  his  home. 
If  men  in  authority  at  Washington  had  asked  White  to 
start  the  emigration  movement,  and  given  him  an  office, — 
the  first  delegated  authority  bestowed  on  any  one  in  this 
Northwest, — could  he  not  also  accomplish  something  for 
the  country,  the  mirsions,  and  himself  by  going  to  Wash- 
ington and  Boston?  If  he  was  to  do  this,  it  must  be  now 
or  never,  for  orders  to  vacate  had  been  issued,  and  they 
must  be  obeyed,  or  a  good  reason  given  for  the  failure. 

He  felt  able,  if  he  could  see  the  board  personally,  to 
present  a  strong  case.  He  could  show  them  now,  since 
immigration  had  begun,  that  Waiilatpu  and  Lapwai  could 
be  made  important  supply  stations  on  the  road  to  the 
Wallamet  valley,  and  thus  self-supporting;  that  fifty 
Christian  families  settled  about  him  would  be  an  example 
to  the  Indians,  and  give  aid  and  prot<  ^tion  to  him,  wiile 
a  few  more  teachers  among  the  Indians  would  help  him 
greatly  to  maintain  control  of  the  native  children,  and 
through  them  of  their  parents. 

To  politicians  he  would  say,  "  Hold  on  to  the  country 
north  as  well  as  south  of  the  Columbia;  it  is  a  fine  coun- 


THE   VAYUSK  WAR. 


33 


Cay  uses 

ved  not 

ibandon 

ely  that 

of  the 

, as  they 

ands,  out 

onations. 

»n  affairs 

n  migrant 

I,  and  we 

ned  him, 

to  relate, 

on  a  little 

his  home. 

White  to 

1  office, — 

ne  in  this 

ething  for 

to  Wash- 

ist  be  now 

and  they 

ailure. 

3onally,  to 

Qow,  since 

pwai  could 

►ad  to  the 

that  fifty 

n  examj)lc 

him,  wtile 

help  him 

Idren,  and 

lie  country 
fine  coun- 


try for  grazing,  and  raises  good  crops  where  irrigated.'' 
He  meant  to  ask  some  friends  of  Oregon  in  Washington 
to  get  an  appropriation  for  erecting  military  stations  in 
the  Indian  country,  and  he  had  thought  that  if  he  could 
obtain  a  grant  of  money  to  buy  sheep  to  be  given  to  the 
Indians  as  a  reward  for  good  conduct  and  a  food  supply, 
so  that  they  might  not  have  to  go  to  the  buffalo  country 
for  meat,  it  would  have  a  tendency  to  give  them  more  set- 
tled habits,  and  incline  them  more  towards  ci  /ilization. 

With  these  mixed  motives,  and  feeling  driven  by  the 
exigencies  of  the  situation,  Dr.  Whitman  determined  to 
start  for  the  states  as  soon  as  he  could  find  some  one  to 
take  charge  of  his  station.  Rogers  and  Gray  had  deserted 
him,  and  he  was  forced  to  write  for  William  Geiger,  a 
Presbyterian,  who  had  been  employed  in  the  Methodist 
mission  school  in  the  Wallamet,  to  come  to  Waiilatpu  and 
remain  during  his  absence. 

These  matters  arranged,  he  was  finally  ready  for  his 
journey,  and  aided  by  his  friend  McKinlay,  set  out  Octo- 
ber 3, 1842,  for  the  east  via  Fort  Hall,  Uintah,  Taos,  P'ort 
Bent,  and  Santa  F6,  at  which  point  A.  L.  Lovejoy,  his  only 
traveling  companion,  besides  his  guides,  remained,  while 
Whitman  joined  a  trading  company  going  to  St.  Louis, 
where  he  arrived  in  the  month  of  March,  having  manfully 
borne  the  hardships  of  a  winter  journey  seldom  performed 
in  that  day  even  by  mountain  men. 

On  reaching  the  frontier  Dr.  Whitman  found  that  a 
treaty  with  Great  Britain  had  been  negotiated  between  our 
secretary  of  state,  Daniel  Webster,  and  the  British  pleni- 
potentiary, Lord  Ashburton,  and  confirmed  by  the  high 
contracting  parties  seven  months  before  his  arrival,  but 
that  it  did  not  in  any  way  affect  the  Oregon  question, 
leaving  it  where  it  had  been  before. 

He  found  also  that  the  Linn  land  bill  had  passed  the 

senate  a  few  weeks  previous,  and  been  defeated  in  the 

house.     But  so  sure  had  its  passage  been  regarded  by  the 

people  til  at  a  large  number  of  immigrants  were  ready  to 

s 


84 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


start  for  Oregon  with  their  families,  cattle,  and  household 
goods;  and  had  appointed  a  rendezvous  in  western  Missouri 
from  which  to  march  as  soon  as  the  grass  should  bo  suf- 
ficiently high  to  subsist  their  stock.  With  some  of  these 
people  he  talked  in  passing,  and  gave  them  instruction  as 
to  the  route,  and  the  best  means  of  traveling  and  encamp- 
ing. He  found  the  secretary  of  war  in  his  last  report  had 
recommended  a  line  of  military  posts  with  the  object  of 
impressing  the  Indians  on  the  Pacific  coast  with  the 
strength  of  the  United  States,  and  also  to  afford  protection 
to  the  Americans  in  that  region.  The  secretary  went 
further,  and  recommended  making  an  appropriation  to 
send  out  a  colony  to  settle  in  Oregon.  He  found  petitions 
pouring  into  congress  from  Iowa,  Mi.ssouri,  Illinois,  In- 
dianai  Ohio,  Kentucky,  and  Alabama,  insisting  upon  the 
occu{)ation  of  Oregon.  He  found,  in  short,  little  left  for 
him  to  propose  or  advocate  in  Oregon  matters,  for  the 
subject  was  one  more  written  and  talked  about  than  any 
other  at  that  time. 

It  appears  from  a  letter  preserved  in  the  war  department, 
that  while  Dr.  Whitman  was  in  Washington  he  had  a  con- 
ference with  the  secretary  of  war,  Hon.  .James  M.  Porter, 
and  that  he  was  requested  by  Porter  to  frame  such  a  bill 
as  would  be  for  the  best  interests  of  Oregon.  This  he  did 
after  his  return  home  in  the  autumn  of  1843,  but  it  was 
never  introduced  in  congress,  and  remained  forever  a  dead 
letter. 

This  bill  asked  for  the  establishment  of  "  a  chain  of  agri- 
cultural posts  or  farming  stations"  from  the  Missouri  to 
the  Wallamet  river  in  Oregon,  with  regulations  for  their 
management.  Their  avowed  object  was  to  set  the  example 
of  civilized  industry  to  the  Indians;  to  suppress  lawless- 
ness on  the  frontier;  to  facilitate  the  passage  of  troops  and 
munitions  of  war,  and  the  transportation  c-f  mails. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  bill  makes  no  mention  of  the 
necessities  of  emigrants,  but  in  a  letter  accompanying  it, 
Dr.  Whitman  dilates  upon  tlie  benefits  to  travelers  not  only 


THE  CAY  USE  WAR. 


85 


ousehohl 
|i  Missouri 
Id  bo  suf- 
e  of  these 
.ruction  as 
Id  encami)- 
[report  had 
object  of 
with   the 
protection 
^etary  went 
priation  to 
id  petitions 
Uinois,  In- 
g  upon  the 
ttle  left  for 
,ers,  for  the 
at  than  any 

department, 
le  had  a  con- 
es M.  Porter, 
e  such  a  bill 
This  he  did 
3,  but  it  was 
jrever  a  dead 

3hain  of  agri- 
3  Missouri  to 
ons  for  their 
t  the  example 
press  lawless- 
of  troops  and 
nails. 

lention  of  the 
impanying  it, 
piers  notonlv 


of  protection  from  Indian  aggression,  but  of  being  supplied 
with  vegetable  food  while  en  route:'' 

These  documents,  which  have  only  been  brought  to  light 
after  nearly  half  a  century  of  lying  perdu,  serve  to  confirm 
reports  concerning  his  troubles  with  the  (Jayuses,  and  his 
anxiety  for  protection. 

It  was  said  by  persons  about  Fort  Walla  Walla,  that  Dr. 
Whitman,  in  his  vexation  with  the  Indians,  before  leaving 
for  the  states,  threatened  them  with  bringing  back  many 
l>eople  to  chastise  them.  This  threat  has  been  denied  by 
his  friends  as  not  consistent  with  his  character  as  a  mis- 
sionary; but  the  tone  of  his  letter  and  bill  of  1843  are  en- 

'<  In  reaUing  tliu  <bllowing  letter  and  bill,  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  tbat  they 
were  written  ujler  i.ue  doctor  had  been  east,  had  learned  the  then  political  prospects 
of  Oregon,  and  had  traveled  months  in  company  with  intelligent  western  men,  witii 
whom  he  talked  freely,  and  to  whom,  according  to  their  evidence,  he  never  disclosed 
any  political  motive  in  going  east.  What  he  wanted  both  before  and  ((/"(ec  going  cast, 
it  is  fair  to  assume,  is  set  down  in  these  documents,  which  are  interesting  as  a  part 
of  the  early  history  of  Oregon,  and  as  an  indication  of  the  character  and  motives  ot 
their  author.  They  were  received  at  Washington,  June  '.''.!,  1844,  probably  forwarded 
by  the  Hudson's  Hay  Company's  annual  express  via  Montreal  of  that  year.  Nothing 
iu  either  of  these  documents  shows  any  political  motive  for  Dr.  Whitman's  visit  eu^t ; 
but  the  second  paragraph  of  his  letter,  in  which  be  says  the  government  will  leurn 
through  him  of  the  emigration  of  one  thousand  persons,  shows  a  singular  want  iu 
him  of  a  knowledge  of  the  facts,  the  government  keeping  a  sharp  lookout,  as  well 
as  the  newspapers  of  the  day  :— 

Til  the  Hon.  Jamet  M.  I'nrler,  Hecretartj  of  War : 

Sir  :  In  compliance  with  the  request  you  did  me  the  honor  to  make  last  winter 
while  at  Washington,  I  herewith  transmit  to  you  the  synopsis  of  a  bill,  which,  if  it 
couhl  be  adopted,  would  acconUng  to  my  experience  and  observation  prove  highly 
conducive  to  the  best  interests  of  the  United  States  generally,  to  Oregon,  where  I 
have  resided  for  more  than  seven  years  as  a  missionary,  and  to  the  Indian  tribes  that 
inhabit  tlie  intermediate  country. 

The  government  will  now  doubtless  for  the  first  time  be  apprised  through  you, 
and  by  means  of  this  communication,  of  the  immense  migration  of  families  to  Ore- 
gon, which  has  taken  pKce  this  year.  I  have  since  our  interview  been  instrumental 
iu  piloting  across  the  route  described  in  the  accompanying  bill,  and  which  is  the 
only  eligible  wagon  road,  no  less  than iamilies,  consisting  of  one  thousand  per- 
sons of  both  sexes,  with  their  wagons,  amounting  in  all  to  more  than  one  hundred 
and  twenty,  six  hundred  and  ninety -four  oxen,  and  seven  hundred  and  seventy-three 
looie  cattle. 

The  emigrants  are  from  diil'ereut  states,  but  principally  from  Missouri,  Arkan- 
sas, Illinois,  and  New  York.  The  majority  of  them  are  farmers,  lured  by  the  pros- 
pects ol  government  bounty  in  lands,  by  the  reported  fertility  of  the  soil,  and  by  the 
desire  to  be  first  among  those  who  are  planting  our  institutions  on  the  Pacific  coast. 
Among  them  are  artisans  of  every  trade,  comprising  with  farmers  the  very  best  ma- 
terial for  a  new  colony.  As  pioneem,  these  people  have  undergone  incredible  hard- 
ships, and  having  now  safely  passed  the  Blue  mountain  range  with  their  w8«ons 
and  elt'eels,  have  established  a  duriUjIe  road  from  Missouri  to  OiCfjon.  w  liicli   will 


86 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OHEGON. 


tlrely  consistent  with  such  a  proposition;  his  whole  thought 
seeming  to  be  how  to  repel  Indian  aggressions.  Whatever 
admiration  lie  had  at  first  felt  for  the  aboriginal  character 
had  been  completely  effaced  by  his  experiences  among 
them.  Why  then  did  he  insist  that  the  board  should  not 
recall  him  from  the  country,  except  that  it  was  with  him 
as  with  the  Methodist  missionaries,  that  the  settler  in  him 
was  stronger  than  the  missionary  —  as  missionaries  were 
at  that  period  understood  to  be. 

To  his  disappointment  the  American  board  of  commis- 
sioners for  foreign  missions  had  no  stomach  for  territorial 
conquest  or  Indian  subjugation.     They  reprimanded  him 


ilir! 


r:il; 


serve  to  murk  permanently  the  route  for  larger  numbers  each  sueceeiUng  year,  while 
lliey  have  practically  demonstratetl  that  wagons  drawn  by  horses  or  'xen  can  cross 
the  Kocky  mountains  to  the  Columbia  river  couutry,  contrary  to  ai;  ihp  sinister 
assertions  of  all  those  who  pretended  it  to  be  impossible. 

In  their  slow  progress  these  persons  have  encountered,  as  in  all  former  instances 
and  as  all  succeeding  emigrants  must  if  this  or  some  similar  bill  be  not  passed  by 
congress,  the  continual  fear  of  Indian  aggression,  the  actual  loss  through  them  of 
horses,  cattle,  and  other  property,  and  tUe  great  labor  of  transporting  an  adciiuate 
amount  of  provisions  for  so  long  a  journey.  The  bill  herewith  proposed  would,  in  a 
great  measure,  lessen  these  inconveniences  by  tlie  establishment  of  posts,  which, 
wlille  I  liaving  J  the  possessed  power  to  keep  the  Indians  in  check,  thus  doing  away 
with  the  necessity  of  military  vigilance  on  the  part  of  the  traveler  by  day  and  night, 
would  be  able  to  liirni.sh  them  in  transit  with  fresh  supplies  of  provisions,  diminish- 
ing the  original  burdens  of  the  emigrants,  and  finding  thus  a  ready  and  profitable  mar- 
ket for  their  produce  — a  market  that  would,  in  my  opinion,  more  than  siifllce  to 
defray  all  the  current  expenses  of  such  posts.  The  present  party  is  supposed  to  have 
expended  no  less  than  two  thousand  dollars  at  Laramie's  and  Bridger's  forts  and  as 
much  more  at  Fort  Hall  and  Fort  Bolsti,  two  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  stations. 
Tiiese  are  at  present  the  only  stopping  places  in  a  journey  of  two  thousand  two  Inin- 
dred  miles,  and  the  only  places  where  additional  supplies  can  be  obtained,  even  at 
the  enormous  rates  of  charge  calle<i  mountain  prices ;  i.  e.,  fifty  dollars  the  hundred 
for  Hour  and  fifty  dollars  the  hundred  for  coll'ee  ;  the  same  for  sugar,  powder,  etc. 

Many  cases  of  sickness  and  some  deaths  took  place  among  those  who  accom- 
plished the  journey  this  .season,  owing  in  a  great  measure  to  the  uninterrupted  use 
of  meat,  salt  and  fresh,  with  Hour,  which  constituted  the  chief  articles  of  fiwd  they 
arc  able  to  convey  in  their  wagons,  and  this  would  be  obviated  by  the  vegetable  pro. 
ductions,  which  the  posts  in  contemplation  could  very  profitably  afford  them.  Those 
who  rely  on  hunting  as  an  auxiliary  support  arc  at  present  unable  to  have  their 
arms  repaired  when  out  of  order ;  horses  and  oxen  become  tender  footed  and  require 
to  be  shod  on  this  long  journey,  sometimes  repeatedly,  and  the  wagons  repalreil  in  a 
variety  of  ways.  I  mention  these  as  valuable  incidents  to  the  proposed  measure,  as 
It  will  also  be  found  to  tend  in  many  other  incidental  ways  to  benefit  the  migratory 
population  of  the  United  States,  choosing  to  take  this  direction,  and  on  these  ac- 
counts as  well  as  for  the  immediate  use  of  the  posts  themselves,  they  ought  to  be  pro- 
vided with  the  necessary  .shops  and  mechanics,  which  would  at  the  same  time 
exhibit  the  several  branches  of  civilized  art  to  the  Indians. 

The  outlay,  in  the  first  Instance,  would  be  but  trilling.  Forts  like  those  of  the 
Hudson's  liny  Cnnipany.  surrounded  iiy  walls  inclosing  all  the  buildings,  mid  con- 


do 

to 
na 

as 


THK  CAYUHE  W^Ui. 


8T 


ihouglit 
Whatever 
I  character 
3S  among 
Ihould  not 
with  him 
Jer  in  him 
laries  were 

)f  com  mis- 
territorial 
anded  him 

lliiR  year,  wlillo 

xyn  can  cross 

hK  Mif  slulHter 

roriner  instances 
le  not  passeil  by 
tluough  them  of 
luK  an  adeqnate 
joaed  woulil,  in  a 
of  posts,  whl('li, 
'thus  (loinK  away 
by  (lay  and  night, 
visions,  diminish- 
nd  profitable  mar- 
re  than  siillice  to 
1  supposed  to  have 
Jger'K  forts  and  as 
tmpauy's  stations, 
nousand  two  Inin- 
obtained,  even  at 
liars  the  hundred 
r,  powder,  etc. 
lioae  who  accom- 
ininterrupted  use 
tides  of  food  they 
the  vegetaljle  pro. 
ford  them.  Those 
ble  to  have  their 
footed  and  require 
jous  repaired  in  a 
po.>:ed  measure,  as 
efit  the  migratory 
and  on  these  ae- 
sy  ought  to  be  pro- 
lit  the  same  time 

like  those  of  tlic 
LlildiUKS.  tiiid  con- 


for  leaving  his  station  on  so  useless  an  errand,  refused  to 
pay  his  expenses,  and  left  him  to  get  back  again  as  host 
he  could.  It  is  very  probable  they  were  more  or  less 
disgusted  with  him, —  these  highly  proper,  clean-shaven, 
decorous  Presbyterians, —  for  seven  years  spent  among  sav- 
ages, with  every  kind  of  farm  labor  to  perform,  could  not 
have  given  that  finish  to  his  manner  which  the  Hostonians 
"admired  to  see."  So,  they  told  him  to  go  home  and  do 
the  best  he  could  without  their  aid.  This  was  his  reward 
for  what  he  had  endured  for  conscience'  sake  —  for  Dr. 
V'dtman  was  a  thoroughly  conscientious  man  where  a 
ciple  was  in  question. 

structed  almost  entirely  of  adobe  or  sun-dried  briclcs,  with  stone  foundations  only, 
can  be  easily  and  cheaply  erected. 

There  are  very  eligible  places  for  lui  many  of  these  asthegovernincnt  will  find  nee. 
essary,  at  suitable  distances,  not  further  than  one  or  two  hundred  miles  apart,  at  the 
main  crossing  of  the  principal  streams  that  now  form  impediments  to  the  journey, 
and  consequently  well  supplied  with  water,  having  alluvial  bottom  lands  of  a  rich 
quality,  and  generally  well  wooded.  If  I  might  be  allowed  to  suggest  the  best  sites 
for  said  posts,  my  personal  icnowledge  and  observation  enable  me  to  recommend, 
first,  the  main  crossing  of  the  Kansas  river,  where  a  ferry  would  be  very  convenient 
to  the  traveler,  and  profitable  to  the  station  having  it  in  charge  ;  next,  and  about 
eighty  miles  distant,  the  crossing  of  Blue  river,  where,  in  times  of  unusual  freshet,  a 
ferry  would  be  In  like  manner  useftil ;  next,  and  distant  from  o'le  hundred  to  one 
and  llfty  miles,  from  the  last  mentioned,  the  Little  Blue,  or  Republican  fork  of  the 
Kansas ;  next,  and  from  sixty  to  one  hundred  miles  distant  from  the  last  mentioned, 
the  point  of  intersection  of  the  Platte  river ;  next,  and  from  one  hundred  to  one 
hundred  and  Hfty  miles  distant  from  the  last  mentioned  crossing  of  tlie  South  fork 
of  the  Platte  river;  next,  and  about  one  hundred  and  eighty  or  two  hundred  miles 
distant  from  the  last  mentioned.  Horseshoe  creek,  which  is  about  forty  miles  west  of 
Laramie's  fork  in  the  Illack  Hills ;  here  is  a  fine  creek  for  mills  and  irrigation,  good 
land  for  cultivation,  fine  pasturage,  timber,  and  stone  for  building.  Other  locations 
may  be  had  along  the  Platte  and  Sweetwater,  on  the  (ireen  river,  or  Black's  fork  of 
the  Hear  river,  near  the  Great  Soda  Springs,  near  Fort  Hall,  and  at  .suitable  places 
down  to  the  Columbia.  These  localities  are  all  of  the  best  description,  .so  situated  as 
to  hold  a  ready  intercourse  with  the  Indians  in  their  passage  to  and  from  the  ordi- 
nary ImfTalo  hunting  grounds,  and  in  thomseives  .so  well  situated  in  all  other  respects 
as  to  be  desirable  to  private  enterprise,  if  the  usual  advantages  of  trade  existed. 
Any  of  the  farms  above  indicated  would  be  deemed  extremely  valuable  in  the  states. 

The  government  cannot  long  overlook  the  importance  of  superintending  the 
savages  that  endanger  this  line  of  travel,  and  that  are  not  yet  In  treaty  with  it.  Some 
of  these  are  already  well  known  to  be  led  by  desperate  white  men  and  mongrels,  who 
form  bandit.-i  in  the  most  difhcult  passes,  and  are  at  all  times  ready  to  cut  ofT  sonic 
lagging  emigrant  in  the  rearof  the  party,  or  some  adventurous  one  who  may  proceed 
a  few  miles  in  advance,  or  at  night  to  make  a  descent  upon  the  sleeping  camp  and 
carry  away  or  kill  horses  and  cattle.  This  is  the  case  even  now  in  the  commence- 
ment of  our  western  emigration,  and  when  it  comes  to  be  more  generally  known 
that  large  i|Uantitics  of  valuable  property  and  considerable  sums  of  money  arc  yearly 
carried  over  this  desolate  region,  it  is  to  be  feared  an  organized  banditti  will  be 
Instituted.    Tlie  posts  in  contemplation  would  eO'ectually  counteract  this;  for  that 


R* ■■■■'''  ,1 


i 

I 


ill 


38 


INDIAN  WAnS  OF  OREGON. 


He  wont  to  his  old  home  in  central  New  York,  sold  what- 
ever property  he  had  there,  and  started  for  Oregon  once 
more,  in  company  with  his  nephew,  a  youn^  lad,  a  riding 
horse  apiece,  and  a  pack  horse.  It  was  characteristic  of 
the  man.  He  always  took  these  desperute  chances.  Pro- 
ceeding westward,  he  visited  some  relatives,  and  afterwards 
one  or  two  of  the  missions  on  the  border.  He  was  sent 
for  to  address  a  meeting  at  the  emigrant  rendezvous  in  Mis- 
souri about  the  middle  of  May,  but  returned  to  Westport, 
and  did  not  overtake  the  emigration  until  it  had  reached 
the  Platte  in  June. 

Dr.  V/hitman  had  wished  to  bring  back  with  him  some 


;   S 


purpose  they  need  uot  nor  ouRht  not  to  be  military  e-stabllshnients.  The  trading 
posts  in  this  country  have  rev^r  been  of  such  a  charactci,  an  1  yet,  with  very  few- 
men  in  them,  have  for  years  kept  the  surrounding  Indians  in  the  moit  pacific  dispo- 
sition, so  that  the  traveler  feels  secure  from  molestation  upon  i^pproaching  Fort  I^ara 
mle,  Bridger's  Fort,  Fori  Hall,  etc.  The  samecan  be  obtained  without  any  considerable 
expenditure  by  government,  while,  by  investing  the  offiCLrs  iu  charge  »vilh  compe- 
tent authority,  all  evil-disposed  white  men,  refugees  from  justice,  or  discharged  vag- 
abonds (Yom  the  trading  posts  might  be  easily  removed  from  among  the  ..idians,  nii<l 
sent  to  the  appropriate  states  for  trial.  The  Hudson's  Bay  Company'.s  sysiem  t'" 
rewaidf.  among  the  savages  would  soon  enable  the  posts  to  root  out  these  fiesperndoeR. 
A  direct  and  iriendly  iivtercourse  with  all  the  tribes,  even  to  thi^  Taoific,  might  be 
thus  maintained,  the  government  would  become  more  iutin'atcly  acruauited  with 
them,  and  they  with  the  government,  and  instead  of  sending  to  tlie  state  courts  a 
manifestly  guilty  IndUn  to  be  arraigned  be;bre  a  distant  tribunal  iind  acquitted  for 
the  want  of  testimony  by  ihe  teshnlcaliiies  of  iRwyers  and  of  laws  unknown  to 
them,  and  sent  back  into  the  wilderness  loaded  wltti  presents  as  an  inducement  to 
ftirther  crime,  the  Viosts  should  be  enabled  to  execute  summary  justice,  as  if  tho 
criminal  had  been  already  condemned  by  his  tribe,  because  the  tribe  will  be  sure  to 
deliver  up  iioue  but  the  party  whom  they  know  to  be  guilty.  They  will  In  that  way 
receive  the  trial  of  their  peers,  and  secure  within  themselves,  to  all  intents  and  pur- 
l)o:ses  if  not  technically,  the  trial  by  jury,  yet  the  spirit  of  that  trial.  There  are 
many  powers  which  ought  to  reside  in  some  person  on  this  extended  route  for  the 
convenience  and  even  necessity  ^f  tne  public. 

In  this  the  emigrant  and  the  people  of  Oregon  arc  im  more  Interested  than  the 
resident  inhabitants  of  the  states.  At  preicnt  no  person  is  authorized  to  udrainister 
an  oath  or  legally  attest  a  fact  from  the  western  line  of  Missouri  to  the  Pacific.  The 
emigrant  cannot  dispose  of  his  property  at  home,  although  an  opportunity  ever  so 
advantageous  to  him  should  occur  after  iie  passes  the  western  border  of  Missouri. 
.<)  one  can  here  make  a  legal  demand  and  protest  of  a  promissory  note  or  bill  of 
exchcnge.  No  one  can  secure  the  valuable  testimony  of  a  mounlalnocv  or  of  an 
emigrr.,ing  witness  after  he  ha>  entered  this,  at  present^  litwless  oou.ntry.  Causes  do 
exist,  and  will  continually  arise,  In  which  the  priviie  rights  of  citizens  are  and  will 
be  seriously  prejudiced  by  such  an  utter  absence  of  'egal  authority.  A  contraband 
trade  from  Mexico,  the  introduction  from  thr.t  country  of  llquor.i  to  be  sold  among 
the  Indians  west  of  the  Kansas  river.  Is  already  carried  on  with  the  mountain  i,.ftp- 
pers,  and  very  soon  the  teas,  silks,  nankeei-.s,  spices,  camphor,  and  opium  of  the  East 
Indies  will  find  their  way.  -luty  free,  through  Oregon,  across  the  mountains  and  lato 
the  states  unless  custom-hnnse  oftlcers  along  this  line  find  an  interest  in  intercepting 
them. 


i 


THE   CAYUSi'J  WAE.' 


39 


)ld  wlmt- 

|gon  once 

a  riding 

teristic  of 

;es.     Pro- 

Ifterwards 

was  sent 

IS  in  Mis- 

[Westport, 

reached 

him  some 


"  Cliristian  families  to  settle  in  the  vicinity  of  the  different, 
stations."  But  in  that  he  was  disappointed.  These  families 
could  not  be  induced  to  take  the  risks  he  was  taking,  and 
he  talked  freely  with  some  of  his  follow  travelers  to  Oregon 
of  his  want  of  success,  and  fears  of  the  consequences.  Out 
of  the  whoie  immigration  of  nearly  eight  hundred  persons, 
only  one  family,  and  one  unmarried  man,  were  persuaded 
to  remain  at  Lapwai,  while  not  one  person  consented  to 
give  him  their  assistance  at  Waiilatpu. 

This  circumstance  probably  had  a  quieting  effect  upon 
the  Indians,  as  no  more  of  their  lands  were  taken ;  but 
they  still  complniiied  that  the  missionaries  traded  with 


The  trftding 
« ith  very  few 
t  pacific  (lispo- 
ling  Fort  iMta 
ly  considerable 
;e  .vllh  compc- 
lischarged  vast- 
c  .■idians,  iind 
ny'.s  system  <. '' 
se  fiesperndoes. 
aeifif,  iniKht  be 
cr^nainted  with 
!  sttite  couris  a 
1(1  acquitted  fnr 
rs  unknown  to 
indncement  to 
istlce,  as  if  tho 
!  will  be  sure  to 
111  in  that  way 
iitents  and  pui- 
ittl.  There  are 
!d  route  for  the 

ested  Mian  the 
1  to  adininiRt<>.r 
0  Pacific.  The 
rtunity  ever  so 
er  of  Missouri. 

note  or  bill  of 
ineci  or  of  an 
try.  CHUse«  do 
IS  are  and  will 

A  contraband 
be  sold  among 
nountaiti  t.ap- 
um  of  the  East 
itaiuf.  and  into 
In  intercepting 


Vour  familiarity  with  the  government  policy,  duties,  and  interest  renders  it  un- 
necessary for  me  to  more  than  hint  at  the  several  objects  intended  by  the  enclosed 
bill,  and  any  enlarg<»ni  ut  upon  the  topics  here  suggested  as  inducements  to  its 
adoption  would  be  qui  superfluous,  if  not  impertinent.  The  very  existence  of 
such  a  system  as  the  one  aljove  recommended  suggests  the  utility  of  postoilices  and 
ii'.ftil  arrangements,  which  it  is  tlie  wish  of  all  who  now  live  h.  Oregon  to  have 
grantea  thera,  and  I  need  only  add  that  contracts  for  this  purpose  will  be  readily 
taken  at  reasonable  rates  for  traiisportini;  the  mail  across  from  Mis.soarl  to  the  tnouth 
of  the  Columbia  in  forty  days,  with  fresh  hones  at  each  of  the  contemplated  posts. 
The  mliug  policy  proposed  regards  the  Indians  as  the  police  of  the  country,  who  are 
to  be  relied  upOn  to  keep  the  peace,  not  only  for  themselves,  but  to  repel  lawles.s 
white  men  and  prevent  banditti,  under  the  solitary  guidance  of  the  superintendent 
of  the  several  posts,  aided  by  a  well-directed  system  to  induce  the  punishment  of 
crime  't  win  only  be  after  the  failure  of  these  means  to  procure  the  delivery  or 
punlshmcjtof  violent,  lawless,  aad  savage  acts  of  aggression,  that  a  band  or  tribe 
shoild  be  rei-.iidcd  as  conspirators  against  the  peace,  or  punished  accordingly  by 
force  of  arms. 

llopin.;that  those  suggestions  may  meet  vour  approbation,  and  conduce  to  the 

liiiure  interest  of  our  groyning  country,  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  honorable  sir. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

Marcus  Whitman. 

Copy  of  a  proposed  bill  prepared  by  Dr.  Marcus  Whitman  in 
1848,  and  sent  to  the  secretary  of  war, 

A  bill  to  promote  safe  intercoir.se  witli  the  torritorj-  of  Oregon,  to  suppress  violent 
acts  of  ftggroasion  on  the  part  of  certain  IndiBU  tribes  west  of  the  Indian  terri- 
tory, Kcocho,  better  to  protect  the  revenue,  for  the  transportation  of  the  mail, 
and  for  other  mirposes. 

Section  1.  Bf  it  tnacted  by  the  sciiutt  inuf  .'iu.m  of  rCjjresentatii'es  uj  llie  United  Stales 
0/  Amenca  in  eimjvrm  nnteriil'kii,  that  fVcm  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  there  shall 
be  established  at  suitable  distances,  and  in  (-onvenient  and  proper  places  to  be 
Delected  bry  the  president,  a  chain  of  agricultural  posts  or  farming  stations,  extending 
at  intervals  from  the  iiresent  most  usut  1  crossing  of  the  Kansas  river,  west  of  the 
western  Iwundary  of  the  state  of  Missouri,  thence  ascending  the  Platte  river  on  its 
southern  border,  thence  through  the  valley  of  the  Hweetwater  river  to  Fort  Hall,  and 
thence  to  settlements  of  the  Willamotte  in  the  territory  of  Oregon.  Which  said  posts 
shall  have  for  their  olject  tt  set  cxami)le8  of  civilized  industry  to  the  several  Indmii 


ma 


I    r 


ii^'';* 


40 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREOGN. 


■M 


the* immigrants,  acquiring  wealth,  while  they,  the  owners 
of  the  land,  remained  as  poor  as  before. 

Again,  from  the  above  facts,  we  mny  draw  these  conclu- 
sions:— 

F'irst.  That  with  the  purest  intentions,  and  with  the 
best  religious  ideas  of  the  times,  the  Presbyterian  mission- 
aries of  the  upper  country  fouiid  it  impossible  to  implant 
spiritual  religion  in  the  minds  of  the  aboriginal  inhabitants 
of  earth. 

Second.  That  the  influence  of  the  contact  with  savagery 
was  to  unspiritualize  themselves;  to  drive  out  of  their 
minds  confidence  in  the  power  of  religion  to  change  the 

tribes,  to  ke«p  them  In  proper  subjection  to  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  to  suppreBs 
violent  and  lawleRs  acts  along  the  said  line  of  frontier,  to  tacilitate  the  passage  of 
troops  and  munitions  of  war  into  and  out  of  the  said  territory  of  Oregon,  and  the 
transportation  of  the  mall  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  there  shall  reside  at  each  of  the  said 
posts  one  superintendent  having  charge  thereof,  with  fliU  power  \o  carry  Into  effect 
the  |>roTlslonK  of  this  act,  subject  always  to  such  instructions  as  the  president  may 
impose;  one  deputy  superintendent  to  act  iu  lilce  manner  iu  case  of  the  death, 
removal,  or  absence  of  the  superinteudftnt,  and  such  other  artitircrs  and  iHborers,  not 
exceeding  twenty  In  number,  as  the  said  superintendent  may  deem  necessary  for  the 
conduct  and  safety  of  said  posts,  all  of  whom  shall  be  subject  to  his  appointment  and 
liable  to  removal. 

Section  3.  And  be  It  further  enacted,  that  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  president  to 
cau.se  to  be  erected  at  each  of  the  said  posts,  sultvble  buildings  for  the  purpose  herein 
contemplated,  to  wit:  One  main  dwelling-bouse,  one  storehouse,  one  blacksmith's 
and  gunsmith's  shop,  and  one  carpenter  shop,  with  such  and  so  many  other  buildings 
tor  storing  the  products  and  supplies  of  the  said  posts  as  he  may  from  time  to  time 
deem  expedient ;  to  supply  the  same  with  all  necessary  implements  of  mechanical 
art  and  agricultural  labor  incident  thereto,  and  with  all  such  other  articles  as  be 
may  judg2  requisite  anu  proper  lor  the  safety,  defense,  and  comfort  thereof:  to 
cause  the  said  posts  in  his  discretioii  to  be  vlsUsd  by  detachmentfi  of  the  troops 
stationed  on  the  western  frontier;  to  suppress  through  tlie  said  posts  the  sale  of  muni- 
tions of  war  to  the  Indian  tribes  in  case  of  hostilities,  and  annually  to  lay  before 
congress  at  iu  general  session,  full  returns,  verified  by  the  oaths  of  the  several  super- 
intendents of  the  several  acts  by  them  performed,  and  of  the  condition  of  tliu  said 
posts,  with  the  Income  and  expenditures  growing  out  of  the  same  respectively. 

.Section  i.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  said  superlnteudents  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  president,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  senate,  for 
the  ten.1  of  four  years,  with  a  salary  of  two  thousand  dollars,  payable  out  of  any 
moneys  in  the  trt^asury  not  otherwi.tf  appropriated ;  that  they  shall  respectively  take 
an  oath  before  the  district  judge  of  the  United  States  for  the  western  district  of 
Missouri  faithfully  to  discharge  the  duties  Imposed  on  them  in  and  by  the  provisions 
of  ihis  act,  und  give  a  bond  to  the  president  of  the  United  States,  and  to  his  successors 
in  office  and  assigns,  with  sufficient  security  to  be  approved  by  the  said  Judge  in  at 
least  the  penalty  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  con<lltioned  to  indemnify  the 
president,  his  suci^essors,  or  assigus,  for  any  unlawful  acts  by  tliem  performed,  or 
injuries  committed  by  virtue  of  their  offices,  which  said  bont.s  may  at  any  time  be 
assigned  for  proiecution  against  the  said  respective  sujieriutendents  and  their  sure 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


41 


!onclu- 


nalure  of  men  in  a  low  stage  of  their  mental  evolution. 

Third.  That  tl\e  change  this  discovery  made  in  them- 
selves, being  perceived  by  the  Indians,  was  a  cause  of  dis- 
pleasure to  them,  and  of  danger  to  the  missionaries. 

Fourth.  That  the  delay  of  the  governments  of  Great 
Britain  and  the  United  States  to  settle  the  Oregon  bound- 
ary greatly  increased  this  danger  by  preventing  an  un- 
derstanding between  our  government  and  the  Indians 
concerning  property  in  lands:  rendering  it  also  impolitic 
to  send  troops  among  them  before  our  sovereignty  had 
been  acknowledged  by  the  only  power  disputing  it. 

These  circumstances  left  the  defense  of  the  loyal  Ameri- 


ticB  upon  application  to  tlie  said  judge  at  the  Instance  of  the  United  States  district 
attorney  or  of  any  private  party  aggrieved. 

.Section  5.  And  be  it  nirther  enacted,  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  superin- 
tendents to  cause  the  soil  adjacent  to  said  posts,  in  extent  not  exceeding  six  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  to  be  cultivated  in  a  farmer-like  manner,  and  to  produce  such 
nrticles  of  culture  as  in  their  judgment  shall  be  deemed  to  be  most  profitable  and 
available  for  the  maintenance  of  said  posts,  for  the  supply  of  the  troops  and  nthcr 
Kovernraent  agents  which  may  from  time  to  time  resort  thereto,  and  torer 
products  aforesaid  adequate  to  defraying  all  the  expenses  of  labor  in  an 
said  ]>osts,  and  the  salary  of  the  said  deputy  8ui>erintendent,  without  resort  i<'  ■> 
troa8ur>'  of  the  United  States,  remitting  to  the  secretary  of  the  treasury  yearly  a 
s'.vorn  statement  of  the  same,  with  the  surplus  moneys,  if  any  there  shall  be. 

.Section  C.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  said  several  superintendents  of 
(>ONts  shall,  cr  officio,  be  superintendents  of  Indian  affairs  west  of  the  Indian  terri- 
tory, Neocho,  BUburdinate  to  and  under  the  fUll  control  of  the  commissioner-general 
of  Indian  afl'airs  at  Washington.  That  they  shall,  by  virtue  of  their  offices,  be  con- 
servators of  the  |)eaco,  with  full  powers  to  the  extent  hereinafter  prescribed,  in  all 
cases  of  crimes  and  misdemeanors,  whether  committed  by  citi^iens  of  the  United 
States,  or  by  Indians  within  the  frontier  line  aforesaid.  That  they  shall  have  power 
to  administer  oaths,  to  be  valid  in  the  several  courts  of  the  United  States,  to  perpet- 
uate testimoncy  to  be  used  in  said  courts,  to  take  acknowledglments  of  deeds  and 
other  specialties  in  writing,  to  take  the  probate  of  wills  and  the  testaments  executed 
u|>on  the  said  frontier  of  which  the  testators  shall  have  died  in  transit  between  the 
state  of  Missouri  and  the  territory  of  Oregon,  and  to  do  and  certify  all  notarial  acts, 
and  to  perform  the  ceremony  of  marringe,  with  as  legal  effect  as  'S  the  said  sevurol 
acts  al)ove  enumerated  had  been  performed  by  the  magistrates  o(  any  of  the  r.tateH 
having  power  to  perform  the  service.  That  t.iey  shall  have  power  to  arrest  and 
remove  from  the  line  aforesaid  all  disorderly  white  persons,  and  all  persons  exciting 
the  Indians  to  hostilities,  and  to  surrender  up  all  fugitives  from  justice  upon  the 
requisition  of  the  gover.nor  of  any  of  the  states;  that  'hey  shall  have  power  to  de- 
mand of  the  several  tribes  within  the  said  frontier  line,  llio  surrender  of  any  Indian 
or  Indians  committing  acts  in  contradiction  of  the  lawt  of  the  United  States,  and  in 
case  of  such  surrender,  to  inlllct  puniobment  thereon,  according  to  the  tenor  and 
effect  of  said  laws,  without  further  trial,  presuming  sucli  offending  Indian  or  Indians 
to  have  received  the  trial  and  condemnation  of  the  tribe  to  which  be  or  they  may 
bcloiiK;  to  intt-rcept  and  .seize  all  articles  of  contraband  trade,  «',iether' introduced 
into  their  jurlsdfctirm  in  violation  ol  tho  acts  lrap<ising  duties  or  itu|)orts,  or  of  the 
act.>'  to  regululi-  trade  and  intercourse  with  the  several  Indian  tribes  :  to  transmit  th'!> 


I    ■:- 


42 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Wm 


cans  holding  it,  to  be  performed  by  themselves.  It  left, 
in  1842,  two  mission  colonies,  and  a  few  poor  settlers, 
numbering  altogether  not  more  than  two  hundred  and 
seventy,  including  children,  and  the  party  of  immigrants 
who  came  with  White,  to  contend  in  case  of  an  Indian 
war,  with  many  thousands  of  savages  surrounding  them 
on  every  side.  To  add  to  the  apprehensions  of  the  Amer- 
icans, was  a  doubt  in  their  minds  as  to  which  side,  in  case 
of  a  race  war,  would  be  taken  by  the  foreigners  in  the 
country — the  free  Canadians  and  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company, 

fn.mc  to  t)ic  marshal  of  the  western  diHtriet  of  Missouri,  together  with  the  proofs 
uecc'ssary  for  the  confiscation  thereof,  and  in  every  such  case  the  superintendent 
shall  be  entitled  to  uud  receive  one-ball'  tlie  sale  value  of  the  said  confiscated  arti- 
cles, and  the  other  half  be  disposed  of  as  in  like  cases  arising  under  the  existing 
revenue  laws. 

Section  7.  .  vnd  be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  several  superintendents  shall  have 
and  keep  to  the'v  several  posts  seals  of  ofTlce  for  the  legal  authentication  of  their 
])Ub1ic  acts  herein  enumerated,  and  that  the  said  seals  shall  have  as  a  device  the 
spread-eagle,  with  the  words,  "  I'.  S.  Superintendency  of  the  Frontier,"  engraved 
thereon. 

Section  8.  And  be  i.  further  enacted,  that  the  said  superintendents  shall  be  en- 
titled, in  addition  to  the  salary  hereinbefore  granted,  the  following  perquisites  and 
tees  of  otHce,  to  wit :  Kor  the  acknowledgment  of  all  deeds  and  specialties,  the  sum 
of  one  dollar;  for  the  hdmiuistration  of  all  oaths,  twcnty-tivu  cents  ;  for  the  authen- 
tication of  all  copies  of  written  instruments,  one  dollar ;  for  the  perpetuation  of  all 
testimony  to  be  used  in  the  United  States  courts,  by  the  folio,  fifty  cents ;  for  the 
probate  of  all  wills  and  testaments,  by  the  I'olio,  fifty  i  onts ;  for  all  other  writing  done 
by  the  folio,  fifty  cents ;  for  solemnizing  niiiiriages,  tuo  dollars,  including  the  certifi- 
cate to  be  given  to  the  parties;  for  the  surrender  ot  luKitives  from  justice,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  necessary  cofts  and  expenses  of  arrest  ami  detention,  which  shall  be 
verified  to  the  demanding  governor  by  the  atlidavit  of  the  superintendent,  ten 
dollars. 

Section 'J.  And  be  1ft  further  enacted,  that  the  said  superintendents  shall,  by 
virtue  of  their  offices,  be  postmasters  at  the  several  stations  fo!  which  they  are  a|)- 
pointed,  and  as  such  shall  be  required  to  facilitate  the  transpo' tation  of  the  'naU  to 
and  from  the  Ijrritory  of  Oregon  and  the  nearest  postotDco  wi.hin  the  state  of  Mis- 
souri, subject  to  all  the  regulations  of  the  postoffice  departmint,  and  with  all  the 
Immunities  and  privileges  of  the  postmasters  in  the  several  siates,  except  that  no 
additional  compensation  shaU be  allowed  for  such  services;  and  it  Is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  po.stmaster-general  to  cause  proposals  to  be  issued  (•  the  transporta- 
tion of  the  mail  along  the  Inei  of  said  posts  to  and  from  the  said  territory  within  six 
months  after  the  passage  of  this  act. 

.-Section  III.    And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  sum  of tlii>usaii<l  dollars  be 

and  the  same  is  hereby  appro|)riatcd  out  of  any  moneys  in  thr  treasury,  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  i'hto  effect  the  -everal  provisions  of 
this  act.— HViZ/d  Walla  Ikiily  VninnJoftial,  Augii»H0,lH9\. 


left, 
Ltlers, 

and 
yrants 
ndian 
them 
Anier- 


CHAPTEK  III. 

Dr.  White  Called  to  tiibCayuse  Countky  — Distuubances  AMONf;  tub  Indians  — 
Pkrsonnei,  of  the  Party— White's  Policy  — Councii,  with  Xez  Perces  — 
Speeches  OF  White,  McKislay,  Rogers,  and  McKay  —  Replibb  of  Fivb  Crows, 
lJix)ODY  Chief  — Dr.  White's  Code— Its  Acceptance  —  Election  of  a  Hiciii 
Chief  — Advice  to  the  Nez  Percbs— Spalding's  Report  — Talk  of  the  Cay- 
URE8— A  Council  Appointed— Return  of  White  to  The  Palle-s— Trouble  at 
Clatsop— Fresh  Alarms  in  the  Sprink  op  1843- Brewer's  Letter— Whitk's 
Kmbarrass.ment- Memorial  Against  Ub.  McLouohlin  — How  h>5  Repaid  thk 
Meml -ualists  —  Complaints  OF  The  Dalles  Indians— White  Proceeds  to  Waii- 
LATf-u- Effect  of  his  Visit— The  Cayuses  Show  Him  their  Farms— An  Kx- 
tkaordinary  Cavalcade  — Perkins'  Visits  to  Tauitowe's  Camp— White  <;oes 
TO  Lapwai  — Nez  Percks  Received  into  the  Church  — .Ioseph  Welcomf^  Ellis 
—  I'.FFECT  ON  Their  (ii-F^sTs— Lawyer- The  Nez  Pebces  Accompany  White  td 
Waiilatpu  — Grand  Receition  — Council— Speeches  of  the  •Chiefs  — Laws  Ac- 
cepted—White Returns  to  The  Dalles  to  Teach  the  Indians— Mrs.  Whit- 
man Leaves  Waiilatpu. 

In  thr  foregoing  chapters  we  have  presented  to  us  the 
stage,  and  the  dramatis  personfe  on  which,  and  by  whom, 
was  enacted  the  great  tragedy  of  colonial  Oregon,  and 
have  been  given  a  view  of  its  gradual  unfolding.  From 
this  point  the  story  proceeds  more  rapidly. 

Up  to  the  time  that  Dr.  White  returned  from  the  states 
invested  with  the  authority  of  a  sub-agent  of  Indian 
affairs  in  Oregon,  and  before  Dr.  Whitman  had  taken  his 
departure  for  the  east,  there  had  been  enacted  no  other 
liostilities  than  those  above  narrated;  trifling  if  viewed  in 
the  light  of  actual  warfare,  yet  of  a  threatening  nature 
when  the  circumstances  of  the  white  inhabitants  and  the 
characteristics  of  the  natives  were  considered. 

The  colonists  in  the  Wallamet  valley,  glad  to  be  recog- 
nized as  belonging  to  the  United  States,  even  by  the  un- 
warranted commissioning  of  a  nondescript  government 
officer,  were  proceeding  to  the  discussion  of  steps  towards 
a  political  organization,  when  they  were  startled  by  intel- 
ligenco  from  Fort  Vancouver  that  the  Cayuses  had  become 
openly  hostile,  having  entered  the  mission-house  at  mid- 


(43) 


44 


INDIAN  WABS   OF  OREGON. 


night,  and  proceeded  to  the  chamber  of  Mrs.  Whitman, 
who  escaped  out  of  their  hands  only  by  the  timely  aid  of 
Mr.  Geiger.  A  few  days  later  the  mission  flouring-mill 
was  burned  down,  and  a  large  quantity  of  grain  destroyed. 
Mrs.  Whitman  had  been  compelled  to  take  refuge  with  the 
Methodist  families  at  The  Dalles,  which  place  she  reached 
by  the  kindness  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  at  Fort 
Walla  Walla,  accompanied  by  Geiger. 

The  Nez  Percys  also  had  insulted  and  ordered  out  of 
her  house  Mrs.  Spalding  at  Lapwai;  and  after  stealing 
Mr.  Spalding's  horse,  had  pointed  a  gun  at,  and  further 
menaced  him. 

These  were  acts  of  an  unmistakable  character,  and  Dr. 
White  felt  called  upon  to  exhibit  the  authority  in  him 
vested.  He  secured  the  services  of  Thomas  McKay,  a 
noted  leader  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  trading 
parties,  :'id  much  respected  as  well  as  feared  by  the 
Indians,  with  six  other  picked  men,  to  go  to  the  scene  of 
the  disturbances.  To  this  party  were  added  Cornelius 
Rogers,  late  of  Waiilatpu,  and  Baptiste  Dorion,  as  inter- 
preters. They  were  also  joined  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Little- 
john,  who  wished  to  go  to  the  aid  of  the  Spaldings  at 
Lapwai,  as  they  had  agreed  to  do  before  Dr.  Whitman's 
departure.  At  The  Dalles  it  was  thought  best  for  Mrs. 
Littlejohn  to  remain  until  the  temper  of  the  Indian.s 
became  better  known;  but  Mr.  Geiger  accompanied  the 
excursion  to  look  after  the  mission  property  at  Waiilatpu. 

It  waa  already  the  sixteenth  of  November  when  the  ex- 
pedition set  out  from  Vancouver.  Owing  to  adverse  winds 
on  the  Columbia  it  did  not  reach  The  Dalles  until  the 
twenty-fourth,  where  it  made  a  short  stay  to  procure 
liorses,  arriving  at  Waiilatpu,  after  having  been  joined  at 
Walla  Walla  fort  by  Mr.  McKiiilay,  on  the  first  day  of 
December.  The  Cnyuses  appeared  shy,  evidently  unable 
to  believe  that  this  small  party  was  all  whom  the  aeent  of 
the  United  States  had  brought  with  him  into  a  hostile 
conntry,  and  fearing  a  surprise.     White  took  little  notice 


THE  CAYU8E  WAR. 


45 


Itman, 
laid  of 
|g-mill 
Iroyed. 
[th  the 

cached 
It  Fort 


of  them,  but  proceeded  to  Lapwai,  where  he  arrived  on  the 
thirc^  and  had  to  wait  for  the  upper  Nez  Perces,  to  whom 
a  courier  had  been  sent,  to  meet  him.  In  the  meantime 
he  visited  the  chiefs  in  the  vicinity,  and  the  school, 
adroitly  expressing  surprise  at  the  advancement  of  the 
pupils  in  reading  and  writing.  "  Next  day,"  he  says,  "  I 
visited  their  little  plantations,  rude,  to  be  sure,  but  success- 
fully carried  on,  so  far  as  raising  the  necessaries  of  life 
were  concerned;  and  it  was  most  gratifying  to  witness 
their  fondness  and  care  for  their  little  herds,  pigs,  poultry, 
etc." 

Dr.  White  possessed  some  qualities  which  eminently 
fitted  him  to  deal  with  Indians,  as  well  as  white  men, 
among  which  was  suavity  of  manner,  and  a  desire  to  please 
as  well  as  to  be  pleased.  Accordingly,  when  the  chiefs  of 
the  Nez  Perces  were  assembled  to  the  number  of  twenty- 
two,  with  a  large  number  of  their  people,  all  giving  a  grave 
attention  to  his  words,  he  stated  th^  object  of  his  visit,  and 
that  he  had  been  sent  by  the  gn  ief  (president  of  the 

United  States),  to  assure  them  ol  the  kind  intentions  of 
his  government,  and  the  sad  consequences  that  would 
ensue  to  any  white  man,  from  that  time,  who  should 
invade  their  rights  by  stealing,  murder,  or  selling  them 
damaged  goods,  or  alcohol.  "Without  threatening,"  '19 
says,  "I  gave  them  to  understand  how  highly  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Spalding  were  prized  by  the  numerous  whites,  and 
with  what  pleasure  the  great  chief  gave  them  a  paper 
( i)assport )  to  encourage  them  to  come  here  to  teach  them 
what  they  were  now  so  diligently  employed  in  obtaining, 
in  order  that  their  children  might  become  good,  wise,  and 
happy." 

McKinlay  addressed  them  briefly,  alluding  to  his  several 
years'  residence  among  them,  and  the  good  understanding 
that  had  existed  between  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  and 
themselves,  and  assured  them  that  all  the  white  people, 
whether  Boston,  King  George,  or  French  (Indian  designa- 
tions for  Americans,  English,  and  Canadians)  were  one, as 


w.\\ 


46 


INDIAN  WAHS  OF  ORKOON. 


the  Nez  Percys  and  Cayusos  were  one  in  their  interests  and 
affections.  This  hint  that  the  Hudson's  Bay  people  would 
not  approve  of  any  abuse  of  the  missionaries,  was  softened 
by  praise  of  their  unexpected  advancement  in  arts  and 
sciences,  as  shown  by  their  farms  and  schools. 

Then  came  Mr.  Rogers  who  had  done  so  much  for  them 
in  helping  to  shape  their  written  language,  and  who  was 
a  favorite  with  the  Nez  Perces.  He  reminded  them  of  the 
good  accomplished,  and  carefully  brought  them  to  remem- 
ber the  unhappy  consequences  which  had  followed  a 
rupture  between  the  United  States  and  the  tribes  east  of 
the  mountains,  exhorting  them  to  be  reasonable  and 
accept  such  measures  as  were  for  their  advancement. 

McKay  reserved  his  remarks  to  the  last,  knowing  that 
his  mixed  blood  would  appeal  strongly  to  his  auditors. 
He  reminded  them  of  the  tragedy  of  the  TonqvAn,  whereby 
he  was  left  an  orphan,  since  which  time  he  had  for  many 
years  constantly  traveled  through  and  mixed  with  the 
Oregon  tribes;  liad  mingled  in  their  bloody  wars  with  the 
Blackfoot  Indians,  and  had  enjoyed  their  seasons  of  peace; 
had  suffered  the  pangs  of  hunger  with  them,  and  enjoyed 
their  feasts  and  sports,  until  weary  at  last  he  had  retired 
upon  his  plantation  in  the  Wallamet  valley,  and  was  as 
one  dead.  But  he  was  aroused  by  the  call  of  his  white 
brother,  and  now  was  again  in  their  midst,  and  was  glad. 
He  had  come  at  the  bidding  of  the  great  chief  whose 
children  were  more  numerous  than  the  stars  of  heaven  or 
the  leaves  of  the  forest.  "  Will  you  hear  what  he  says?" 
asked  the  orator,  his  tall  figure  and  dark  impassioned 
face  tense  with  meaning.  "You  will!  Your  wonderful 
improvement  in  the  arts  and  sciences  prove  you  are  no 
fools.  Surely  you  will  hear;  but  if  disposed  to  close  your 
ears  and  stop  them,  they  will  be  torn  wide  open,  and  you 
will  be  made  to  hear." 

A  proposition  appears  to  have  been  made  in  reference 
to  the  choosing  of  a  high  chief,  the  other  chiefs  to  be  his 
aids  ill  carrying  nut  his  commands.     It  is  not  oa-sy  to  uii- 


THE  CAY  USE  WAR. 


47. 


ests  and 

e  would 

softened 

arts  and 

or  them 

who  was 

!m  of  the 

re  mem - 

owed  a 

east  of 

able  and 

ent. 

ving  that 

auditors. 

,  whereby 

for  many 

with  the 

s  with  the 

^  of  peace ; 

d  enjoyed 

ad  retired 

lid  was  as 

his  white 

was  glad. 

lief  whose 

heaven  or 

he  says?" 

1  passioned 

wonderful 

ou  are  no 

close  your 

1,  and  you 

I  reference 
}  to  be  his 
•nsv  to  un- 


derstand the  action  of  McKiulay  and  McKay  in  supporting 
this  measure,  as  the  policy  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company 
had  been  to  destroy  the  chieftainships,  thus  to  lessen  the 
danger  from  combined  action  among  the  Indians.  They 
may  have  seen  that  the  rivalry  that  would  be  called  into 
play  would  be  an  effectual  check  on  combination,  or  they 
may  have  feared  to  injure  White's  influence  by  objecting. 

After  an  impressive  silence.  Five  Crows  of  the  Umatilla 
branch  of  the  Cayuses,  a  wealthy  chief  about  forty-five 
years  of  age,  and  dressed  in  English  fashion,  arose  apolo- 
gizing for  doing  so  on  account  of  his  youth  when  compared 
with  other  chiefs  present,  saying  he  had  hopes  of  better 
days  before  him,  seeing  the  white  men  united  in  the 
matter;  his  people  had  much  wanted  something,  they 
hardly  knew  what,  and  had  been  groping  in  darkness;  but 
here  was  something:     Should  they  accept  it? 

After  Five  Crows,  the  oldest  of  the  Nez  Perces,  the 
Bloody  Chief,  who  had  been  high  chief  of  his  tribe  when 
Lewis  and  Clarke  explored  the  country,  arose  and  referred 
to  the  friendship  between  him  and  the  first  white  men  who 
had  visited  this  region.  "I  showed  them,"  said  he,  "my 
many  wounds  received  in  battle  with  the  Snakes;  they 
told  me  it  was  not  good;  it  was  better  to  be  at  peace;  gave 
me  a  flag  of  truce;'  I  held  it  up  high ;  we  met  and  talked, 
but  never  fought  again.  C^larke  pointed  to  this  day,  to 
you,  and  this  occasion.  We  have  long  waited  in  expecta- 
tion. We  sent  three  of  our  sons  to  Red-river  school  to 
prepare  for  it.  Two  of  them  sleep  with  their  fathers;  the 
other  is  here,  and  can  be  ears,  mouth,  and  pen  for  us.  I 
can  say  no  more.  I  am  quickly  tired ;  my  voice  and  limbs 
tremble.  I  am  glad  I  live  to  see  you  this  day,  but  I  shall 
soon  be  still  and  quiet  in  death." 

Following  this  speech,  which  was  aflfecting  from  its  sim- 
plicity and  pathos,  several  of  the  younger  chiefs  spoke, 

1  This  1b  undoubtedly  an  error  of  the  luterpreter's.  I^ewis  and  Clarke  gave  this 
chief  a  United  States  fluK,  explaining  to  him  its  meaniuK.  Hence,  be  aays,  "  I  lield 
it  up  liigl)."    He  waii  called  Tiriiited  Hair  by  the  explorers. 


I  I 


48 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OHKdON. 


I  'J     ■ 


after  which  there  was  an  adjournment  of  three  hours  to 
allow  them  to  deliberate  among  themselves.  On  reassem- 
bling White  alluded  to  some  of  the  offenses  committed  by 
the  young  men,  and  not  sanctioned  by  the  chiefs  or  old 
men,  as  he  hoped ;  but,  where  the  chiefs  had  done  wrong, 
he  attributed  it  to  a  misunderstanding  of  what  they  had 
been  taught,  or  other  mitigating  causes.  He  then  advised 
them  to  choose  a  high  chief;  and  that  all  the  chiefs  should 
have  a  bodyguard  to  execute  the  laws.  The  code  prepared 
by  him  was  then  presented  for  adoption,  as  follows: — 

Article  1.    Whoever  wilfully  takes  life  shall  bo  hung. 

Article  2.     Whoever  burns  a  dwelling  shall  be  hung. 

Article  3.  Whoever  burns  an  outbuilding  shall  be  im- 
prisoned six  months,  receive  fifty  lashes,  and  pay  all  dam- 
ages. 

Article  4.  Whoever  carelessly  burns  a  house,  or  any 
property,  shall  pay  damages. 

Article  5.  If  any  one  enter  a  dwelling,  without  per- 
mission of  the  occupant,  the  chiefs  shall  punish  him  a.s 
they  think  proper.     Public  rooms  are  excepted. 

Article  0.  If  any  one  steal,  he  shall  pay  back  two-fold; 
and  if  it  be  the  value  of  a  beaver  skin  or  less,  he.  shall 
receive  twenty-five  lashes;  and  if  the  value  is  over  a  beaver 
skin,  he  shall  pay  back  two-fold,  and  receive  fifty  lashes. 

Article  7.  If  any  one  take  a  horse  and  ride  it  without 
permission,  or  take  any  article  and  use  it  without  liberty, 
he  shall  pay  for  the  use  of  it,  and  receive  from  twenty  to 
fifty  lashes,  as  the  chief  shall  direct. 

Article  8.  If  any  one  enter  a  field  and  injure  the  crops, 
or  throw  down  the  fence  so  that  cattle  or  horses  go  in  and 
do  damage,  he  shall  pay  all  damages,  and  receive  twenty- 
five  lashes  for  every  offense. 

Article  9.  Those  only  may  keep  dogs  who  travel  or 
live  among  the  game.  If  a  dog  kill  a  lamb,  calf,  or  any 
domestic  animal,  the  owner  shall  pay  the  damages  and 
kill  the  dog. 

Article  10.     If  an  Indian  raise  n  gun  or  other  weapon 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


49 


pours  to 
Ireiissera- 
litted  by 
|fs  or  old 
e  wrong, 
hey  had 
advised 
ifs  should 
prepared 
s: — 
hung. 
huMg. 
ill  be  im- 
all  dam- 

e,  or  any 

hout  per- 
ih  him  as 

:  two-fold ; 
1,  he.  shall 
ir  a  beaver 
fty  lashes, 
it  without 
ut  liberty, 
twenty  to 

the  crops, 
go  in  and 
7Q  twenty- 
travel  or 
ilf,  or  any 
oages  and 

3r  weapon 


against  a  white  man,  it  shall  be  reported  to  the  chiefs,  and 
they  shall  punish  it.  If  a  white  man  do  the  same  to  an 
Indian,  it  shall  be  reported  to  Dr.  White,  and  he  shall 
punish  or  redress  it. 

Article  11.  If  an  Indian  break  these  laws,  he  shall  be 
punished  by  his  chiefs;  if  a  white  man  break  them,  he 
shall  be  reported  to  the  agent,  and  punished  at  his  instance. 

To  these  laws  the  Nez  Percys  gave  their  assent  with 
apparent  willingness,  even  advocating  making  some  of  the 
penalties  more  severe,  and  adding  the  dog  law.  The  chiefs 
were  astute  enough  to  see  how  much  power  it  placed  in 
their  hands,  although  each  law  had  been  framed  for  the 
protection  of  the  white  race.  But  to  find  a  man  among 
them  willing  to  assume  the  responsibility,  together  with 
the  power,  was  not  so  easy  as  might  have  been  expected. 

The  election  was  to  be  unanimous,  and  to  be  closed  by 
the  next  day  at  ten  o'clock,  after  which,  if  all  should  be 
amicably  settled,  a  fat  ox  was  to  be  slaughtered,  and  they 
were  to  dine  with  the  white  chiefs.  As  a  feast  will  settle 
knotty  questions  in  most  quarters  of  the  globe,  so  this  one 
in  anticipation  put  the  Nez  Perces  in  high  good  humor, 
and  after  referring  many  times  to  McKay  and  Rogers  for 
advice,  very  sparingly  given,  they  made  choice  of  Ellis,  of 
Kamiah,  who  was  possessed  of  much  influence  among  the 
whole  Nez  Perc§  nation.  This  was  the  same  Ellis  who 
started  with  Gray  for  the  states,  and  whom  Mr.  Spalding 
would  have  had  whipped  for  deserting  him.  He  was  now 
thirty-two  years  of  age,  and  having  been  sent  to  school  at 
Red  river,  spoke  and  wrote  English  passably  well,  being 
also  the  owner  of  a  plantation,  some  sheep  and  neat  stock, 
and  eleven  hundred  head  of  horses. 

The  election  being  announced  the  multitude  partook  of 
fat  beef,  corn,  and  pease  to  repletion,  smoking  afterwards 
the  friendly  pipe  until  evening,  when  a  special  meeting  of 
the  head  men  #as  called  to  consider  the  grievances  of 
which  Mr.  Spalding  or  the  Indians  had  to  complain.  Ellis 
throughout  conducted  himself  in  a  sensible  manner,  and 


60 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  ORKCrON. 


those  difficulties  wore  disposed  of.  Finally,  on  the  follow- 
ing dny,  another  meeting  was  held,  at  which  (juostions  wore 
asked  and  answered  with  a  view  to  enlightening  the  In- 
dians concerning  the  sentiments  and  laws  of  white  people. 

"1  advised  in  many  matters,"  says  White,  "especially  in 
reference  to  hogging,  or  even  receiving  presents  without  in 
some  way  returning  an  equivalent;  pointed  out  in  strong 
language  who  beggars  are  among  the  whites,  and  how  re- 
garded; and  commended  them  for  not  once  troubling  me 
during  my  stay  with  this  disgusting  practice;  and  as  a 
token  of  respect  now,  at  the  close  of  our  long  and  happy 
meeting,  they  would  please  accept,  in  the  name  of  my 
great  chief,  a  present  of  fifty  garden  hoes,  not  for  those  in 
authority,  of  such  as  had  no  need  of  them,  but  for  the 
chiefs  and  Mr.  Spalding  to  distribute  among  their  indus- 
trious poor." 

Before  leaving.  White  prepared  some  medicines  to  bo 
given  the  poor  as  they  should  be  required;  and  exhorted 
all  to  be  in  obedience  to  their  chiefs,  and  to  look  upon  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Spalding  as  their  father  and  mother,  reserving 
all  points  of  difference  to  be  settled  when  he  returned  in 
the  spring,  lie  was  then  escorted  several  miles  upon  his 
way,  when  the  chiefs  parted  from  him  in  high  good  humor; 
and  Mr.  Spalding  afterwards  wrote  that  the  Nez  Percys  were 
(juiet  during  the  winter ;  so  easy  was  it,  apparently,  for  a 
man  with  some  tact  to  secure  the  good  will  and  confidence 
of  these  adult  children. 

A  report  sent  to  the  sub-agent  by  Mr.  Spalding  in  the 
spring  contains  many  interesting  facts  concerning  the  Nez 
Perces  at  this  time,  in  which  he  commended  their  industry 
and  quickness  of  intellect,  though  giving  an  unflattering 
summing  up  of  their  moral  characteristics  as  observed  by 
him  in  his  intercourse  with  them;  but  confesses  that  when 
he  attempts  to  hold  it  up  as  an  exception  to  other  nations 
without  the  wholesome  restraints  of  law,'and  strangers  to 
the  influence  of  enlightened  society,  he  is  unable  to  do  it. 

Returning  to  Waiilatpu,  Dr.  AVhite  found  awaitin*;  him 


THE   CAY  USE  WAIL 


51 


e  fol low- 
Ions  wore 
the  In- 
|e  people. 
K'ially  in 
lithout  in 
in  strong 
how  re- 
[bling  me 
land  ns  a 
d  happy 
le  of  my 
r  those  in 
it  for  the 
3ir  indus- 

nes  to  bo 
exhorted 
upon  Mr. 
,  reserving 
(turned  in 
5  upon  his 
od  humor; 
'erces  were 
ntly,  for  a 
confidence 

ng  in  the 
ig  the  Nez 
r  industry 
a  flattering 
)served  by 
that  when 
er  nations 
rangers  to 
e  to  do  it. 
litinj;  him 


Tauitowe  (sometimes  called  the  young  chief),  head  man 
of  the  (.'ayuses  on  the  Umatilla,  and  brother  of  I'Mvo 
Crow.s;  and  FeaMicr  Cap,  belonging  to  Tiloukaikt's  camp 
at  Waiilatpu,  witli  a  few  other  chiefs  from  the  throe  prin- 
cipal Cayr^e  camps,  the  third  of  which  was  half  way  be- 
tween the  two  just  mentioned,  and  governed  by  Camaspelo. 
It  was  at  once  evident  that  much  disaffection  existed  here, 
which  it  would  be  difficult  to  euro,  and  White  put  forward 
Rogers  and  McKay  as  better  informed  how  to  deal  with 
it  than  he.  "They  had  not  proceeded  far,"  says  White  in 
his  report, "  before  Feather  Cap,  for  the  first  time  in  his  life, 
so  far  as  we  know,  commenced  weepmg,  and  wished  to  see 
me;  said  1.  s  heart  was  sick,  and  he  could  not  live  long  as 
he  now  "'^^* "  The  cause  of  Feather  Cap's  tears  was  the 
knowledge  of  his  own  guilt,  the  information  that  the  Nez 
Perces  had  accepted  the  laws,  and  the  fear  that  the  Cayuses 
would  do  the  same,  when  he  would  be  in  a  bad  case. 
Tauitowe  had  at  first  no  tears  to  shed,  and  he  had  some 
charges  to  bring  against  the  white  race, — three-fourths  of 
whom,  he  said,  though  teaching  the  purest  doctrines,  were 
in  practice  bad  men, —  an  opinion  founded  upon  what  he 
had  observed  among  mountain  men  when  he  had  been  on 
the  buffalo  hunt.  Pie  was  shown  that  such  examples  did 
not  apply  in  the  present  instance,  and  finally  admitted  it, 
and  in  a  speech  in  which  he  related  his  troubles  as  high 
chief,  wept  freely.  He  had  Hogged'^  his  young  men,  and 
reproved  the  middle-aged,  until  having  none  to  sustain 
him,  his  popularity  had  so  declined  he  was  "left  alone  to 
say  his  payers  and  go  to  bed  to  weep  over  the  follies  and 
wickedness  of  his  people." 

When  Rogers  and  McKay  had  aroused  the  chiefs  to 
remorse,  they  were  sent  to  Dr.  White,  who  magnanimously 
promised  to  refrain  from  punishing  any  but  the  actually 
guilty.  The  settlement  of  the  count  against  them  —  the 
offense  against  Mrs.  Whitman  and  the  destruction  of  Dr, 
Whitman's   property,   was  allowed   to  stand   over  until 

•  FlogKiiiK  was  a  puiiighmeiit  first  instituted  by  the  Hudaou's  Bay  Company. 


!    1. 


52 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


spring,  when  a  final  adjustment  \7oaId  be  made  if  a  ma- 
jority of  the  principal  men  could  be  brought  together  by 
the  tenth  of  April.  '^  he  Cayuses  ware  then  left  to  «heir 
reflections. 

At  The  Dalles,  on  returning,  White  held  a  four  days' 
meeting  with  the  Indians  of  Mr.  Perkins'  mission,  whom 
he  found  in  a  state  of  great  excilement,  all  kinds  of  rumors 
being  afloat  among  them  of  the  intentions  of  tx  .  sub-agent 
towards  them,  and  having  a  well-founded  conviction  that 
individually  and  collectively  they  had  broken,  and  should 
continue  to  break  the  white  men's  laws.  But  at  the  end 
cf  the  four  days  they  were  persuaded  to  accept  *he  cede, 
and  in  the  winter  H.  B.  Brewer,  farmer  of  The  Dalles 
mission,  reported  them  living  up  to  the  regulations,  and 
cutting  logs  for  houses.  "For  the  least  transgression  of 
the  laws,"  wrote  Brewer,  "they  are  punished  by  their  chiefs 
immediately.  The  clean  faces  of  some,  and  the  tidy 
dresses  of  others,  show  the  good  effects  of  your  visit." 

White  had  hardly  reached  the  Wailamet  before  he  was 
called  to  Astoria  to  settle  a  difficulty  created  by  a  deserting 
sailor  from  some  vessel  in  ihe  Columbia,  who  had  insti- 
gated the  Indians  to  threaten  the  life  of  one  of  the  mission- 
aries at  (.")atsop.  The  man  was  arrested,  and  ihe  mi^tter 
settled  by  the  Hudscn'.s  Bay  Company  allowing  him  to  be 
sent  out  of  the  country  in  charge  of  one  of  thtiir  trading 
parties. 

Thus  passed  the  winter  of  1842  \  when  in  the  spring  a 
fresh  a,^itation  disturbed  the  American  colonists.  Whether 
justly  or  unjustly,  Laptiste  Dorion,  son  c.l  that  Madam 
Doriop  celebrated  in  Irving's  Astoria  for  her  courage  and 
endurance  in  crossing  the  mountains  and  plains  with 
Hunt's  pany,  was  charged  with  Hing  the  incendiary 
spirit  who  infiueoced  the  minds  of  the  Indians  with  tales 
of  the  intended  stjizur,;  of  their  country  by  pe9ple  from  the 
United  States. 

It  seems  thai  Dorion,  who  acted  as  one  of  White's  inter- 
pvetfsrs,  remainea  in  the  upper  country,  and  it  i;.ay  liave 


TBH   CAYUSE  WAR. 


&8 


if  a  ma- 
3ther  by 
I  to  „heir 

ir  days' 
.,  whom 
If  luraors 
lub-agent 
Ition  that 
Id  should 
the  end 
*he  cede, 
le  Dalles 
ions,  and 
•ession  of 
leir  chiefs 
the  tidv 
sit." 

re  he  was 
deserting 
had  insti- 
e  mission- 
he  matter 
him  to  be 
ir  trading 

B  spring  a 
Whether 
,t  Madam 
irage  and 
ains  with 
acendiary 
with  tales 
3  from  the 

ite's  inter- 
L.av  have 


been  quite  true  that  he,  with  half-caste  cunning  and 
suspicion,  lit  the  smoldering  fires  in  the  haughty  hearts  of 
the  Cayuse  chiefs  and  their  allies,  which  threatened  to 
break  out  into  a  raging  conflagration.  But  Hines,  in  his 
Oregon,  remarks  upon  other  causes  for  discontent  and  sus- 
picion :  "  The  fulfillment  of  the  laws,"  he  says,  "  which 
the  agent  recommended  for  their  adoption  was  required 
by  Ellis  with  the  utmost  vigor.  Individuals  were  severely 
punished  for  crimes  which,  from  time  immemorial,  had 
been  committed  by  the  people  with  impunity.  They  saw 
in  the  laws  a  deop  laid  scheme  of  the  whites  to  destroy 
them,  and  take  possession  of  their  country."  This  sus- 
picion received  cont'rmation  when  they  recollected  that 
Dr.  White  himself  brought  a  large  party  into  the  country 
with  him ,  and  bv  the  threat  of  Dr.  Whitman  that  he 
would  bring  many  people  to  punish  them  for  their  mis- 
deeds, a  calamity  tliey  were  looking  forward  to,  at  the  end 
of  summer.  So  firm  was  their  conviction,  that  many  of 
the  Cayus^s  refused  to  cultivate  their  plantations  in  the 
spring  of  1843,  and  were  full  of  suppressed  e'rcitement. 

So  much  had  their  belief  in  the  treachery  o^  ihe  white 
people  grown  upon  them  during  the  winter  that  they  pre- 
vailed upon  the  Walla  Walla  chief,  Peu-peu-mox-mox 
(Yellow  Serpent),  to  visit  Fort  Vancouver,  and  ask  advice 
from  the  head  of  the  Pludson's  Bay  Company.  The  reply 
of  Dr.  McLoughlin  was  that  he  did  not  believe  the  Amer- 
icans intended  to  go  to  war,  and  that  if  they  should  do  so 
incredible  a  thing,  the  company  would  not  support  them  in 
it;  and  the  chief  returned  comforted,  after  which  the  Cay- 
uses  began  again  io  hoe  their  little  gardens. 

It  appearis  that  Dr.  White  did  not  keep  his  appointment 
with  th«  Ne/  Percys,  probably  for  want  of  means;  but 
about  the  Hvug  he  should  have  done  so,  such  news  was  re- 
ceived from  the  uoper  country  relative  to  the  designs  of 
the  Indians  in  that  region  that  he  was  forced  to  make  an 
eflort  to  go  among  them.  According  to  Mr.  Hines,  the 
V/allamet  settlements  were  "  thrown  into  a  panic,"  the  Cay- 


i^^iii'.i!- 


54 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OliEGON. 


uses,  Nez  Perces,  and  Waila  Wulias  having  "  threatened  the 
destruction  of  the  whites."  A  letter  was  received  from  H- 
K.  W.  Perkins  of  The  Dalles,  containing  the  information 
furnished  by  the  Walla  Walla  and  Wascopum  or  Dalles 
Indians,  tliat  all  these  tribes  were  much  exasperated 
against  the  white  people  on  account  of  the  belief  that  they 
were  coming  to  take  away  their  lands;  and  it  was  stated 
that  the  Nez  Perces,  during  the  winter,  had  dispatched  one 
of  their  chiefs  on  snowshoes,  to  visit  the  Indians  east  of 
Fort  Hall  to  incite  them  to  cut  off  the  party  which  Dr. 
Whitman  had  told  them  he  would  bring  back  with  him 
"to  settle  the  Nez  Perces  country;"  and  that  a  coalition 
was  forming  for  the  destruction  of  the  Americans — not  a 
part  of  them  only,  but  every  one. 

The  terror  of  the  Americans,  thus,  for  the  first  time, 
brought  actually  to  face  a  danger  they  had  before  only 
vagu*^'!;  ima'',ined,  was  very  great.  "  In  the  estimation  of 
some,"  sa>.  alines,  "the  Indians  were  to  be  upon  us  imme- 
diately, and  it  was  unsafe  to  retire  at  night,  for  fear  the 
settlement  would  be  attacked  before  morning.  The  plan 
of  the  agent  was  to  induce  men  to  pledge  themselves, 
under  the  forfeiture  of  one  hundred  dollars  in  case  of  de- 
linquency, to  keep  constantly  on  hand  and  ready  for  use 
either  a  good  musket  or  rifle,  and  one  hundred  charges  of 
ammunition,  and  to  hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  go  at 
the  call  of  the  agent  to  any  part  of  the  country,  nci  to  ex- 
ceed two  days'  travel,  for  the  purpose  of  defending  the 
settlement,  and  repelling  any  savage  invaders.  Thij  plan 
pleased  some  of  the  people,  and  they  put  down  their  names ; 
but  many  were  much  dissatisfied  with  it,  and  as  we  had 
no  authority,  no  law.  no  order,  for  the  time  being  in  the 
country,  it  was  impossible  to  tell  what  would  be  the  result 
if  the  Indians  should  attempt  to  carry  their  threats  into 
execution." 

To  increase  the  excitement,  it  was  reported  that  the 
Klikitats  v.ere  collecting  on  that  portion  of  the  Wallamot 
plains  whioh  now  constitutes  Washington  county,  and  the 


TBE  CAYVSE  War. 


55 


ined  the 

[from  H- 

rmation 

|r  Dalles 

iperated 

liat  they 

,s  stated 

ihed  one 

!s  east  of 

ich  Dr. 

ith  him 

coalition 

3 — not  a 

rst  time, 
ore  only 
nation  of 
us  imme- 
■  fear  the 
rlie  plan 
emselves, 
ise  of  de- 
y  for  use 
harges  of 
}  to  go  at 
ici to  ox- 
rling  the 
rhij  plan 
r  names ; 
J  we  had 
g  in  the 
lie  result 
eats  into 

that  the 

/^allainet 

and  the 


people,  about  thirty  families,  residing  there,  were  much 
alarmed.  A  Calapooya  chief  also  living  near  the  Metho- 
dist missioL',  incensed  because  one  of  his  people  had  been 
flogged,  by  order  of  Dr.  White,  for  stealing  a  horse  from 
the  missionaries  and  flour  from  the  mill  at  Salem,  had 
gone  away  declaring  he  would  return  with  a  force  to  drive 
away  the  Americans. 

"The  colony  is  indeed  in  a  most  defenseless  condition," 
remarks  Hines;  "two  hundred  Indians  divided  into  four 
bands  miglit  destroy  the  Vt^hole  settlement  in  one  night." 

White  had  no  less  than  eight  prisoners,  white  and  red, 
on  his  hands  at  this  time,  and  the  adjnstment  of  these 
aff'airs  was  occasioning  no  little  trouble;  but  happily  the 
Indians  in  the  vicinity  of  the  settlements  were  more  brawl- 
ers than  fighters,  and  the  dreaded  outbreak  was  averted  for 
the  time  being. 

On  the  twentieth  of  April,  1843,  another  letter  was  re- 
ceived from  Mr.  Brewer  at  The  Dalles,  stating  that  tiie 
Indians  in  the  interior  still  talked  much  of  war  between 
themselves,  and  that  the  white  people  in  their  midst  had 
much  to  foar  from  their  mood.  White  then  hastened  to 
keep  liis  appointment  made  in  December,  in  order,  if  pos- 
sible, to  remove  from  their  minds  the  excitement  origi- 
nating in  Dr.  Whitman's  promise,  and  confirmed,  it  was 
said,  by  wheX  Dr.  White  had  told  them  in  the  council  of 
December — this  latter  being  by  inference  only. 

But  now  the  United  States  ager.t  found  himself  in  a 
very  delicate  position.  United  States  authority  and  the 
national  treasury  were  a  long  way  otf.  No  government  of 
any  kind  existed  in  Oregon;  no  force  was  there  with  which 
to  intimidate  the  Indians,  should  force  be  necessary;  no 
public  funds  to  draw  upon  for  presents  to  pac'fy  the  sus- 
picious of  tlie  C'ayuses  and  Nez  Perces;  and  co  add  to  the 
hopelessness  of  the  situation,  the  settlers  had  just  previ- 
ously dispatched  to  congress  a  memorial,  charging  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company  in  Oregon  with  every  species  of 
tyranny  and  injustice  towards  the  Americans,  and  particu- 


56 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


k 


larly  accusing  Dr.  McLoughlin  of  intending  to  injure  them. 

Now,  as  in  all  their  necessities  pnst,  or  likely  to  come  for 
some  time,  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  governed  by  Dr. 
McLoughlin,  had  been  and  still  was  an  ever-present  help 
in  time  of  trouble,  this  memorial  was  but  a  poor  return 
for  kindnesses;  but  at  this  particular  juncture  of  affairs  it 
seemed  likely  to  prove  a  serious  blunder,  as  Dr.  McLough- 
lin was  much  incensed  that  such  a  document  should  be 
laid  before  the  congress  of  the  United  States,  and  in  his 
just  wrath  had  declared  he  would  extend  no  more  favors  to 
its  authors. 

Dr.  White  did  noL  consider  that  he  came  under  the  ban, 
being  neither  an  author  or  signer  of  the  memorial  —  he 
was  rather  under  the  ban  of  his  countrymen  for  not  being 
one  or  the  other.  He  determined  to  try  his  persuasive 
powers  at  Vancouver,' and  accompanied  by  Rev.  Gustavus 
Hines,  and  G.  W.  Le  Breton,  an  enthusiastic  young  Amer- 
ican, proceeded  to  that  place  on  the  twenty-fifth,  attended 
only  by  one  Indian  boy,  and  one  Kanaka,  neither  Cana- 
dians nor  American  colonists  being  found  to  undertake 
the  dangerous  service.  The  former,  it  was  alleged,  and 
with  reason,  were  ordered  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company 
to  remain  quiet  at  home;  while  the  latter  found  this 
advice  good  as  concerned  themselves. 

There  being  no  roads  in  Oregon  at  this  period,  travel 
was  usually  performed,  in  a  leisurely  manner,  by  canoe. 
On  the  way  the  agent's  party  was  met  at  two  different 
points  by  a  courier  with  letters  from  Dr.  McLoughlin,  dis- 
couraging the  undertaking.  One  enclosed  a  communica- 
tion from  Rev.  Demers,  Catholic  priest,  just  returned  from 

'White'ii  salary  was  seven  hundred  an<\  Dfty  dullans,  with  the  guaranty  that  when 
I.inn's  hill  passed  It  should  ho  doubleil  ;  and  with  verbal  permlHsion  to  draw  upon 
government  fUndH  to  meet  his  necemary  expeniea.  He  had  dithuulty  afterw^rdHln 
collectlDK  r»r  hiniself:  and  the  board  ol'  management  of  the  lliidiion's  Bay  Company 
found  nolKKly  In  WaahinKton  to  honor  White's  order.  The  l/)ndon  inanagem  sar- 
caitlcally  informed  the  company  in  Oregon  that  they  "did  not  uudemtand  govern- 
ment securities,"  and  advised  them  to  "  stick  to  their  beaver  skinH."  .Xfter  several 
years  congress  made  an  appropriation  to  dischari^'e  both  obligations  on  account  ul' 
the  Indian  service  in  Oregon,  and  White  was  given  another  H|ipoiutniuiit  on  the 
•'acKIc  coast. 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


lit 


re  them. 

borne  for 
by  Dr. 

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return 
laffairs  it 
[cLough- 

lould  be 
Id  in  his 
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lot  being 

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tiustavus 

ig  Amer- 

attended 

er  Cana- 

indertake 

Bged,  and 

Company 

lund  this 

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lanagerit  sar- 
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Vfler  Hevcral 

1  account  ul' 
nuiit  un  the 


a  mission  to  the  interior,  who  reiterated  what  was  known 
before,  that  the  Indians  were  angry  only  with  the  "  Boston  " 
people  or  Americans,  who  they  had  declared,  should  not 
have  their  lands  or  take  away  their  liberties.  Such  being 
the  truth  beyond  doubt,  Dr.  McLoughlin  still  urged  the 
policy  of  keeping  away  from  them,  and  it  was  evident  he 
feared  an  uprising,  so  easily  brought  about  by  slight  indis- 
cretions among  these  ignorant  people. 

But  White  and  Hines  kept  on,  arriving  at  Vancouver 
on  the  evening  of  the  twenty-eighth.  Says  Hines  con- 
cerning what  followed:  "Called  on  Dr.  McLoughlin  for 
goods,  provisions,  powder,  balls,  etc.,  for  our  accommoda- 
tion on  our  voyage  up  the  Columbia,  and  though  he  was 
greatly  surprised  that,  under  the  circumstances,  we  should 
think  of  going  among  these  excited  Indians,  yet  he  ordered 
his  clerks  to  let  us  have  whatever  we  wanted.  However, 
we  found  it  rather  squally  at  the  fort,  not  so  much  on 
account  of  our  going  among  the  Indians  of  the  interior,  as 
in  consequence  of  a  certain  memorial  having  been  sent  to 
the  United  States  congress  implicating  the  conduct  of  Dr. 
McLoughlin  and  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and  bearing 
the  signatures  of  seventy  Americans.  I  in(iuired  of  the 
doctor  if  he  had  refused  to  grant  supplies  to  those  Ameri- 
cans who  had  signed  that  document.  He  replied  that  he 
had  not,  but  that  the  authors  of  the  memorial  need  expect 
no  more  favors  from  him.  Not  being  one  of  the  authors, 
but  merely  a  signer  of  the  petition,  I  did  not  come  under 
the  ban  of  the  company;  consecjuently  I  obtained  my  out- 
fit for  the  expedition,  though  at  first  there  were  strong 
indications  that  I  would  be  refused." 

Thus  the  Americans  in  Oregon  were  furnished  with  the 
means  of  protecting  themselves  against  the  alleged  hostile 
influence  of  the  company  whose  acts  they  continually 
denounced  in  their  memorials, —  furnished  at  a  long  credit 
besides,  and  the  risk  of  disturbing  the  company's  relations 
with  the  Indians  and  the  home  board, —  because  Dr.  Mc- 
Loughlin  was  too  magnanimous  to  oppose  himself  to  a 


-■() 


58 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


helpless  community,  however  undeserving  his  favor  it 
might  be. 

On  the  twenty-ninth  Dr.  White,  Hines,  and  Le  Breton 
made  a  final  start  from  Vancouver.  At  The  Dalles,  where 
they  rrrived  May  fourth,  they  were  met  by  delegates  from 
the  tribes  in  that  vicinity,  who  had  accepted  the  laws  in 
the  previous  December.  They  complained  that  the  high 
chief  elected,  and  his  aids,  had  them  punished  for  trifling 
offenses,  for  doing  what  they  had  always  been  in  the  habit 
of  doing,  and  there  had  been  broils  among  themselves  in 
consequence. 

"  Those  appointed  by  Dr.  White,"  says  Hines,  "  were  de- 
sirous that  his  regulations  shQuld  continue,  because  they 
placed  the  people  under  their  absolute  control,  and  gave 
them  the  power  to  regulate  all  their  intercourse  with  the 
whites,  and  with  the  other  Indian  tribes.  But  the  other 
influential  men  who  were  not  in  office  desired  to  know  of 
Dr.  White  of  what  benefit  this  whipping  system  was  going 
to  be  to  them.  They  said  they  were  willing  it  should  con- 
tinue provided  they  were  to  receive  shirts,  and  pants,  and 
blankets  as  a  reward  for  being  whipped.  They  had  been 
whipped  a  good  many  times  and  got  nothing  for  it,  and  it 
had  done  them  no  good.  If  this  state  of  things  was  to 
continue,  it  was  all  cultus  (good  for  nothing),  and  they 
would  throw  it  away.  The  doctor  wished  them  to  under- 
stand that  they  need  not  expect  pay  for  being  flogged 
when  they  deserved  it.  They  laughed  at  the  idea  and 
separated." 

From  this  it  would  appear  that  no  more  serious  trouble 
existed  among  those  Indians  than  from  their  worthless 
character  might  be  expected  at  any  time.  But  nothing 
is  more  difficult  than  to  learn  the  truth  of  an  Indian 
rumor.  The  difference  between  the  stories  told  to  White 
present,  and  carried  to  White  absent,  was  the  diflerence  lie- 
tween  a  tragedy  and  a  comedy. 

The  agent  did  not  tarry  long  at  The  Dalles,  but  pro- 
ceeded  next  day  on   his  journey,  accompanied   by  Mr. 


THE   CAYLSE  WAB. 


59 


(avor   it 

Breton 

b,  where 

les  from 

(laws  in 

le  high 

trifling 
le  habit 
belves  in 

were  de- 

ise  they 

nd  gave 

with  the 

le  other 

know  of 

ras  going 

)uld  con- 

mts,  and 

bad  been 

it,  and  it 

s  was  to 

ind  they 

to  under- 

;  flogged 

dea  and 

s  trouble 
vorthless 

nothing 
I  Indian 
to  Wliite 
pence  be- 
but  pro- 

by  Mr. 


Perkins.  Mrs.  Whitman  liad  returned  to  Waiilatpu  a 
month  before  with  Mr.  Geiger,  thinking,  perhaps,  to  re- 
assure the  Cayuses  by  her  presence  in  their  midst,  and  was 
anxiously  looking  for  the  agent. 

The  effect  of  the  appearance  among  them  of  so  small  a 
party,  who  they  knew  must  have  been  informed  of  their 
threatened  hostilities,  was  to  excite  both  admiration  and 
doubt  in  the  minds  of  the  Cayuses.  It  was  difficult  for 
them  to  believe  that  there  was  not  a  large  party  concealed 
somewhere  near,  which  only  waited  for  them  to  assemble 
to  rush  upon  them  and  cut  them  off"  at  a  blow.  It  did  not 
take  long  to  learn  that  the  young  men  of  the  tribe  had 
been  in  favor  of  raising  a  war  party  to  go  down  to  the 
Wallamet  and  take  the  settlements  by  surprise.  But  the 
older  chiefs  held  them  back  by  pointing  out  the  lateness 
of  the  season,  and  the  depth  of  snow  in  the  mountains. 
They  also  added  that  it  would  be  wiser  to  remain  on  the 
defensive  than  to  attempt  to  cut  off"  all  the  while  people 
on  their  own  ground ;  and  they  recalled  what  Mr.  McKin- 
lay  and  McKay  had  said — that  in  case  of  insurrection 
there  would  be  no  difiference  of  nationality  between  the 
English,  French,  and  Americans,  but  they  would  all  stand 
together.  They  fully  expected,  however,  at  one  time,  and 
were  still  full  of  the  suspicion  that  they  would  be  com- 
pelled to  go  to  war. 

"On  convincing  them  of  my  defenseless  condition,"  says 
White,  "  and  pacific  intentions,  they  were  quite  astounded 
and  much  affected,  assuring  me  they  had  been  under 
strong  apprehensions,  having  learned  I  was  soon  to  visit 
them  with  a  large  armed  party  with  hostile  intentions,  and 
I  actually  found  them  suffering  more  from  fears  of  war 
from  the  whites,  than  the  whites  from  (fear  of)  the  In- 
dians." 

This  attitude  of  the  Cayuses  at  this  time  is  confirmed 
by  Hines  also,  who  says,  "They  frequently  remarked  to 
Mr.  Geiger  that  they  did  not  wish  to  go  to  war;  but  if  the 
Americans  f-atne  to  take  awav  their  lands  and  make  slaves 


60 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OllKOON 


1 1 


of  them,  they  would  fight  so  long  as  they  had  a  drop  of 
blood  to  shed," 

The  agent's  party  felt  much  uneasiness  in  view  of  the 
rumors  that  were  afloat,  on  learning  that  seven  hundred 
Nez  Perces,  fully  armed,  were  preparing  to  come  to  the 
rendezvous  of  Waiilatpu;  and  it  was  feared  that  unless 
the  Cayuses  should  tirst  have  submitted  to  the  regulations 
offered,  a  quarrel  might  arise,  which  would  terminate  in 
hostilities.  To  prevent  such  a  catastrophe,  an  efifort  was 
made  to  gain  the  consent  of  the  Cayuses  to  hold  a  council 
at  once.  But  no  arguments  or  persuasions  availed  any- 
thing— they  would  hold  no  council  without  the  presence 
of  their  allies.  So  suspicious  were  they  that  they  would 
not  at  first  accede  to  White's  proposal  to  go  himself  to 
Lapwai  and  hasten  the  arrival  of  the  Nez  Perces;  and  they 
were  right  in  thinking  he  had  some  other  motive,  for  he 
was  anxious  to  learn  the  temper  of  the  Nez  Percys  before 
allowing  the  two  nations  to  meet. 

There  were  also  jealousies  to  be  overcome,  some  fearing 
Ellis,  with  his  large  following,  might  be  used  to  subjugate 
them.  At  the  same  time  that  a  part  of  them  insisted  on 
Ellis'  presence  at  a  council,  another  faction  opposed  a 
council  on  any  terms  whatever.  Tiius  several  days  were 
spent  in  studying  the  situation  from  all  points  of  view. 

During  the  period  of  parleying,  the  Cayuses  invited  Dr. 
White  and  his  party  to  make  an  excursion  among  their 
plantations,  and  see  what  they  had  done,  to  which  propo- 
sition the  agent  willingly  acceded. 

Hines  has  described,  with  some  humor.  Feather  C'ap,  the 
leader.  He. says  he  possessed  a  countenance  extraordi- 
narily savage,  but  a  dignified  mein,  and  a  voice  of  com- 
mand. He  was  dressed  in  skin  breeches,  a  striped  shirt, 
which  he  wore  over  his  breeches,  and  a  scarlet  coat 
trimmed  to  imitate  the  uniform  of  a  British  general.  On 
his  head  was  first  a  cotton  handkerchief,  thrown  over 
loosely;  this  was  surmounted  by  m  otter-skin  cap,  on  top 
of  which  was  fastened  the  long  hair  of  a  white  horse-tail. 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


61 


Irop  of 

of  the 
undred 
to  the 
unless 
latio&s 
nate  in 
brt  was 
council 
led  any- 
Dresence 
would 
mself  to 
ind  they 
for  he 
IS  before 

3  fearing 
uLvjugate 
listed  on 
pposed  a 
ays  were 
view, 
vited  Dr. 
>ng  their 
ih  propo- 

Cap,  the 
xtraordi- 

!  of  CODl- 

•ed  shirt, 
rlet  coat 
ral.  On 
wn  over 
),  on  top 
orsG-tail, 


which  hung  in  ringlets  down  his  neck.  Mr.  Geiger,  who 
was  a  small  man,  was  mounted  on  a  donkey,  also  very 
small  and  very  antic,  which  gave  the  Indians  much  cause 
for  laughter.  Mrs.  Whitman  accompanied  them  on  horse- 
back, as  did  Mr.  Perkins,  whose  legs  were  as  long  as 
Geiger's  were  short.  Two  Indian  women  in  calico  dresses, 
riding  astride,  one  with  a  child  before  her,  and  three 
Indian  men,  with  Hines  and  White,  completed  the  party. 

The  Indians  were  pleased  to  show  their  farms.  They 
realized  that  their  condition  as  to  food  was  vastly  improved 
over  what  it  was  when  the  first  Americans  visited  them. 
It  was  found  that  sixty  Cayuses  were  cultivating  each  a 
small  piece  of  ground  in  wheat,  corn,  pease,  and  potatoes; 
and  they  were  pleased  to  be  comn^ended  for  their  industry. 

Rather  late  in  the  day  Mr.  Perkins  left  the  party  to  go 
to  the  camps  of  Tauitowe  and  Five  Crows,  and  also  that  of 
Peu-peu-mox-mox,  to  invite  them  to  a  conference  at 
Waiilatpu.  He  spent  the  night  at  the  lodge  of  the  latter 
dignitary,  whose  son  Elijah  Hedding  had  been  for  a  time 
in  the  Methodist  mission  school  in  the  Wallamet  valley. 
The  chief  and  the  missionary  had  evening  prayers  together, 
all  the  family  joining  in  the  exercises;  and  in  the  morning 
Perkins  was  so  early  in  the  saddle  that  he  surprised 
Tauitowe  in  the  act  of  calling  his  people  together  for  the 
daily  religious  service  by  ringing  a  bell.  His  prayer, 
according  to  the  report  of  Perkins,  was,  as  he  slipped  his 
beads,  "  We  are  poor,  we  are  poor,  we  are  poor,"  ten  times, 
closing  with  "Good  Father,  good  son,  good  spirit,"  until 
the  beads  were  all  counted  —  a  petition  which  meant  as 
much  to  the  Indian  as  the  long  orations  addressed  to  the 
Infinite  in  thousands  of  enlightened  pulpits. 

The  chiefs  invited  by  Perkins  declined  to  meet  for  the 
purpose  of  considering  the  laws  without  the  presence  of 
Ellis,  whose  approbation  of  any  course  they  might  pursue 
appeared  to  be  by  them  considered  of  the  highest  im- 
portance. Finding  them  immovable,  White  finally  relin- 
quished the  effort  to  have  the  Cayuses  committed  to  tho 


62 


INDIAN  WARS  OF   OlitJOON. 


N:hj 


.l.i 


adoption  of  the  laws  before  being  joined  l)y  the  Ne/  l'ei*c6s, 
nnd  set  out  for  Lapwai,  as  lie  told  the  CuvuilCS,  to  lutsten 
their  coming,  but  really  to  gain  from  them  a  pledge  to  use 
their  influence  for  the  laws  with  this  people,  or  to  stay  at 
home. 

The  agent  and  his  party  were  warmly  welcomed  at  La[)- 
wai  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spalding,  and  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Littlejohn, 
whom  White  had  sent  to  the  assistance  of  the  mission  dur- 
ing the  winter.  Ellis,  who  was  at  Kami^b,  sixty  miles 
away,  was  sent  for.  Meanwhile  the  ageu  was  informed 
of  the  progress  of  the  people  in  learning  and  religion. 
Two  hundred  Indians  attended  religious  services  on  Sun- 
day. Joseph,  the  second  chief  of  the  Nez  Percys,  had 
already  been  received  into  the  church ;  also  Timothy,  an- 
other chief,  and  thirty  others  stood  proposed  for  member- 
ship. Accordingly',  Mr.  Spalding  determined  to  strengthen 
the  hands  of  the  agent  by  receiving  these  into  the  church, 
and  on  Sunday,  May  14,  1843,  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Lapwai  was  augmented  by  thirty  Nez  Perce  members. 
At  the  end  of  three  days,  which  were  employed  by  White 
in  visiting  the  chiefs,  and  administering  to  the  sirk,  it  was 
announced  that  Ellis,  with  his  braves,  was  approaching, 
and  preparations  made  to  receive  the  high  chief  with  due 
ceremony. 

.Joseph's  band,  seven  hundred  strong,  was  drawn  up 
with  the  agent's  party  in  the  center.  On  came  Ellis'  men, 
about  equal  in  number,  mounted  on  good  horses  decorated 
with  scarlet  belts  and  headdresses,  and  when  about  fifty 
rods  apart,  Ellis'  forces  rushed  forward  with  a  roar  of  mus- 
ketry, the  ear-piercing  sound  of  the  war-whistle,  the  beat- 
ing of  drams,  the  horrible  yelling  of  savages  in  attack, 
the  dashing  to  and  fro  on  their  mettlesome  horses,  while 
the  froth  from  their  nostrils  flew  in  the  faces  of  their 
pale-faced  guests — pale  with  a  shock  they  were  illy  able 
to  conceal. 

Says  Hines:  "The  savage  pomposity  with  which  they 
were  caparisoned,  and  the  frightful  manner  in  which  they 


Tin:  CAYl  SE  WAR. 


68 


I  *c'rc6H, 
hasten 
to  use 
I  stay  at 

nt  Lap- 

tlejohn, 

on  dur- 

y  miles 

formed 

eligion. 

on  Sun- 

!6s,   had 

>thy,  an- 

neraber- 

•engthen 

I  church, 

I  church 

nembers. 

Dy  White 

ck,  it  was 

roaching, 

with  due 

rawn  up 
ilis'  men, 
lecorated 
30ut  Hfty 
r  of  mus- 
the  beat- 
n  attack, 
jes,  while 
of  their 
illy  able 

lich  they 
uch  they 


were  daubed  with  paint,  their  fiery  visages  being  striped 
with  red,  black,  white,  and  yellow,  were  all  calculated  not 
only  to  inspire  terror,  but  a  dread  of  savage  fury  in  the 
mind  of  every  beholder.  At  the  very  height  of  the  ex- 
citement, when  it  appeared  that  the  next  whirl  of  the 
savage  cavalry  would  trample  us  all  beneath  their  feet, 
Ellis  stretched  himself  up  to  his  utmost  height  upon  the 
back  of  his  splendid  charger,  and  waving  his  hand  over 
the  dark  mass,  all  was  quiet." 

All  then  dismounted  to  shake  hands  with  the  agent  an'l 
his  party,  to  whom  they  furnished  horses  to  ride  to  a  plain 
whore  the  ceremony  of  honoring  a  brave  who  had  killed 
twelve  Blackfoot  foes  was  to  be  performed.  The  lionored 
warrior  occupied  the  center  of  a  large  circle,  and  recited 
to  an  attentive  audience  the  manner  of  killing  each  with 
the  same  particularity  that  Homer  celebrated  the  deeds  of 
his  heroes,  exhibiting  the  scalps  and  the  arms  taken. 
Then  followed  a  rehearsal  of  a  recent  battle  with  the 
Blackfoot  tribe,  in  which  the  Nez  Perces  were  victorious, 
after  which  a  war  dance  was  performed,  conducted  by  a 
chief  called  Lawyer,  "in  whom,"  says  Hines,  "is  combined 
the  cunning  and  shrewdness  of  the  Indian,  with  the  ability 
and  penetration  of  the  statesman." 

Lawyer,  like  Ellis,  had  received  the  rudiments  of  an 
English  education  at  Red  river.  He  was  possessed  of 
remarkable  shrewdness,  and  had  from  the  first  meeting 
with  the  missionaries  at  the  rendezvous  of  the  fur  compa- 
nies in  the  mountains  in  1836,  remained  their  friend,  and 
used  his  influence  to  quiet  the  Nez  Percys  in  the  vicinity, 
of  Lapwai,  where  he  had  his  home,  whenever  such  influ- 
ence could  be  of  advantage  to  them,  and  moreover  to  him- 
self. Though  inferior  in  rank  at  this  time,  his  power  in 
the  tribe  was  nearly  equal  to  that  of  Ellis. 

It  had  been  White's  intention  to  prevent  Ellis  from 
going  down  to  Waiilatpu  if  possible,  but  on  learning  from 
him  that  he  would  act  in  favor  of  a  reception  of  the  laws, 
his  objections  were  withdrawn;  and  a  thousand  horses 


I 


64 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


W(iro  required  to  transport  the  escort  of  men,  women,  jinrl 
children  which  attended  the  ugent  on  his  return.  Says 
nines,  in  speaking  of  the  journey,  "I  was  greatly  sur- 
prised, in  traveling  through  the  Indian  country,  to  find 
that  the  outward  forms  of  Christianity  are  observed  in 
almost  every  lodge.  The  Indians,  generally,  are  nomi- 
nally Christians,  and  about  equally  divided  betwixt  the 
Protestant  and  Catholic  religions." 

As  the  Nez  Perces  approached,  the  Cayuses  formed  in 
ranks  to  receive  them,  the  warriors  of  each  nation  in 
front.  When  within  u  convenient  distance,  there  was  a 
simultaneous  rush  forward  "like  two  clouds  meeting  on  a 
height,"  followed  by  maneuvers  similar  to  those  witnessed 
at  Lapwai,  the  Indians  working  themselves  into  such  a 
state  of  excitement  that  the  white  spectators  began  to  fear 
a  real  engagement  might  result;  and  to  give  them  time  to 
recover  themselves,  Mr.  Spalding,  who  had  accompanied 
the  Nez  Percys,  announced  a  prayer  meeting  at  Dr.  Whit- 
man's house.  To  this  Dr.  White  repaired,  followed  by  the 
principal  men,  and  quiet  was  restored, 

Mr.  Hini's  relates  that  Tauitowe  came  forward  in  a  verv 
boisterous  manner,  inquiring  "what  all  the  disturbance 
was  for?"  and  implies  that  it  was  because  he  was  a  Cath- 
olic that  he  was  incensed  at  the  display  made  to  receive  a 
Protestant  chief.  It  was  far  more  reasonable  to  believe 
that  Tauitowc's  irritation  was  in  consequence  of  a  suspicion 
— justly  founded  indeed — that  Dr.  White  had  brought  all 
those  people  to  force  the  laws  upon  the  Cayuses,  by  argu- 
.  nient  if  not  vi  et  minis. 

No  council  was  called  until  the  twenty-third,  when  the 
chiefs  met  Dr.  White  and  his  party  to  hear  what  might  be 
Siiid  to  them.  It  should  be  remembered  that  the  only 
written  reports  we  have  of  the  proceedings  are  those  of  the 
I'nited  States  agent,  made  to  the  government  in  terms 
general,  and  flattering  to  his  own  success;  and  the  story  as 
told  by  Mr.  Ilines,  who  expresses  himself  guardedly,  but 
who  entertained  at  the  time  a  feeling  of  scarcely  concealed 


77/a;  cayvsk  war. 


66 


contempt  for  the — as  he  regarded  him  —  intriguing  United 
States  sub-Indian  agent  and  would-be-governor  of  the 
coloTiy  of  which  Hines  was  a  member. 

There  is  nothing  to  show  that  White  was  not  as  con- 
scientious in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  any  man  would 
have  been  in  his  place.  At  an  early  period  in  the  history 
of  the  Wallamet  colony  ho  had  a  quarrel  with  Jason  Lee, 
the  superintendent  of  the  mission,  as  he  himself  said,  on 
account  of  an  honest  difference  of  opinion  as  to  the  best 
way  of  carrying  forward  the  objects  of  the  mission.  The 
quarrel  was  a  bitter  one,  and  he  resigned,  the  home  board, 
on  his  return  to  the  states,  disapproving  of  his  leaving  the 
mission.  But  the  superintendent  had  the  more  or  less 
cordial  support  of  some  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  the 
colony,  of  rrhom  Mr.  Hines  was  one,  a  cause  sufKcient, 
under  the  circumstances,  to  explain  his  attitude  towards 
the  sub-Indian  agent. 

The  council  was  called  to  order  in  a  few  grave  words  \,y 
Tauitowe,  and  his  speech  being  interpreted,  the  subject 
that  was  uppermost  in  all  minds  began  immediately  to  be 
discussed.  "They  were  told,"  says  Hines,  "that  much  had 
been  said  about  war,  and  we  had  come  to  assure  them  that 
they  had  nothing  to  fear  from  that  quarter,''  and  the  pres- 
ident of  the  United  States  had  sent  an  agent  only  to  regu- 
late their  intercourse  with  his  people.  They  were  assured 
that  the  government  agent  was  not  there  to  catch  them  in 
a  trap  like  beaver,  but  to  do  them  good;  and  that  if  they 
would  lay  aside  certain  practices  and  prejudices,  cea.se 
quarreling,  cultivate  the  ground,  and  adopt  good  laws, 
they  might  become  a  great  and  happy  people. 

So  far,  so  good.  But  they  were  also  informed  that  they 
were  few  in  comparison  with  the  white  people;  and  that 
in  order  to  accomplish  anything,  they  must  be  united 
—  advice  that  was  good  for  the  Indians,  but  dangerous 
for  the  colonists.  The  chiefs  were  counseled  to  culti- 
vate friendship  towards  each  other,  and  to  be  considerate 
towards  their  people;  and  the  people  were  told  to  be 


66 


INDfAN  WAnS  OF  OREGON. 


''J 


obedient,  to  their  chiefs,  a/id  remember  them  in  their 
morninej  and  evening  prayers.  This  too,  was  good  talk, 
but  it  did  not  touch  the  subject  lying  nearest  the  Oayuse 
heart,  which  was:  Would  Dr.  Whitman  return  with  many 
wliilo  people  to  take  away  their  lands. 

An  invitation  was  extended  to  the  chiefs  to  address  the 
meeting.  Ellis  declined,  saying  it  would  not  be  proper  for 
the  Nez  Perces  to  speak  before  the  Cayuses  had  adopted 
the  laws — thus  pignifying  his  desire  that  they  should  do 
so  —  and  the  Cayiise?  replied  that  they  would  see  the  laws 
before  adopting  them. 

Hines  says :  "  A  speech  was  then  delivered  to  the  young 
men  to  impress  them  favorably  with  regard  to  the  laws. 
They  were  told  they  would  soon  take  the  places  of  the  old 
men,  and  they  should  be  williiig  to  act  for  the  good  of  the 
people;  that  they  should  not  go  here  and  there  and  spread 
false  repcts  about  war;  for  th::t  this  had  been  the  cause 
of  all  the  difficulty  and  excitement  that  had  prevailed 
jvjQong  th.  m  during  the  winter." 

(jray,  in  his  History  of  Oregon,  remarks  that  this  state- 
ment was  untrue;  and  so  it  was,  not  because  it  did  not 
assign  a  sectrtriau  cr.uso  for  the  disturbances,  as  he  would 
liHve  done,  but  because  it  ignored  the  cause  behind  all, 
and  laid  the  blame  upon  one  of  its  natural  consequences. 

When  the  laws  had  been  read  in  the  English  and  Nez 
Perce  languages.  Yellow  Serpent  ( Peu-peu-mox-mox ) 
arose.  An  Indian  speech  seldom  is  logical,  seldom  had 
any  beginning,  middle  or  ending,  but  often  touches  of 
uncrnscious  eloquence  or  sharply  pointed  truths.  Tiie 
oratory  on  this  occasion  was  a  fair  example  of  aboriginal 
rlietorlc,  Tlius  the  Walla  Walla  chief:  "I  have  a  mes- 
sage to  you.  Where  ar*^  these  laws  from?  I  would  1 
mighl  say  they  were  from  God.  But  I  think  they  are 
from  the  earth,  because  from  what  I  know  of  white  men 
they  do  not  honor  these  laws." 

It  wa3  then  explained  to  him  that  the  laws  were  recog- 
nized by  God  and  imposed  on  men  in  all  civilized  coun- 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


R7 


tries.  With  this  Yellow  Serpent  professed  to  be  satisfied, 
sayii:g  that  it  was  iu  aocordauce  with  such  instructions  as 
he  had  received  from  others,  adding  that  he  was  glad  it 
was  so,  "because  many  of  his  people  had  been  angry  wilh 
him  when  he  whipped  them  for  crime,  and  had  toi  him 
vind  would  send  him  to  hell  for  it,  and  he  was  glud  to 
know  it  was  pleasing  to  God." 

Tiloukaikt,  on  whose  land  Whitman  lived,  next  spoke, 
saying,  impatiently,  "  What  do  you  read^  the  laws  for  be- 
fore we  take  them?  We  do  not  take  the  laws  because 
Tauitowe  says  so.  He  is  a  Catholic,  and  as  a  people  we 
do  not  follow  his  worship." 

To  this  Dr.  White  replieJ  that  his  religious  views  had 
nothing  to  do  with  the  la^/s;  that  white  people  had  differ- 
ent modes  of  worship  while  ol^eying  the  same  laws — an 
entirely  new  idea  to  th  j  Indians,  who  had  only  been  given 
religion  as  law. 

Here  a  chief  called  The  Prince  arose.  He  had  once 
been  a  man  of  influence  anjong  the  Cayuses,  but  having 
been  concerned  in  an  effort  to  make  Mr.  Pambrun,  in 
charge  of  Fort  ^Valla  Walla,  pay  higher  prices  for  furs 
and  horses,  by  seizing  that  gentleman,  throwing  him  down, 
and  stam})mgon  his  breast,  had  been  deposed  by  the  Hud- 
son's Bay  Company,  and  his  power  had  awindled  to  noth- 
ing "I  understand,"  said  The  Prince,  "You  gave  us 
liberty  to  examine  every  law — all  the  words  and  lines  — 
and  as  questions  are  asked  about  it,  we  should  get  a  hotter 
understanding  of  it.  The  people  of  thii?  country  have  but 
one  mind  about  it.  I  have  something  to  say,  but  p'^Hiaps 
the  people  will  dispute  me.  As  a  body  we  Lave  not  had 
an  opportunity  to  consul*;  therefore  you  come  to  us  as  in 
the  wind,  and  speak  to  us  as  to  the  air,  as  we  have  no 
point,  and  we  cannot  speak  because  we  have  no  point 


<Tho  word  "rt'ad"  hore  shoul.l  undonutec'ly  be  "receive."  The  sentence  is 
without  sense  otherwise.  Tiloukaikt  was  a  haughty  Cayiise,  and  would  not  brook  the 
Walln  Wallan  tBking  |>reo«dencu.  lie  was  also  a  thorouKh  Presbyterian,  on  whom 
Dr.  Whitman  had  spent  much  time  and  labor,  and  as  his  speech  betrayed,  resented 
any  iuterl'erence  !)y  Tauitowe,  who  was  a  Cfctholic.  In  this  ho  copied  his  loachers 
.closely. 


!  \i 


68 


INDIAN  WAI{.S   OF  OREGON 


n- 


before  us.  The  business  before  us  is  whole,  like  a  Iwdy ; 
we  iiave  not  dissected  it.  And  ])erhap8  you  will  say  it  is 
out  of  place  for  me  to  speak,  because  1  am  not  a  great 
chief.     Once  I  had  influence,  but  now  I  Jiave  but  little." 

When  he  would  have  sat  down  he  was  told  to  go  on, 
and  said  further:  "When  the  whites  first  came  among  us 
we  had  no  cattle;  they  have  given  us  none.  What  we 
have  now  got  we  obtained  by  an  exchange  of  property. 
A  long  time  ago  Lewis  and  Clarke  came  to  this  country, 
und  I  want  to  know  what  they  said  about  us — did  they 
say  they  found  friends  or  enemies  here?" 

Being  answered  that  they  had  been  well  s[)oken  of,  The 
Prince  continued:  "That  is  a  reason  why  the  whitos  should 
unite  with  us,  and  all  become  one  people.  Those  who  have 
been  liere  before  you  have  left  us  no  memorial  of  their 
kindness  by  giving  us  presents.  We  speak  by  way  of 
favor;  if  you  have  any  benefits  to  bestow,  we  will  then 
speak  more  freely.  One  thing  that  we  can  speak  about 
is  cattle,  and  the  reason  why  we  cannot  speak  out  now  is 
because  we  have  not  the  thing  before  us.  My  people  are 
poor  and  blind,  and  we  must  have  something  tangible. 
Other  chiefs  have  bewildered  me  since  I  came;  yet  I  am 
from  an  honorable  stock.  Promises  which  have  been  made 
to  me  and  my  fathers  have  not  been  fulfilled,  and  I  am 
made  miserable;  but  it  will  not  answer  for  me  to  .^peak 
oni ,  for  my  people  do  not  consider  me  as  their  chief.  One 
thing  more;  you  have  reminded  me  of  what  was  prom- 
ised me  some  time  ago,  and  I  am  inclined  to  follow  on  and 
see,  though  I  have  been  giving  my  beaver  to  the  whites 
and  have  received  many  promises,  and  have  always  been 
disappointed ;  f  want  to  know  what  you  are  going  to  do.' 

To  this  deiM.ind  there  being  no  answer,  fllutin  (Big 
IJelly)  arose  and  said,  the  /Id  men  were  wearied  with  th( 
wickedness  of  the  young  men,  and  that  if  he  were  alone 
he  should  say  "Yes"  at  once  to  the  laws;  and  that  the 
reason  the  young  men  wore  not  willing  was  because  they 
had  stule/i  property  ia  their  po.ssession,  and  the  laws  con- 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


m 


demned  them.  He  advised  them,  however,  to  accept  the 
laws,  for  their  own  good. 

Here  The  I'rince  interrupted,  desiring  that  the  good  the 
laws  were  to  do  them  might  be  put  in  a  tangible  form.  It 
was  a  long  time,  he  said,  since  the  whites  had  come  into 
their  country  promising  to  do  them  good;  but  all  had 
passed  by  without  leaving  any  benefits  behind.  Pie  re- 
ferred to  the  competition  between  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company  and  the  American  traders  in  1832-1834,  and 
said  the  company  had  then  told  them  not  to  go  after  the 
Americnns  —  that  they  would  not  give  them  presents — 
that  >.' r  talked  well,  but  did  not  perform,  while  the 
company  both  promised  and  performed. 

To  this  Dr.  White  replie<l  that  he  was  not  come  either 
as  a  missionary  or  a  trader;  and  the  council  ended  for  that 
day  without  arriving  at  any  definite  conclusion. 

During  the  evening  White  was  approached  by  Ellis  and 
Lawyer,  who  infc'rmed  him  they  expected  pay  for  l)eing 
chiefs,  and  desired  to  know  how  much  salary  would  bo 
given  them,  Ellis  saying  he  thought  he  had  already  earned 
enough  to  mako  him  rich.  He  received,  however,  no 
answer  to  his  dejiand  at  that  interview. 

On  the  next  day,  before  resuming  the  business  of  the 
council,  it  be'ame  necessary  to  put  the  laws  in  practice, 
the  Kanaka  who  had  accon)|)anied  the  expedition  as 
servant  having  been  shot,  though  not  fatally,  in  a  quarrel 
with  a  Nez  Perc^  The  offender  tied,  but  was  pursued, 
arrested,  and  puniwhed  by  forty  lashes  on  hi;'  bare  back. 

Tliis  matter  attended  to,  the  council  jnoceoded,  and  after 
a  number  of  speeches  in  'effect  like  those  of  the  })rovious 
day,  a  majority  being  in  favor  of  the  laws,  the  code  was 
a'^npted  by  the  Cayuses;  and  after  -on'e  electioneeiing, 
Tauitowo  was  chosen  liigh  chief 

It  is  said,  in  (jray's  Hhtory  of  Onyo,  ,ihaX  TauiU^we  was 
'oncoifjud  with  The  Prince  m  the  attack  on  Mr.  Pambrun, 
Mid  that  since  that  time  he  had  been  discounteniiii/f'd  by 
i)i<'  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  an<l  dissen.sions  sown  aiiiong 


70 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


his  people.  This  may  have  been  the  reason  that  before 
accepting  the  office  of  high  chief  lie  addressed  the  C'ayuses, 
and  inquired  if  they  would  lay  aside  their  differences,  and 
give  him  their  cordial  support,  which  they  promised. 

But,  on  the  following  day,  the  people  being  reJissembled, 
lie  resigned  his  office,  giving  as  a  reason  the  difference 
between  his  religion  and  that  of  most  of  his  nation — an 
evidence  of  his  good  Sense,  seeing  how  little  it  took  to  stir 
up  strife  among  them."* 

Mis  brother,  Five  '  "I'ows,  was  i>ropo8ed  in  his  stead,  when 
the  ('ay uses  exclaimed,  "our  hearts  go  out  towards  him 
with  ii  rush,"  and  his  election  was  nearly  unanimous,  a 
proof  of  popularity  which  affected  him  to  tears. 

A  feast,  at  which  all  sat  down,  red  ipen  and  white  men, 
Mrs.  Whitman  and  the  Indian  women,  closed  the  proceed- 
ings, and  law  as  well  as  religion  had  become  engrafted 
upon  barbaris.Ti.  The  Indians  went  their  way  and  the 
white  men  theiis.  Mrs.  Whitman  returned  with  the 
agent's  party  to  the  lower  country,  being  offered  a  place  in 
one  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  boats. 

At  The  Dalles,  Dr.  White  spent  two  months  instructing 
the  several  tribes  which  resorted  to  this  ancient  trading 
center  of  the  Columbia  river  Indians.  "I  begged  money," 
he  says,  "and  procured  articles  for  clothing  to  the  amoufit 
of  a  few  hundred  dollars,  not  to  be  given,  but  to  be  sold 
out  lo  the  industrious  women  for  mats,  baskets,  and  their 
various  articles  of  manufacture,  in  order  to  get  them 
clothed  comfortably  to  appear  at  church;  and  enlisted  the 
cheerful  cooperation  of  the  mission  iadies  in  instructing 
them  how  to  sew  and  make  up  their  dresses  '     He  also 


'  White  had  to  settle  an  account  with  Ibc  Ctty\ise»,  which  rciuiud^i  one  of  Boniic- 
vIIIc'k  narration  oi  !.;s  experience  with  them.  When  JaHon  Lee  first  passed  through 
the  fJayuse  country  in  i;v<l,  ho  was  presented  with  Komc  liorscB,  which  he  receive"! 
as  rt  token  of  ft'iendship,  not  knowing  that  pay  for  presents  was  expected.  As  ho 
liud  l)een  in  the  country  for  nine  years  wHhout  malcinK  any  return,  during  whioli 
time  they  had  ol'tun  reproached  Dr.  Whitman  for  the  omIsHion  liy  liis  w  hite  iirothor 
to  pay  hlMlebts,  it  was  ihouglit  best  to  settle  wiili  the  Cayuses  al  thin  time  wlilcli 
was  dune  l>y  agrfoioR  lo  give  them  a  cow  for  each  horse  i.eu  had  received  A I  llie 
prii'i'  cows  were  iliin  liriiiKin:;  in  llic  colony,  tlll^  wiis  miigiiilireni  pay. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAIL 


71 


,  before 

ayuses, 

ces,  and 

3d. 

embled, 
fference 
on  —  an 
k  to  stir 

id,  when 
rds  him 
imous,  a 

lite  men, 
proceed- 
ngr»',fted 
and  the 

^vith  the 
place  in 


visited  tlie  sick,  of  whom  there  are  always  ?.  large  number 
in  an  Indian  camp,  and  by  these  moans  secured  the  observ- 
ance of  the  laws  atnoiig  them." 

oConceming  White's  pay  for  thefle  serviosa,  it  transpires,  through  his  Tnx  Yram  In 
Oreyon,  thiit  he  had considi.rttble  trouble.  He  wrote  to  he  secretary  of  war  —  Hon.  J. 
M.  Porter— in  November  that  he  had  Itept  within  the  limit  of  three  hundred  dollars 
for  interpreters  the  last  year,  and  had  built  himself  an  oftlce  at  the  expense  of  two 
hundred  and  twent>-flve  dollars.  Mis  traveling  expanses,  the  cost  of  feeding  the 
Indians,  and  his  bills  at  Vancouver,  he  asks  shall  be  paid,  otherwise  "pray  cull  nic 
home  at  once."  He  further  uotifles  the  secretary  thex  he  "  cannot  sell  drafts  payable 
in  WasiiingtoD,"  and  asks  for  an  order  to  draft  on  I^ndon.  White's  treatment  under 
the  administration  which  succeeded  that  under  which  be  was  appointed,  was  cer- 
tainly very  unfair;  and  it  wan  only  after  many  years  that  his  claim  was  recognized 
and  compensation  made.  In  the  meantimje,  until  he  lefl  Oregon  In  1845,  bU  .seven 
hundred  and  Hfty  dollars'  salary  was  pieced  out  by  loans  fix>m  the  company's  ofllcers 
at  Vancouver,  and  made  to  carry  on  the  trying  and  dangerous  ,  !<.tercourHC'  of  the 
Indians  and  white  people  in  Oregon  for  three  years. 


istructing 
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e  amount 
to  be  sold 
und  tiieir 
get  them 
ilisted  the 
ustructing 
He  also 


one  of  Boniic- 
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peeled.  As  bo 
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H'lVl'll  A I  Ibc 
>■• 


CHAi^EH  IV. 


Two   iMHOnTANT   KVBNTS— WHITE'S  CAUTION  TO  THE    IMMIORANTM— PlI.OTS    OK   IMo — 

Indians  Troublksomk— Tradino  for  Cattle— Thb  Dam.ks  Mission  Ahanuoneh 
— mlsukhavior  of  chikf  cockktocic  — the  affairs  at  okeqon  clty— cock- 
.-iTocK  AND  Two  Americans  Killed —Hunoer  and  Thikvinu  in  the  VVallamet 
Valley— The  Oreuon  KAttuERs  and  Their  Kxploits— The  Indian  Cattle 
Company— Kii.LiNo  ok  Klliah  Hkudini;— Alarm  in  ()RE(i0N— Whiter  Depart- 
ure KOR  WASllINliTON- PEU-PKU-MOX-MOX  IN  CALIFORNIA  IN  184ti— NEW  INDIAN 
AtiENT— IMMIORATION  OF  1H45— HOAD  MAKINO —POLITICS  AND  THK  SOUTHERN 
KOUTK— IMMIORATION  OK  1846— TREATMENT  OK  THE  INDIANS  BY  THE  COLONISTS' 
— iMMKiRATlON  OF  1847  — NKOLBCT  OF  OREOON  BY  THii  GOVERNMENT —THREATS 
OF  iNDRPENDENfE— APPREHENSIONS— The  BI-OW   FALI>. 


Two  events  of  great  importance  to  Oregon  took  place  in 
1843,  the  first,  the  organization  of  a  provisional  govern- 
ment in  May;  the  second,  the  arrival  in  the  autumn  of 
nearly  nine  hundred  immigrants. 

Aware  of  the  danger  to  be  apprehended  from  the  In- 
dians on  seeing  a  large  body  of  white  men  with  their 
families  and  stock  coming  into  their  country,  Dr.  White 
dispatched  a  letter  to  meet  the  immigration  at  Fort  Hall, 
urging  upon  them  to  travel  compactly,  in  companies  of 
not  less  than  fifty;  to  treat  the  Indians  kindly  but  with 
reserve,  and  to  keep  a  vigilant  watch  upon  their  property. 
Jfe  warned  them  that  if  they  came  strolling  along  in  small 
parties  they  would  scarcely  escape'  having  difficulty  with 
the  Indians. 

And  that  was  just  what  happened.  The  Indians  nearest 
the  mission  of  Waiilatpu,  owing  to  their  farailiarty  witli 
white  people,  and  the  tem|)tation  to  take  reprisal  for  fancied 
wrongs,  were  the  most  impertinent  and  thieving.  They 
were,  however,  quick  to  see  the  benefits  to  themselves  of 
the  passage  through  their  country  of  so  many  people  with 
what  ujipeured  to  them  wonderful  riches  in  cattle,  wagons, 
household  goods,  and  clothing,  affording  them  opportuni- 
ties of  traile  or  theft  as  l)est  suited  their  disposition  oi- 
convenience.     A  great  deal  of  thieving  took  place,  and  as 

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THE  GAY  USE  WAR. 


73 


tlie  immigrants  were  forced  to  pay  some  article  of  clothing 
for  having  a  stolen  animal  returned — a  transaction  re- 
peated every  twenty-four  hours  —  the  country  along  the 
Columbia  river  presented  a  fantastic  show  for  months 
afterwards,  of  Indians  dressed  in  the  most  incongruous 
and  absurd  combinations  of  savage  and  civilized  costumes 
— a  spectacle  witnessed  more  and  more,  with  the  passage 
of  subsequent  immigrant  parties,  for  years. 

As  none  of  the  new  comers  remained  in  tiie  Cayuse 
country,  the  jealous  fears  of  the  mission  Indians  appeared 
to  be  for  the  time  allayed.  They  had  been  able  in  a  few 
instances  to  exchange  a  fat  bullock  for  a  lean  heifer,  with 
a  view  to  stock-raising,  which  gratified  their  umDitioii  to 
become  property  holders,  and  furnished  a  reasonable, 
motive  in  addition  to  the  other,  for  the  maintenauce  of 
peace  in  the  region  inhabited  by  the  Indians  unt^oi-  the 
charge  of  the  Presbyterians. 

At  The  Dalles  the  Methodists  withdrew  their  missiona- 
ries in  the  spring  of  1844,  leaving  only  H.  B.  Brewer  in 
charge  of  the  houses  and  other  property  at  that  ])lace. 
ijcft  to  their  own  devices,  and  the  temptations  oflered, 
these  incorrigible  rogues  were  not  likely  to  improve  in 
their  manners,  and  did  not.  On  the  contrary,  one  of  their 
chiefs,  C'ockstojk  by  name,  in  November  of  this  year  came 
to  the  house  of  Dr.  White  in  the  Wallamet  valley,  intend- 
ing to  take  his  life;  but  finding  him  absent,  wreaked  his 
vengeance  ou  the  agent's  house,  breaking  every  window 
in  it;  the  occasion  for  this  display  of  wrath  being  the 
punishment  of  one  of  his  relative  for  seizing  Mr.  Perkins 
in  his  own  house,  and  attempting  to  tie,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  Hogging  him,  for  some  act  displeasing  to  them. 

Shortly  after  this  visit  of  The  Dalles  chief,  who,  however, 
Wiis  not  identified,  a  party  of  Klamaths  and  Molallas. 
painted  and  armed,  rode  down  the  valley  seemingly  bent 
on  mischief,  their  proper  countries  lying  from  fifty  to  three 
hundred  miles  away.  Dr.  White,  who  was  among  the 
first  to  sei;  them,  dotorminod  to  depend  upon  finesse  rather 


7» 


INDIAN  WAUS  OP  OUKGON. 


than  force  to  frustrate  any  designs  they  might  liave  of  a 
hostile  nature ;  and  seeing  them  go  to  the  lodge  of  a  Cala- 
pooya  chief,  named  Caleb  by  the  Americans,  immediately 
sent  an  invitation  to  this  chief  to  call  on  him  in  the  morn- 
ing and  bring  his  friends,  as  he  desired  to  have  a  talk  with 
them.  Accordingly,  all  came  next  day,  and  were  received 
in  the  most  friendly  manner,  being  invited  by  White  to 
walk  over  his  plantation  and  see  his  crops  and  herds. 
Incidentally  ho  asked  Caleb  if  he  was  prepared  to  give  his 
friends  a  feast,  and  the  chief  acknowledging  his  poverty, 
White  at  once  ga"e  him  permission  to  shoot  down  a  fat  ox, 
to  which  he  added  pease  and  flour,  with  salt,  and  soon  in 
the  delights  of  feasting  the  stern  features  of  the  visitors 
relaxed.  Their  hostile  sentiment  faded  out,  and  of  their 
own  option  they  made  overtures  of  friendship  the  follow- 
ing morning.  To  this  proposition  White  answered  that  he 
would  call  on  them  next  day  with  Mr.  Jesse  Applegate,  an 
immigrant  of  the  previous  year,  who  had  already  become 
a  leader  in  colonial  affairs,  and  in  the  meantime  ihey 
should  feast  and  enjoy  themselves.  All  this  courtesy  put 
them  in  a  fine  humor,  so  that  he  had  no  difficulty  in 
obtaining  their  consent  to  me«.H  him  in  the  spring  with 
their  people,  and  use  their  influence  in  persuading  their 
tribes  to  enter  into  a  comj^act  with  the  white  population. 
The  interview  ended  cheerfully,  the  Indians  riding  away 
laughing  and  singing. 

But  the  end  was  not  yet.  During  the  interview  at 
Caleb's  lodge,  (^oekstock,  the  chief  before  mentioned,  who 
was  still  personally  unknown  to  While, «  atered  the  lodge, 
behaving  ungraciously  to  all  present,  JUt  joining  tlio 
party  when  it  set  out  for  heme.  During  the  jonrney  he 
managed  to  revive  an  old  feud  between  the  KlauialhH  iiinl 
Molallas,  and  at  the  crossing  of  a  river  one  faction  set 
upon  the  other,  killing  every  one  opposed  to  them.  I'^or 
this  wrong  the  agent  could  offer  no  redress. 

In  the  latter  part  of  February,  1844,  this  same  Cock- 
stock,  who  had  boon  behaving  in  an  insolent  and  disor- 


THE   CAY  USE  WAR. 


75 


flcrly  manner,  together  with  a  few  followers,  made  renewed 
threats  against  the  life  of  Wliite,  who  was  unable  to  arrest 
him,  and  at  Inst  offered  a  reward  of  one  hundred  dollars 
for  the  delivery  into  his  hands  of  the  culprit,  to  be  tried 
by  the  (Jayuses  or  Ne/  I'orc^s  according  to  the  laws  recog- 
nized by  them. 

A  few  days  afterwards  Cockatock  with  his  half  dozen 
adherents  entered  Oregon  City  at  midday,  all  horribly 
painted,  riding  from  house  to  house,  showing  their  arms, 
and  terrifying  the  inmates.  As  his  following  was  so  small 
the  men  on  whom  devolved  the  protection  of  the  families 
regarded  the  demonstration  as  drunken  bluster,  and  with 
what  patience  they  could,  bore  the  infliction  for  several 
hours,  when  Cockstock,  finding  he  could  not  provoke  a 
quarrel  with  the  white  inhabitants  in  that  manner,  retired 
to  an  Indian  village  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  with  the 
purpose  of  inciting  its  occupants  to  attack  and  burn  the 
settlc:.ient.  Failing  in  this,  he  obtained  an  interpreter 
and  returned  to  the  east  side,  declaring  that  he  would  call 
the  Americans  to  account  for  pursuing  him  with  an  intent 
to  arrest  and  punish  him. 

By  this  time  it  became  noised  about  that  this  was  the 
Indian  wanted  by  Dr.  White;  and  the  white  men  losing 
patience,  and  some  desiring  the  reward  offered,  made  a 
simultaneous  rush  towards  the  boat  landing  to  intercept 
Cockstock — "the  wealthiest  men  in  town,"  says  Dr.  White 
in  his  report,  "promising  to  stand  by  them  to  the  amount 
of  one  thousand  dollars  each." 

In  the  confusion  of  the  meeting  at  the  landing,  arms 
were  discharged  on  both  sides  at  the  same  moment,  and 
George  W.  Le  Breton,  a  young  man  who  had  served  as 
clerk  of  the  first  legislative  committee  of  (Jregon,  and 
roooider  of  the  public  meeting  held  July  5,  1843,  estab- 
liKliiiig  II  iimvJHional  government,  wiis  wounded  by  Cock- 
filuck  in  iih  I'll'ni'i  toHel/.o  him.  Heeing  that  l^e  Breton  was 
iinarmed,  ii  miijatin,  who  had  an  account  uf  his  own  to 
S'lllo  with   the  chief,  ran   to  his  ussistance,  striking  the 


7H 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  ORKGON. 


Indian  on  the  head  with  the  barrel  of  his  ritle,  soon 
dispatching  him. 

The  remaining  Indians,  after  shooting  their  guns  nnd 
arrows  at  random  among  the  people,  took  refuge  on  the 
'^  blutf  above  the  town,  where  they  continued  to  fire  down 
upon  the  citizens,  wounding  two  men  who  were  quietly  at 
work  — a  Mr.  Rogers  and  a  Mr.  Wilson.  Arms  being  now 
generally  resorted  to,  the  Indians  were  soon  dislodged  with 
a  loss  of  one  wounded  and  a  horse  killed.  Of  the  three 
Americans  wounded,  Le  Breton  and  Rogers  died  from 
the  effect  of  poison  introduced  into  the  system  by  arrow 
points. 

Such  was  the  first  result  of  Dr.  White's  effort  to  arrest 
The  Dalles  chief.  In  a  short  time  he  was  visited  by 
seventy  painted  and  armed  Indians  from  that  place,  who 
.  had  come  to  extort  payment  for  the  loss  of  their  common 
relative.  The  explanation  of  the  affair  which  White  gave 
them,  showed,  that  whereas  they  had  lost  one  man,  the 
Americans  had  lost  two,  and  that  the  balance  of  indem- 
nity was  on  their  side;  but  as  a  matter  of  kindness  and 
compassion  he  would  give  the  widow  of  the  chief  two 
blankets,  a  dress,  and  a  handkerchief;  and  in  this  equi- 
table manner,  the  matter  was  disposed  of,  as  also  a  prece- 
dent established. 

With  this  exception,  no  white  blood  was  shed  through 
Indian  hostilities  in  the  Wallaraet  valley,  although  the 
agent  was  frequently  employed  in  settling  with  them  for 
the  killing  of  an  ox  belonging  to  a  white  man.  When 
White,  with  effected  sternness,  reproved  the  chief  of  some 
starving  band  for  such  a  theft,  he  was  met  with  the  com- 
plaint of  game  made  scarce  by  white  hunters,  and  the 
necessity  to  live.  He  was  compelled  to  enforce  white 
men's  laws  against  a  helpless  people  to  whose  condition 
they  were  never  meant  to  apply,  because  to  do  otherwise 
would  leave  the  Indians  at  the  mercy  of  individual  jus- 
tice. For  one  old  ox  killed  and  eaten,  the  band  living  on 
Tualatin  i>]ains  was  compelled  to  pay  e'uiJd  horses  and  one 


TIJK   CAYUSK  WAU. 


77 


nlli'.  In  another  ease  where  u  cow  had  hcon  shiughlored 
hy  "a  hungry  and  mischievous  lodge,"  tliey  were  pur- 
sued, and  resisting  arrest,  one  Indian  was  killed  and  an- 
other wounded.  The  pursuers  lost  one  horse  killed  and 
one  wounded.  Yet  no  one  was  much  disturbed  by  such 
occurrences;  and  indeed,  the  early  Oregon  settlers  were 
usually  careful  not  to  give  the  natives  cause  of  offense. 

It  was  about  this  time,  however,  that  the  spirits  militant 
among  the  later  colonists  determined  to  frighten  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company  into  a  humble  attitude  towards 
the  Americans  by  the  organization  of  a  company,  armed 
and  trained  for  the  protection- of  the  colony  against  aggres- 
sion by  the  English,  and  invasion  by  the  native  population. 
This  company,  the  first  military  organization  in  Oregon, 
or  the  whole  northwest,  was  authorized  by  the  provisional 
government,  and  was  known  as  the  "  Oregon  Rangers." 
It  was  officered  by  Thomas  D.  Kaiser,  captain ;  J.  L.  Mor- 
rison, first  lieutenant;  P^endal  C.  Cason,  ensign;  and  held 
its  first  meeting  for  drill  at  the  Oregon  institute  March  11, 
1844.  The  course  of  the  executive  committee  in  calling 
out  this  company  to  "  avenge  the  national  insult,  and  seek 
redress  for  this  astounding  loss" — namely,  the  before 
mentioned  slaughter  of  an  ox  —  was  ridiculed  by  White  in 
his  report  to  the  secretary  of  war.  History  has  not  re- 
corded any  deeds  of  prowess  performed  by  the  rangers, 
whose  organization  was  aimed  as  much  at  the  Hudson's 
Hay  Company  as  at  the  Indians.' 

For  one  year  after  Dr.  Whitman's  return  to  his  mission, 
quiet  had  reigned  in  the  i.;  )  or  country.  The  Indians 
there,  as  has  been  said,  w  ire  til  led  with  an  ambition  to 
acquire  wealth  by  stock-raibing,  and  not  being  able  to  pur- 
chase many  animals  from  tho  ijumigration,  had  formed  a 

'Ash  relic  of  OrcKou's  tlrst  attempt  at  govcrniucut,  when  It  hod  a  triple  execu- 
tive, the  following  document  is  intereBting  :— 

The  people  of  the  lerrilory  o/  Oregon  —  To  nil  to  whom  thex  present*  tliall  come  : 

Know  ye,  that  purHuant  to  the  constitution  anil  laws  of  our  ^Id  territory,  we  have 
appointed  and  constituted,  and  by  these  presents  do  appoint  and  constitute  J.  L- 
Morrl.son  first  lieutenant  of  the  first  volunteer  company  of  rangers  of  said  territory, 


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(•oiiipany  of  about  forty  Cayuses,  Walla  Wallas,  and  a  few 
S[)okanes,  to  go  to  California  and  exchange  peltries  and 
horses  for  Spanish  cattle.  This  was  a  courageous  under- 
taking, as  their  route  lay  through  the  country  of  the 
warlike  Klamaths,  Rogue  Rivers,  and  Shastas.  But  the 
expedition,  led  by  Peu-peu-mox-mox,  was  well  mounted 
and  armed,  the  chiefs  attired  in  English  costume,  and 
their  followers  in  dressed  skins,  presenting  a  fine  and  formi- 
dable appearance  to  the  wilder  denizens  of  the  southern 
interior ;  and  they  arrived  safely  at  their  destination  with 
only  some  slight  skirmishing  by  the  way. 

The  reception  met  with  by  the  expedition  was  cordial, 
the  Spaniards  being  quite  willing  to  dispose  of  their  numer- 
ous herds  at  the  good  prices  exacted  of  their  customers. 
As  for  the  native  Oregonians,  they  found  ('alifornia  much 
to  their  liking,  and  roamed  about  at  pleasure  until  mis- 
fortune overtook  them  in  the  following  manner:  Being 
on  an  excursion  to  procure  elk  and  deer  skins,  they  fell  in 
with  a  company  of  native  California  bandits  whom  they 
."ought,  and  from  whom  they  captured  twenty-two  horses 
which  had  been  stolen  from  their  Spanish  or  American 
owners. 

On  returning  with  their  booty  to  the  settlements,  some 
of  the  horses  were  claimed  by  the  original  owners,  under 
the  Spanish  law  that  required  animals  sold  to  bear  a  trans- 
fer mark.  As  these  bore  only  the  brand  of  their  former 
owners,  the  Spaniards  claimed  them.  The  Oregonians,  on 
the  contrary,  contended  that  while  if  any  property  were 

with  rank  from  April .",  IftH,  to  hold  the  said  oHice  in  the  manucr  specified  In  and  by 
our  said  constitution  and  laws. 

In  testimony  whereof  we  have  cau-i  d  oi'r  seal  for  military  coniniiasions  to  be 
hereunto  afHxed. 

Witress,  I),  nil. I.,  vaii., 

.).  (iAl.K,  Ksq., 

A.  Brriw,  Kstj., 
Kxeoutive  committee  of  said  territory,  and  commanders-in-chief  of 
all  the  militia  and  volunteer  companies  nf  said  territory. 

[  I.,  s.l  Hated  at  the  Willamette  Kails  the  third  day  of  Ai>ril,  in  the  yetir  of 

our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty-lour. 
Attest:  ().  Johnson,  Sect. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


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ifl«d  In  and  by 


miRsionB  to  be 


taken  by  a  member  of  any  allied  tribe  they  were  bound 
to  give  it  up,  they  considered  any  property  captured  from 
a  common  enemy  as  belonging  to  the  captors;  and  hence 
that  the  horses  taken  by  them  from  robbers,  at  the  hazard 
of  their  lives,  belonged  thenceforth  to  them. 

To  this  reasoning  the  Spaniards  were  deaf,  but  offered 
to  compromise  by  allowing  ten  cows  for  the  horses,  and 
finally  fifteen,  to  all  of  which  overtures  Peu-peu-mox-inox 
answered  not,  except  by  a  sullen  silence,  and  the  negotia- 
tions were  broken  off.  Before  any  settlement  was  arrived 
at,  an  American  recognizing  a  mule  belonging  to  him 
amonR-  the  captured  animals,  claimed  it,  with  the  declara- 
tion that  he  would  have  it. 

Among  the  Oregonians  was  a  young  chief  named  Elijah 
Hedding,  a  son  of  the  Walla  Walla  chief,  who  had  been 
taught  at  the  mission  school  in  the  Wallamet,  and  was  a 
convert  to  Christianity.  When  he  heard  the  American 
declare  his  intention  to  take  his  mule,  he  quickly  ste[)j)€d 
into  his  lodge,  loaded  his  rifle,  and  coming  out,  said  sig- 
nificantly:    "Now  go  and  take  your  mule." 

The  American  inquired,  in  alarm,  if  he  was  going  to  bo 
shot.  "No,"  said  Elijah,  "I  am  going  to  shoot  yonder 
eagle,"  pointing  to  a  neighboring  pine  tree;  and  the  Amer- 
ican being  unarmed,  precipitately  left  the  place.  On  the 
lollowing  Sunday  a  part  of  the  cattle  company  went  to 
Sutter's  fort,  where  religious  services  were  to  be  held,  and 
among  them  Tauitowe  and  Elijah.  During  the  afternoon 
the  two  chiefs  were  enticed  into  an  apartiaeat,  where  they 
were  confronted  by  several  Americans,  who  had  come  to 
California  via  Oregon,  and  had  suffered  annoyances  from 
the  Indians  along  the  Columbia  river,  who  now  applied 
such  approbrious  epithets  as  "thieves"  and  "dogs'  to  the 
Cayuses  and  Walla  Wallas  indiscriminately,  and  a  quarrel 
ensued,  in  the  midst  of  which  the  American  who  had  been 
threatened  by  Elijah,  dra\ying  a  pistol,  said:  "The  other 
day  you  were  going  to  kill  me  —  now  I  am  going  to  kill 
you." 


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80 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


On  hearing  this  Elijah,  as  it  was  told  to  Wiiile  by  the 
Indians,  begged  to  be  allowed  to  "pray  a  little  first,"  and 
while  kneeling,  was  shot  dead.  Other  authorities  have 
said  that  Elijah  was  a  turbulent  fellow,  and  deserving  of 
the  fate  he  met.  But  the  fact  remains  that  it  was  the 
obstinacy  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox  in  refusing  to  be  governed 
by  the  laws  of  a  strange  country  in  which  he  found  him- 
self, that  brought  about  the  misfortune  which  overtook 
the  Indian  cattle  company.  They  were  driven  out  of 
California  by  Spanish  authorities,  who  pursued  them  witli 
cannon,  arriving  home  in  the  spring  of  1845,  having  left 
the  cattle,  for  which  they  had  paid,  in"  California,  and 
having  endured  many  hardships  by  the  way. 

The  effect  of  the  disastrous  failure  of  the  cattle  company 
and  the  death  of  Elijah  was  to  deepen  in  the  minds  of  the 
mission  Indians  their  mistrust  of  the  white  race,  and  par- 
ticularly of  Americans;  for,  however  much  they  may  have 
been  at  fault,  they  were  in  no  mood  to  make  allowances 
for  the  natural  consequences  of  that  fault,  but  were  instead 
in  that  dangerous  temper  which  caused  Dr.  Whitman  to 
send  a  hasty  and  excited  communication  to  the  sub-Indian 
agent,  expressing  his  fears  that  Elijah's  death  would  be 
avenged  upon  his  mission.  And  following  immediately 
upon  this  letter.  White  received  a  visit  from  Ellis,  who 
had  been  delegated  to  visit  both  himself  and  Dr.  Mc- 
Loughlin,  to  get  from  them  an  opinion  as  to  what  should 
be  done  in  their  case. 

"  I  apprehended,"  says  White,  "  there  might  be  much 
difficulty  in  adjusting  it,  particularly  as  they  lay  much 
stress  upon  the  restless,  disaffected  scamps  late  from  Will- 
amette to  California,  loading  them  with  the  vile  epithets 
of  'dogs,'  'thieves,'  etc.,  from  which  they  believed,  or 
att'ected  to,  that  the  slanderous  reports  of  our  citizens 
caused  all  their  loss  and  disasters,  and  therefore  held  us 
resDOUsible." 

According  to  P^llis,  the  Walla  Wallas,  Cayuses,  Nez 
Perces,  Spokanes,  Fend  d'Oreilles,  and   Snakes  were  on 


THE   VAYUSE  WAR. 


'M^ 


terms  of  amity  and  alliance;  and  a  portion  of  them  were 
for  raising  two  thousand  warriors  and  marching  at  once 
to  California  to  take  reprJLal  by  capture  and  plunder,  en- 
riching themselves  by  the  spoils  of  the  enemy.  Another 
j)art  were  more  cautious,  wishing  first  to  take  advice,  and 
to  learn  whether  the  white  people  in  Oregon  would  remain 
neutral.  A  third  party  were  for  holding  the  Oregon 
colony  responsible,  because  Elijah  had  been  killed  by  an 
American. 

There  was  business,  indeed,  for  an  Indian  agent  with  no 
government  at  his  back,  and  no  money  to  carry  on  either 
war  or  diplomacy.  But  Dr.  White  was  equal  to  it.  He 
arranged  a  cordial  reception  for  the  chief  among  the  col- 
onists; planned  to  have  Dr.  McLoughlin  divert  his  mind 
by  referring  to  the  tragic  death  of  his  own  son  by  treachery, 
which  enabled  him  to  sympathize  with  the  father  and  rela- 
tives of  Elijah ;  and,  on  his  own  part,  took  him  to  visit  the 
schools  and  his  own  library,  and  in  every  way  treated  the 
chief  as  if  he  were  the  first  gentleman  in  the  land.  Still 
fu.-ther  to  establish  social  equality,  he  put  on  his  farmer's 
garb  and  began  working  on  his  plantation,  in  which  labor 
Ellis  soon  joined  him,  and  the  two  discussed  the  benefits 
already  enjoyed  by  the  native  population  as  the  result  of 
intelligent  labor. 

Nothing,  however,  is  so  convincing  to  an  Indian  as  a 
jtresent,  and  here,  it  would  seem,  Dr.  White  must  have 
failed,  but  not  so.  In  the  autumn  of  1844,  thinking  to 
prevent  trouble  with  the  immigration  by  enabling  the  chiefs 
in  the  upper  country  to  obtain  cattle  without  violating  I  he 
laws,  he  had  given  them  some  ten-dollar  treasury  drafts  to 
be  exchanged  with  the  immigrants  for  young  stock,  which 
drafts  the  immigrants  refused  to  accept,  not  knowing  whoro 
they  should  get  them  cashed.  To  heal  the  wound  caused 
by  this  disappointment.  White  now  sent  word  by  Ellis  to 
these  chiefs  to  come  down  in  the  autumn  with  Dr.  Whitman 
and  Mr.  Spalding,  to  hold  a  council  over  the  California 
affair,  and  to  bring  with  them  their  ten-dollar  drafts  to 


82 


INDIAN  WAUS  OF  OREGON. 


exchange  with  him  for  a  cow  and  a  call'  eacli,  out  of  liis 
own  herds.  He  also  promised  them  that  if  they  would 
postpone  their  visit  to  California  until  the  spring  of  1847, 
and  each  chief  assist  him  to  the  amount  of  two^  beaver 
skins,  he  would  establish  a  manual  labor  and  literary 
school  for  their  children,  besides  using  every  means  in  his 
power  to  have  the  trouble  with  the  Californians  adjusted, 
and  would  give  them  from  his  private  funds  five  hundred 
dollars  with  which  to  purchase  young  cows  in  California. 
It  must,  indeed,  have  been  a  serious  breach  to  heal, 
when  the  Indian  agent  felt  forced  to  pledge  his  own  means 
to  such  an  amount.  That  he  succeeded  in  averting  for  the 
time  an  impending  disaster  should  be  placed  to  his  credit, 
even  though  he  was  prevented  redeeming  all  his  pledges 
through  the  loss  of  his  office  by  a  change  in  the  form  of 
the  ijrovisional  government  of  Oregon,  and  his  ambition 
to  figure  as  the  delegate  of  this  government  to  the  United 
States.^  He  did,  however,  write  to  Sutter,  and  the  agent 
of  the  United  States  government  in  California,  Thomas  0. 
Larkin ;  a  good  deal  of  correspondence  on  the  subject  being 
still  extant,  from  which  it  appears  that  Sutter  had  given 
the  Walla  Wallas  —  as  they  were  all  called  in  California — 
permission  to  hunt  for  wild  horses  to  be  exchanged  for 
cattle.  In  the  quarrel  which  arose  between  Elijah  and 
Grove  Cook,  an  American,  over  the  ownership  of  a  mule, 
the  young  chief  was  shot  in  Sutter's  office  during  his  tem- 
porary  absence.      The  white   witnesses  all   agi^ed    that 

-It  is  a  8oinewhHt  curious  circumstance  that  Dr.  lilijali  White,  who  certainly 
nciiieved,  with  rare  exceptions,  the  good  attempted  for  the  Oregon  colony  in  his 
official  capacity,  left  behind  him  in  this  countrj-,  instead  of  a  good  reputation,  a  very 
unfriendly  feeling.  That  most  of  it  was  due  to  jealousy  must  be  admitted,  there 
being  no  other  solution.  In  the  mission  colony  the  friends  of  Jason  Lee  were  against 
him  ;  and  among  these,  as  well  as  the  Immigrant  settlers  and  members  of  the  legis- 
lature, he  was  suspected  of  having  designs  on  the  delegateship,  whereas  both  factions 
liad  other  preferences.  But  that  he  was  justified  in  I'oeling  himself  a  proper  person 
to  become  a  delegate,  or  to  accept  an  appointment,  was  shown  by  thfe  action  of  the 
provisional  government  in  asking  him  to  become  the  bearer  of  a  memorial  to  con- 
gress. The  opportunity  offered  to  attend  to  his  own  personal  aifairs  was  of  course 
acceptable  ;  but  owing  to  certain  influences  the  legislature  later  resolved  :  "  That  it 
was  not  the  intention  of  this  house  in  passing  resolutions  in  lavor  of  Dr.  K.  White  to 
recommend  him  to  the  governmeni  of  the  ITnited  States  as  a  suitable  i>i'rson  to  fill 
any  offlce  in  this  territory":    See  Oregon  Archives,  so,  iwi,  Uti.     Uefore  leaving  lor 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


83 


Elijah  WHS  the  aggressor;  but  do  not  white  witnesses 
in  similar  circumstances  alwa\'S  agree  to  the  guilt  of  the 
Indian? 

It  may  as  well  be  mentioned  here  that  in  the  autumn  of 
1840,  Peu-peu-mox-raox  went  again  to  California  with  a 
company  of  forty  men,  to  demaml  justice  for  the  killing 
of  his  son,  their  arrival  on  the  frontier  causing  great  con- 
cern and  excitement,  Comn)odore  vStockton  coming  up 
from  Monterey  to  San  Francisco,  and  a  military  company 
being  sent  to  protect  exposed  points. 

Peu-peu-mox-mox,  whatever  his  intentions  may  have 
been  in  the  outset,  seeing  that  the  country  was  now  in  the 
possession  of  Americans,  and  that  both  Americans  and 
Spaniards  were  armed,  declared  that  he  only  came  to 
trade,  and  afterwards  oflFered  his  services  to  Major  Fremont 
to  fight  the  Californians.  The  adventurers  acquitted  them- 
selves well,  and  returned  to  Oregon  with  increased  respect 
for  the  Americans  as  warriors,  all  their  previous  experience 
of  them  having  been  as  peace  men — "women,"  they  called 
the  Oregon  immigrants  whom  they  insulted  and  robbed, 
because  they  offered  no  resistance  to  their  annoyances  on 
the  road.  Indeed,  they  had  been  warned  that  they  must 
not  judge  the  fighting  qualities  of  the  people  of  the  United 
States  by  the  prudent  forbearance  of  men  encumbered  by 
families  and  herds;  and  no  doubt  this  lesson  was  enforced 
bv  what  they  saw  in  California. 

The  provisional  legislature  created  the  office  of  superin- 

tbc  states  in  Augubt,  1845,  Dr.  White  spent  several  weeks  in  searching  for  a  pass 
through  the  Cascade  mountains,  more  favorable  than  the  route  by  Mount  Hcod, 
which  hart  been  pnrtially  opened  the  previous  year.  In  this  unsuccessful  expedi- 
tion, fitted  out  at  his  own  expense,  he  was  accompanied  by  Batteus  Du  Guerre,  Joseph 
Charles  Saxton,  Orus  Hrown,  Moses  Harris,  ,Iolin  Edmunds,  and  twoothers;  and  they 
examined  the  country  from  the  Santiam  to  the  head  of  the  Wallamet  valley  without 
flnding  what  they  sought ;  named  Spencer's  butte,  after  the  then  late  secretary  of 
war,  John  C.  Spencer ;  and  explored  the  Siuslaw  river  to  its  mouth.  White  was  no 
coward.  He  returned  to  the  states  with  only  Harris,  Du  Guerre,  Saxton,  Brown, 
Chapman,  and  two  or  three  others,  although  traveling  this  route  was  becoming  more 
dangerous  every  year.  Harris  deserted  at  Des  Clhutes  river,  remaining  in  Oregon. 
About  the  la.st  of  October  the  puny  was  captured  by  the  Pawnees  ana  robbed,  White 
being  beaten  into  unconsciousness,  but  rescued  through  the  favor  of  a  chief.  He 
finally  reached  Washington,  delivering  his  messages,  settling  his  accounts,  and  retir- 
ing to  liis  home  near  Ithaca,  removing  some  years  afterwards  to  California. 


84 


/NDIAN  WAIIS   OF   OHFAlON. 


Iciidcnt  of  Indian  affairs  in  August,  1845,  and  bestowed  it 
on  the  governor,  George  Abernethy.  Tlie  condition  of 
Oregon  about  this  time  was,  in  the  minds  of  its  white 
inhabitants,  full  of  peril,  not  only  from  possible  Indian 
wars,  but  on  account  of  the  resolute  attitude  taken  by 
American  statesmen  towards  Great  Britain  on  the  question 
of  international  boundary.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
the  officers  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  had  joined  with 
the  Americans  in  a  political  compact,  and  taken  an  oath 
to  support  the  provisional  government  so  far  as  it  did  not 
interfere  with  their  allegiance  to  their  respective  govern- 
ments, there  was  the  prospect,  as  it  appeared  *o  the  colo- 
nists, of  a  war  between  the  two  nations,  which  should 
force  a  conflict  between  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  and 
the  colonists.  In  such  an  emergency  it  was  remembered, 
with  foreboding,  that  the  Indian  population  was  sure  to 
take  advantage  of  the  opportunity  thus  offered  of  avenging 
all  their  real  and  imagined  wrongs  upon  the  Americans. 

The  immigration  of  1845  numbered  about  three  thou- 
sand persons,  and  almost  doubled  the  white  population  of 
Oregon;  that  of  1844  having  been  about  seven  hundred 
and  fifty.  But  if  their  numbers  were  small  their  i)atriotism 
was  large,  and  they  made  no  secret  of  the  fact  that  some 
of  them  had  come  all  the  way  from  Missouri  to  burn  Fort 
Vancouver.  So  many  threats  of  a  similar  nature  had 
found  utterance  ever  since  the  first  large  party  of  1848, 
that  the  oflficers  of  the  British  company  had  thought  it 
only  prudent  to  strengthen  their  defenses,  and  keep  a  sloop 
of  war  lying  in  the  Columbia.  What  the  company  simply 
did  for  defense,  the  settlers  construed  into  an  offense,  and 
both  parties  were  on  the  alert  for  the  first  overt  act. 

Jt  has  already  been  mentioned  that  the  passage  down 
the  Columbia  was  one  of  excessive  hardship  and  danger, 
each  immigration  having  endured  incredible  suffering, 
and  also  loss,  in  coming  from  The  Dalles  to  the  Wallamet 
valley;  families  and  wagons  being  sh'j)ped  on  rafts  to  the 
cascades,  where  a  portage  had  to  be  made  of  several  miles, 


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THE   CAY  USE  WAR. 


85 


and  whence  another  voyage  had  to  bo  undertaken  in  such 
poor  craft  as  could  be  constructed  or  hired,  taking  weeks 
to  complete  this  portion  of  the  long  journey  from  the 
states,  in  the  late  and  rainy  months  of  the  year;  tlie  oxen 
and  herds  being  driven  down  to  Vancouver  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river,  or  being  left  in  the  upper  country  to  be 
herded  by  the  Indians.  The  rear  of  the  immigration  of 
LS44  remained  at  Whitman's  mission  over  winter,  and 
several  families  at  The  Dalles.  The  larger  body  of  1845 
divided,  some  coming  down  the  river,  and  others  crossing 
llie  Cascade  mountains  by  two  routes,  but  each  enduring 
the  extreme  of  misery.  John  Minto,  then  a  young  man, 
.says  of  1844:  "I  found  men  in  the  prime  of  life  lying 
among  the  rocks  (at  the  Cascades),  seeming  ready  to  die. 
I  found  there  mothers  with  their  families,  whose  hus- 
bands were  snowbound  in  the  Cascade  mountains,  with- 
out provisions,  and  obliged  to  kill  and  eat  their  game 
dogs.  *  *  *  There  was  scarcely  a  dry  day,  and  the 
snow  line  was  nearly  down  to  the  river."  These  scenes 
were  repeated  in  1845  with  a  greater  number  of  sufferers, 
one  wing  of  the  long  column  taking  a  cut-off  by  follow- 
ing which  they  became  lost,  and  had  all  but  perished  in 
a  desert  country.  "Despair  settled  upon  the  people;  old 
men  and  children  wept  together,  and  the  strongest  could 
not  speak  hopefully."  "Only  the  women,"  says  one  nar- 
rator, "continued  to  show  firmness  and  courage." 

The  perils  and  pains  of  the  Plymouth  Kock  pilgrims 
were  not  greater  than  those  of  the  pioneers  of  Oregon,  and 
there  are  few  incidents  in  history  more  profoundly  sad 
than  the  narratives  of  hardships  undergone  in  the  settle- 
ment of  this  country.  The  names  of  the  men  who  pioneered 
the  wagon  road  around  the  base  of  Mount  Hood  are  worthy 
of  all  remembrance.  They  were  Joel  Palmer,  Henry  M. 
Knighton,  W.  H.  Rector,  and  Samuel  K.  Barlow  in  partic- 
ular; but  there  were  many  others,  even  women,  wlio 
crossed  the  mountains  late  in  the  year  of  1845  on  pack 
horses,  barely  escaping  starvation   through   the  exertions 


rt6 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OHEOON. 


ol  Burlow  and  Rector  in  gelting  through  to  Oregon  (!ity, 
und  forwarding  to  them  a  pack-train  with  provisions. 
The  wagons,  which  it  was  impossible  to  move  beyond 
Rock  creek,  were  abandoned,  the  goods  cached,  except 
such  necessaries  as  could  be  packed  on  half  starved  oxen, 
the  men  walking  in  the  snow,  and  all  often  soaked  with 
rain.  (Jhildren  with  feet  almost  bare  endured  this  terrible 
journey,  the  like  of  which  can  never  again  occur  on  this 
continent.' 

Some  of  the  more  thoughtful  men  of  the  colony,  taking 
into  consideration  the  peculiar  inaccessibility  of  western 
Oregon  from  the  east,  and  the  possibility  of  war  with 
f.ngland,  asked  themselves  how  United  States  troops  were 
to  come  to  their  assistance  !n  such  a  case.  The  natural 
obstacles  of  the  Columbia-river  pass  wero  so  groat  as  to  be 
almost  positively  exclusive  in  the  absence  of  the  usual 
means  of  transportation,  and  the  stationing  of  but  a  small 
force,  or  a  single  battery,  at  the  Cascades,  would  effectually 
exclude  an  army. 

The  colonists  were  still  expecting  the  passage  of  Linn's 
bill,  and  with  it  the  long-promised  military  protection ; 
but  there  was  the  possibility  that  at  the  very  moment  of 
greatest  need  they  might  be  left  at  the  mercy  of  an  invad- 
ing foe,  and  its  savage  allies,  while  the  troops  sent  to  their 
relief  were  fenced  out  and  left  to  starve  east  of  the  moun- 
tains, or  to  die  exhausted  with  their  long  march  and  the 
effort  to  force  the  passage  of  the  cascades. 

Among  the  heads  and  hearts  troubled  by  these  fears  was 
Jesse  Applegate.  He  was  very  friendly  with  the  officers 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  who  had  so  kindly  rescued 
him  and  his  countrymen  from  starvation  in  1843;  and  so 
highly  was  he  esteemed  by  them  that  they  had  yielded 


^  White  has  been  credited  with  being  the  cause  of  tlie  disasters  which  overtook 
the  portion  of  the  immigration  which  was  lost.  He  mentions  meeting  the  several 
companies  oi>  the  road  as  he  went  east,  but  says  nothing  of  giving  them  advice  con- 
cerning their  route.  It  is  not  incredible  that  he  spolte  !o  them  of  hin  belief  tliat  ii 
pass  through  tlie  mountains  existed  at  the  head  of  the  Wallamet  valley,  from  an 
expedition  in  search  of  wlilch  lie  lind  just  lotunicil.  At  all  events,  their  suidf, 
Stephen  U.  1,.  Meok,  undertook  to  pilot  thew  to  it,  and  failed.  A.s  many  as  twenty 
persons  died  from  this  mistake. 


THM   (JAYl'SK  WAR. 


87 


to  Ill's  arguments  in  fuvor  of  joining  in  tiie  articles  of 
compact  under  which  the  colony  was  governed;  but  he 
was  aware  that  agents  of  the  British  government  wore 
anxiously  inquiring  whether  troops  could  be  brought  from 
Canada  to  Fort  Vancouver  by  the  Hudson's  bay  trail,  and 
he  knew  that  although  the  company,  as  such,  deprecated 
war,  the  individuals  composing  it  were  as  loyal  to  their 
government  as  he  to  his  own. 

Under  this  stress  of  circumstances,  the  colonists  pro- 
posed to  raise  money  to  pay  the  expense  of  a  survey  of  the 
country  towards  the  south,  and  to  open  a  road  should  the 
survey  be  successful,  which  should  lead  out  of  the  Wall- 
amefvalley  towards  Fort  Hall.  A  company  was  accord- 
ingly formed  in  May,  1846,  under  the  leadership  of  Levi 
Hcott,  which  proceeded  as  far  as  t.ic  southern  limit  of  the 
Umpqua  valley,  but  was  compelled,  by  the  desertion  of 
some  of  its  members  as  they  approached  the  Rogue  river 
country,  to  return  home. 

Jesse  Applegate,  who  from  the  first  had  urged  the  neces- 
sity of  this  exploration,  now  determined  to  lead  a  company 
in  persons,  which  expedition,  as  organized,  consisted  of 
fifteen  men,  namely,  Jesse  Applegate,  Levi  Scott,  Lindsay, 
Applegate,  David  Goff,  Benjamin  Burch,  John  Scott,  Moses 
Harris,  William  Parker,  Henry  Bogus,  John  Owens,  John 
Jones,  Robert  Smith,  Samuel  Goodhue,  Bennett  Osborne, 
and  William  Sportsman,  who  left  rendezvous  in  Polk 
county  June  twenty-second. 

By  using  great  vigilance  the  party  passed  safely  through 
the  Rogue  river  valley,  though  they  observed  signs  of  a 
skirmish  with  the  Indians  by  a  much  larger  party  which 
had  started  for  California  two  weeks  earlier,  and  had  their 
horses  stolen,  being  detained  in  camp  until  just  before  the 
explorers  came  up.  The  Indians,  seeing  the  second  com- 
pany, allowed  the  first  to  escape;  but  finding  the  road- 
hunters  exceedingly  wary,  made  no  attempt  to  molest 
them,  and  contented  themselves  with  pursuing  the  (Cali- 
fornia company  to  the  Siskiyou  mountains. 


M8 


INDIAN  W.MtS   OF  OHMdON. 


An  itinerary  of  the  journey  of  tho  explorers  of  the 
soutliern  immigrant  road  to  Oregon  would  hardly  be  iu 
place  here.  It  is  sufficient  to  know  that  they  discovered 
and  opened  a  loute  to  Kort  Hall,  which  they  induced  a 
part  of  the  immigration  to  follow;  and  that  misfortunes 
overtook  the  travelers  on  this,  as  well  us  the  northern 
route,  owing  partly  to  neglect  of  disci[)line,  and  partly 
also  to  early  storms  encountered  in  the  canon  of  the  Ump- 
()ua.  Such  things  mu^;*.  be  where  large  companies  invade 
the  wilderness  without  sufficient  forethought.  The  worst 
of  ill!  was  t!ie  animosity  religiously  cherished  by  those 
who  sulTered  in  person  and  property  against  those  who 
meant  to  do  them  and  the  colony  a  favor.  Those  whogot 
into  Oregon  any  way  they  could  had  only  themselves  to 
blame  for  their  troubles;  but  those  who  were  shown  a  way 
which  was  not  after  all  safe  from  ac*  ideuf,  were  tempted 
to  cast  the  blame  of  their  misfortunes  upon  their  guides. 

As  to  depredations  by  the  natives,  they  were  unavoidable 
in  whatsoever  direction  lay  the  route  of  travel.  The  In- 
dians of  the  Humboldt  valley,  and  the  Modoc  and  Klamath 
con  utiles,  were  troublesome,  lying  in  ambush  and  shooting 
their  poisoned  arrows  at  men  and  animals.  This  led  to 
retaliation,  and  several  Indians  and  two  white  men  were 
killed  in  skirmishes.  It  was  raising  up  enemies  for  the 
future,  whose  hatred  would  have  to  be  washed  out  in 
blood.  Fortunate  was  it  that  at  that  time  these  Indians 
were  not  aware  of  their  own  strength.  Wild  men  they 
were  who  had  not  yet  learned  from  traders,  or  missiona- 
ries, or  Indian  agents,  to  restrain  their  savage  impulses; 
nor  had  they  learned  from  contact  and  example  the  art  of 
war,  which  at  a  later  |)eriod  they  practiced  with  signal 
success. 

The  immigration  of  184G  was  not  large,  not  more  than 
one  thousand  persons.  It  found  the  Oregon  colony  pros- 
perous, and  more  quiet  than  the  previous  year  on  ♦';'> 
fndiaa  .luostion.  The  presence  of  an  English  aiiTi  ,.n 
American  war  (lecit  in  the  Pacific  was  not  unkiiowi  \o  Mie 


I  li  '  I 


77/ a;  a  a  yusk  waii. 


m 


natives,  iind  had  the  effect  to  intimichile  the  di.ssatisfied 
and  ignorant,  at  tlio  .'■  mm  time  it  caused  tlie  inort'  intelli- 
gent to  aak  themseives  what  part  they  were  to  l)e  allowed 
to  play  in  the  distribution  of  the  continent  among  nations. 
The  Indians  and  colonials  alike  stood  still  to  yee  ,^1  it  was 
to  be  done  with  them.  ... 

News  of  the  settlement  of  the  northern  boundary  airived 
by  way  of  the  Sandwich  Islands,  before  the  m  •(  Jng  oi"  the 
legislature,  but  with  it  no  intimation  that  Linn's  biii  bad 
been  i)assed  organizing  the  territory  of  Oregon;  but  ii,  was 
Uiken  for  granted  that  such  news  must  very  soor  follow, 
and  with  it  the  protection  of  United  States  arms  and  laws. 

In  the  meantime,  as  a  means  of  peace,  the  majority  of 
the  people,  with  the  governor,  actively  promoted  temper- 
ance. Temi)erance  societies  were  organized  in  the  colony 
at  its  very  commencement.  With  the  first  provisional 
form  of  government,  temperance  laws  were  enacted.  Dr. 
White,  as  Indian  agent,  enforced  the  United  States  laws 
against  selling  liquor  to  Indians;  and  the  legislature  of 
1845  passed  a  prohibitory  law  against  the  introduction  or 
manufacture  of  ardent  spirits. 

Notwithstanding  all  this  care  a  certain  amount  of  what 
was  called  "blue  ruin,"  was  manufactured  out  of  molasses, 
and  sold  to  the  Indians  about  Oregon  City,  who  noisily 
chanted  the  praises  of  "blue  lu  "  in  the  ears  of  the  inhabit- 
ants when  they  would  have  preferred  to  have  been  asleep. 
In  his  message  to  the  legislature  of  184G,  Governor  Aber- 
nethy  said:  "During  the  last  year,  persons  taking  advan- 
tage of  the  defect  in  our  law,  have  manufactured  and  sold 
ardent  spirits.  We  have  seen  the  effects  (although  the 
manufacture  was  on  a  small  scale)  in  the  midnight  carous- 
als among  the  Indians  during  their  fishing  reason,  and 
while  they  had  property  to  dispose  of;  and,  let  me  ask, 
what  would  be  the  consequences  if  the  use  of  it  should  bo 
general  in  the  territory?  History  may  hereafter  write  the 
jmge  in  letters  of  blood."  History,  however,  has  no  such 
charge  against  the  Oregon  colonists,  as  that  thoy  caused 


90 


INDIAN  WAHS  of  OREGON. 


bloodshed  by  the  introduction  of  intoxicating  drinks 
among  the  natives ;  or  that  they  wantonly,  at  any  time, 
put  the  lives  of  the  people  in  peril,  the  affair  of  Cockstock, 
at  Oregon  City,  being  the  most  bloody  of  any  incident  in 
the  colonial  history  of  western  Oregon.  And  perhaps  a 
good  deal  of  this  immunity  from  war  was  owing  to  the 
caution  of  the  governor,  who  never  failed  to  keep  the 
subject  before  the  people. 

Once  again  a  year  rolled  around  without  bringing  to 
Oregon  the  long  expected  news  that  congress  had  passed 
an  act  organizing  a  territory  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains. 
An  immigration  of  nearly  four  thousand  souls  had  poured 
into  the  Wallamet  valley,  swelling  the  population  to  about 
eight  thousand,  making  the  situation  still  more  critical. 
There  had  not  been  lacking  since  the  first  efforts  at  local 
government  a  certain  element  in  the  colonial  life  whicli 
favored  setting  up  an  independent  state;  and  the  failure 
of  congress  to  stretch  out  its  hand  and  take  what  was  so 
generously  offered  it,  created  a  discontent  which  grew  with 
every  fresh  disappointment.  We  find  Dr.  White,  in  1843, 
writing  to  the  secretary  of  war,  that "  should  it  ( the  Oregon 
bill)  at  last  fail  of  passing  the  lower  house,  suffer  me  to 
predict,  in  view  of  what  so  many  have  had  to  undergo,  in 
person  and  property,  to  get  to  this  distant  country,  it  will 
create  a  disaffection  so  strong  as  to  end  only  in  open 
rebellion." 

Dr.  McLoughlin  also  wrote,  in  1844,  to  a  member  of  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company  in  Canada,  "They  declare  that  if 
in  ten  years  the  boundary  is  not  settled,  they  will  erect 
themselves  into  an  independent  state."  The  annual  fresh 
importation  of  patriotic  Americans  served  to  discourage 
the  independent  movement;  but  the  legislature  of  1845 
would  not  adopt  the  name  "Oregon  territory,"  because 
congress  had  not  erected  any  such  organization.  The 
boundary  was  at  last  settled,  and  still  Oregon  got  nothing 
but  promises,  and   those  at  long    intervals  of    painful 


waiting. 


THE  CAY  USE  WAR. 


01 


In  his  message  to  the  legislature  December  7,  1847, 
Governor  Abernethy  said:  "Our  relations  with  the  In- 
dians become  every  vear  more  embarrassing.  They  see 
the  white  man  occupy  their  land,  rapidly  filling  up  the 
country,  and  they  put  in  a  claim  for  pay.  They  have 
been  told  that  a  chief  would  come  out  from  the  United 
States  and  treat  with  them  for  their  lands;  they  have  been 
told  this  so  often  that  they  begin  to  doubt  it;  at  'all 
events,'  they  say,  'he  will  not  come  till  we  are  all  dead, 
and  then  what  good  will  blankets  do  us?  We  want  some- 
thing now.'  This  leads  to  trouble  between  the  settler  and 
the  Indians  about  him.  Some  plan  should  be  devised  by 
which  a  fund  can  he  raised  and  presents  made  to  the 
Indians  of  sufiicient  value  to  keep  them  quiet  until  an 
agent  arrives  from  the  United  States.  A  number  of  rob- 
beries have  been  committed  by  the  Indians  in  the  upper 
country,  upon  the  emigrants,  as  they  were  passing  through 
their  territory.  This  should  not  be  allowed  to  pass.  An 
appropriation  should  be  made  by  you  sufficient  to  enable 
the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  to  take  a  small  party 
in  the  spring  and  demand  restitution  of  the  property,  or 
its  equivalent  in  horses." 

Alas,  the  blow  so  long  apprehended  had  fallen,  and  the 
isolated  Oregon  colony,  cut  off  by  thousands  of  miles  from 
the  parent  government,  without  troops,  without  money, 
without  organization  of  forces  or  arms,  was  suddenly 
brought  fa'je  to  face  with  the  horrors  of  an  Indian  war. 


CHAITEK  V. 


Caises  of  the  C'avusk  IIosTiuTim— iJii.  Whitman  Warned— Immioration  of 
1847— Amkbicans  at  Waiilatpi:— Arrival  of  Catholic  Priests  — Whitman's 
Fears- Sickness  Amono  the  IndiaKs  — Whitman  and  Si'Ai,DiN(i  at  I'matilla 
—The  Massacre  at  Waiilati'l  — Death  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Whit.man  and  Seven 
Others  —  Escapes,  and  CAiTivra  — Rev.  .1.  H.  A.  Brouillet— Escape  of  Mr. 
.SPAi.DiN(i— Canfield  Reaches  Lapwai  — Courage  of  Mr.^.  .Spalding  — Condijit 

OF  THE    NEZ    PEBCES  — SrAl.DINIi'S    LETTER    TO    HKOUILLET  — A   COUNCIL    HELD   AT 

THE  Catholic  Mlssion  — Indian  Maniff-sto  — Ooden's  Arrival  at  Fcrt  Walla 
Walla  — .\NOTHKR  Council  — Ransom  Paid  for  the  CAPTiV'ib- .Vkxibtv  ok 
Ogden  — Departure  for  Vanxouver  — Horrors  of  the  Caitivitv —  Suspicions 
AND  Mistakes  op  Captives  — Subsequent  Controversies- Ojden  Delivehs 
THE  Released  Americans  to  liovEHNOR  A  hern  eth  v  —  Endle.sk  Dlscussion  of 
Causes— The  Real  Cause. 


To  UNDERSTAND  liow  the  Cavuse  war  so  suddenly  broke 
out,  it  is  necessary  to  go  back  to  1842,  when  Dr.  Whitman 
went  east,  as  the  Indians  understood,  to  bring  enough  of 
his  people  to  punish  them  for  their  acts  of  violence  towards 
him.  They  saw  him  return  with  a  large  number,  but 
with  no  fighting  men;  and  none  of  those  who  came  re- 
mained in  their  country.  This  was  a  failure  they  were 
quick  to  take  advantage  of,  and  while  it  had  in  it  no 
cause  for  war,  they  felt  more  free  to  practice  their  annoy- 
ances and  thefts  on  Americans,  while  they  exhibited  their 
contempt  for  their  former  teachers  by  abandoning  the 
schools.  From  1843  to  1847  there  was  very  little  progress 
made  in  the  education  of  the  Cay  uses  and  Nez  Perces, 
and,  in  fact.  Dr.  Whitman  and  Mr.  Spalding  had  almost 
ceased  to  teach,  except  by  example,  but  attended  to  the 
affairs  of  thdir  stations,  and  waited,  as  did  all  Oregon,  for 
the  act  of  congress. whicli  was  to  give  this  country  the 
protection  of  the  government  of  the  United  States. 

In  1844  Dr.  Whitman  was  able  to  secure  help  from  the 
passing  immigration,  a  number  of  families  wintering  at 
his  station.  He  also  adopted  a  family  of  orphan  children, 
seven  in  number,  whose  parents  had  died  on  the  journey, 
three  boys  and  four  girls. 

(92) 


THE  V AY  USE  WAll. 


93 


In  tlie  spring  the  immigrants  went  un  to  tlie  Wallaniet 
valley,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1845  and  1846  there  were 
other  families  who  wintered  at  Waiilatpu. 

During  all  this  time  the  Cayuses  had  been  growing 
more  insolent  and  threatening,  and  the  gentlemen  of  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company,  who  knew  the  Incjian  character 
thoroughly,  frequently  entreated  the  doctor  to  go  away. 
But  the  hope  of  the  safety  to  be  extended  from  his  gov- 
ernment, kept  him  at  his  post,  until  the  growing  impa- 
tience of  the  Indians,  after  the  unfortunate  Californiu 
expedition,  finally  convinced  him  of  the  imminence  of 
the  danger,  and  caused  him  to  arrange  for  a  possible 
removal  to  The  Dalles  by  purchasing  the  property  of  the 
Methodist  mission  at  that  place,  which  he  put  in  charge 
of  his  nephew,  Perrin  B.  Whitman. 

At  the  same  time,  however,  such  was  the  courageous 
persistency  of  the  man,  that  he,  as  late  as  September,  1847, 
jiurchased  machinery  for  a  new  flouring-mill  for  Waiilatpu 
and  transported  it  to  his  station,  telling  .Joel  Palmer,  whom 
lie  met  on  the  Umatilla,  that  he  was  going  on,  just  as  he 
always  intended,  but  if  the  Indians  continued  their  hostile 
policy,  he  should  break  up  the  mission,  and  make  his 
home  at  The  Dalles.  To  a  body  of  the  immigrants  on  the 
\  matilla  he  delivered  an  address,  advising  great  caution, 
and  expressing  his  apprehensions  of  an  Indian  war  as  the 
result  of  any  indiscretions  on  the  part  of  the  new  comers. 
.John  E.  Ross  has  said,  that  acting  on  Whitman's  advice, 
his  party  encamped  early,  took  their  evening  meal,  and 
when  it  was  dark  moved  to  a  secluded  spot  away  from  the 
road  to  avoid  being  molested,  and  getting  into  an  affray. 
James  Henry  Brown  has  spoken  of  the  doctor's  warnings 
to  the  immigrants  of  that  year;  and  so  has  Ralph  C.  Geer, 
.J.  W.  (Jrim,  and  Peter  W.  Crawford.  Crawford  kept  a 
journal,  and  from  that  record  many  facts  have  been  gath- 
ered. The  evidence  is  ample  that  Dr.  Whitman  knew 
upon  what  dangerous  ground  he  was  treading. 

Blood  had  already  been  spilled  at  The  Dalles,  a  Mr. 


94 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON 


Shcpard  from  St.  Louis  being  killed,  and  two  others 
wounded.  This  affair  was  begun  by  the  usual  thieving  of 
the  Indians.  The  men  robbed  appealed  to  Rev.  A.  F. 
Waller,  who  advised  them  to  take  some  Indian  horses  and 
hold  them  until  the  property  was  restored.  This  brought 
on  an  attack,  with  the  result  of  a  skirmish,  and  about  the 
same  number  of  killed  and  injured  on  both  sides.  Many 
families  were  robbed  between  the  Umatilla  and  The 
Dalles,  their  property  being  carried  to  a  distance  from  the 
road  and  cached.  Mrs.  Geer  came  near  being  killed  at 
the  crossing  of  Des  Chutes  by  an  Indian.  Four  families 
left  near  John  Day  river  with  their  wagons,  while  the  men 
of  the  party  were  looking  for  stolen  cattle,  had  everything 
taken  from  them,  even  to  the  last  vestige  of  clothing,  the 
women  and  children  being  left  naked.  They  had  managed 
to  conceal  a  bolt  of  white  muslin,  out  of  which  they  had 
hastily  made  a  covering  when  Ross'  company  overtook 
them  and  gave  them  some  blankets.  By  building  a  fire 
on  the  sand  to  warm  it,  they  were  made  passably  comfort- 
able through  a  frosty  September  night.  These  outrages 
were  known  to  Dr.  Whitman,  and  still  he  remained. 

That  he  was  much  alarmed,  however,  seems  to  be  shown 
by  the  large  number  of  persons — over  seventy  in  all  — 
whom  he  gathered  about  him  at  his  station  for  the  winter. 
Thanks  to  Mr.  Crav/ford's  journal,  we  are  able  to  obtain 
some  account  of  this  temporary  colony.  From  the  train 
to  which  Cra  vford  belonged  he  drew  Joseph  and  Hannah 
Smith,  with  live  children  —  one  of  them  a  daughter  aged 
fifteen  years.  Smith  was  sent  to  the  sawmill,  about  twenty 
miles  from  the  mission ;  and  Elam  Young,  his  wife,  and 
three  sons,  the  eldest  aged  twenty-four,  the  second  twenty ■■ 
one,  also  were  sent  to  the  sawmill,  where  Young  was  to 
get  out  the  timbers  for  the  new  gristmill  at  the  mission. 
Isaac  Gilliland  was  employed  as  a  tailor  at  the  mission; 
Luke  Saunders  and  wife  as  teachers.  The  latter  had  five 
children,  the  eldest  a  girl  of  fourteen  years.  Mi^s  Lorinda 
Bewley,  and  her  brother  Crockett  A.  Bewley,  were  also 


THE  GAYUSE  WAR. 


95 


employed,  the  young  woman  as  assistant  teacher.  There 
were  besides,  engaged  for  different  service,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kimball,  with  five  children,  the  elder  a  girl  of  seventeen 
years;  William  D.  Canfield,  a  blacksmith,  his  wife  Sally 
Ann,  and  five  children,  the  elder  a  girl  of  sixteen;  Peter 
D.  Hall,  his  wife  and  five  children,  the  elder  a  daughter 
often;  Josiah  Osborne,  a  carpenter,  and  his  wife  Margaret, 
with  three  young  children;  Mrs.  Rebecca  Hays,  and  one 
young  child;  Mr.  Marsh,  and  daughter  aged  eleven;  Jacob 
Hoff'man,  and  Amos  Sales  —  in  all  fifty-four  persons. 

Besides  these  there  were  the  mission  family  consisting 
of  the  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman ;  their  seven  adopted  chil- 
dren; Andrew  Rogers,  teacher;  Eliza,  daughter  of  H.  H. 
Spalding,  aged  ten  years;  two  half  caste  children,  girls, 
daughters  of  James  Bridger  and  Joseph  L.  Meek;  two  sons 
of  Donald  Manson  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  who 
were  attending  school;  Joseph  Stanfield,  a  Frenchman;  a 
half-breed  tramp,  named  Joe  Lewis,  whom  Dr.  Whitman 
had  taken  in  and  given  employment;  and  another  man  of 
mixed  blood,  named  Nicholas  Finlay,  making  together 
seventy-two  persons  at  the  mission  and  mill,  thirteen  of 
whom  were  American  men,  besides  several  boys  able  to 
bear  arms. 

It  is  evident  that  so  many  people  were  not  needed  at  the 
mission,  where  nothing  was  being  done  but  preparing  to 
.uild  the  mill.  The  school  at  this  time,  excepting  the 
children  of  the  immigrants  themselves,  consisted  only  of 
the  few  half-caste  children  already  named,  and  the  Sager 
family,  adopted  by  the  Whitmans. 

About  the  time  Dr.  Whitman  engaged  these  people  to 
remain  witli  him  until  spring,  he  had  a  fresh  cause  of  dis- 
quiet in  the  arrival  of  a  party  of  Catholic  priests  in  his 
neighborhood,  one  of  whom  was  invited  by  Tanitowe,  the 
(Catholic  chief,  to  settle  among  the  Cayuses.  At  the  very 
time  he  was  bringing  up  his  mill  machinery  from  The 
Dalles,  ho  encountered  the  Rev.  A.  M.  A.  Blanchet  at  Fort 
Walla   Walla,   and   with    his   usual   straightforwardness. 


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luldrcssed  him  thus:  "I  know  very  well  for  what  idirpose 
you  have  come."  "All  is  known,"  replied  IJlancliet;  "1 
come  to  labor  for  the  conversion  of  the  Indians,  and  even 
Americans,  if  they  are  willing  to  listen  to  me." 

That  was  fair  and  open,  and  no  man  knew  better  than 
the  doctor  that  the  Catholic  had  as  much  right  to  be  there 
as  the  Protestant;  but  he  did  not  like  it,  and  so  he  told 
the  bishop,  declaring  he  would  do  nothing  to  assist  him, 
even  to  sell  him  provisions,  showing  by  his  manner  how 
deeply  he  was  stirred,  and  sorrowfully  hurt  by  what  he 
considered  a  dangerous  interference  at  that  time.  This 
conversation  occurred  on  the  twenty-third  of  September. 

At  that  time,  and  for  several  weeks  after,  Thomas  McKay 
was  stopping  at  the  fort,  being  ill,  and  Dr.  Whitman  was 
in  attendance  upon  him.  So  insecure  did  he  feel  himself 
that  he  recjuested  McKay,  whose  influence  with  the  Indians 
was  almost  unlimited,  to  spend  the  winter  with  him  at 
Waiilatpu.  To  this  McKay  replied  that  he  could  not  do 
so,  on  account  of  his  affairs  in  the  Wallamet  valley,  but  if 
the  doctor  so  desired,  he  would  exchange  places  with  him ; 
and  the  doctor  promised  to  see  the  property,  but  did  not, 
owing  to  the  exigence  of  affairs  at  hand. 

( )n  the  fourth  of  November  there  was  a  meeting  of  the 
Cay  use  chiefs  at  Fort  vValla  WalJa  to  determir^  whether 
they  should  receive  Catholic  teachers,  and  where,  in  case 
they  did  so,  the  bishop  should  build  his  house.  The  ques- 
tions asked  by  the  chiefs,  Tiloukaikt,  Camaspelo,  Tam- 
suc'ky,  and  others,  were  whether  the  Pope  had  sent  Blanchet 
to  ask  land  for  a  mission,  to  which  the  bishop  replied  that 
it  was  the  Pope  who  sent  him,  but  not  to  take  land  —  only 
to  save  their  souls;  but  that  having  to  live,  and  being  poor, 
he  must  ask  a  piece  of  land  to  cultivate  for  his  support. 
The  chiefs  wished  to  know  if  the  priests  made  presents;  if 
thev  would  cause  the  lands  of  the  Indians  to  be  ploughed ; 
would  aid  in  building  neir  houses,  or  feed  and  clothe 
their  children,  to  all  which  Blanchet  answered  "  No." 
All  this  was  said  openly,  by  an  inter|ireter  at  the  fort,  and 


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the  chiefs  retired  to  confer  together.  Tiloukaikt  finally 
said  that  as  Tauitowe  desired  it,  the  bishop  should  send 
one  to  visit  his  land,  and  select  a  site  for  a  mission. 

On  the  eighth  of  November  Brouillet  went  by  order  of 
the  bishop  to  Waiilatpu  to  look  at  Tiloukaikt's  land,  who, 
with  Indian  fickleness,  had  changed  his  mind,  and  refused 
to  show  any.  He  told  the  priest  that  he  Ijad  no  place  he 
could  give  him  but  Whitman's,  whom  he  intended  to  send 
away ;  to  which  Brouillet  replied  that  he  would  not  have 
that  place.  Immediately  afterwards  he  accepted  Taui- 
towe's  house  on  the  Umatilla,  which  he,  with  Rev.  Mr. 
Rosseau,  set  about  repairing,  and  moved  into  on  the  twenty- 
seventh  of  November.  In  the  meantime.  Dr.  Whitman 
had  several  times  met  Bishop  Blanch et  at  the  fort,  and 
became  somewhat  softened  in  his  sentiments  towards  him 
personally;  and  on  the  day  before  the  priests  Brouillet  and 
Rosseau  left  the  fort  for  tlie  Umatilla,  Mr.  Spalding,  and 
Mr.  Rogers  the  teacher,  dined  in  their  company,  all  seem- 
ing mutually  pleased  with  making  the  acquaintance. 

We  have  now  to  consider,  exclusive  of  old  jealousies, 
late  altercations,  or  sectarian  influences,  the  immediate 
cause  of  the  (^ayuse  outbreak.  The  large  immigration  of 
1847,  like  most  large  migrations,  had  bred  a  pestilence, 
and  when  it  reached  the  Cayuse  country  was  suffering  the 
most  virulent  form  of  measles,  the  fever  being  of  a  ty[)hoid 
kind,  and  the  disease  often  terminating  fatally. 

All  new  diseases,  especially  those  of  the  skin,  are  quickly 
communicated  to  the  dark  complexioned  races;  and  as  the 
Indians  continually  hung  about  the  trains  pilfering,  some- 
times trading,  or  inviting  the  young  American  lads  to  a 
trial  of  strength  in  wrestling  matches,  it  was  inevitable 
that  many  should  contract  the  disease,  which  rapidly 
spread  among  the  Cayuses.  For  two  months,  or  ever 
since  the  doctor's  return  from  The  Dalles,  he  had  been 
kept  busy  attending  to  the  sick  among  the  Indians,  and 
under  his  own  roof.  So  great  had  been  the  murtality  that 
it  threatened  the  destruction  of  the  Cayuse  tribe,  thirty  of 


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whom  liatl  died  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  mission, 
while  the  sick  were  to  be  found  in  almost  every  lodge. 
"It  was  most  distressing,"  wrote  Spalding,  "to  go  into  a 
lodge  of  some  ten  or  twenty  fires,  and  count  twenty  or 
twenty-five,  some  in  the  midst  of  measles,  others  in  the 
last  stage  of  dysentery,  in  tlie  midst  of  every  kind  of  filth, 
of  itself  sufficient  to  cause  sickness,  with  no  suitable  means 
to  alleviate  their  inconceivable  sufferings,  with  perhaps 
one  well  person  to  look  after  the  wants  of  two  sick  ones. 
They  were  dying  every  day;  one,  two,  and  sometimes  five 
in  a  day,  with  the  dysentery,  which  generally  followed  the 
measles.  Everywhere  the  sick  and  dying  were  pointed  to 
Jesus,  and  the  well  were  urged  to  prepare  for  death." 

In  Dr.  Whitman's  own  house  three  of  his  adopted 
children,  John,  Edward,  and  one  younger,  were  sick  with 
measles,  besides  Mr.  Sales,  ('rockett  Bewley,  and  the  two 
half-caste  girls.  Mrs  Osborne  was  still  delicate  from  a 
recent  confinement,  and  her  babe  was  sick.  This  was 
enough  to  occupy  the  attention  of  one  piiysician,  but 
being  sent  for  to  go  to  the  Umatilla,  Dr.  Whitman  rode 
over  to  the  camp  of  Sticcas  on  the  same  day  that  Brouillet 
arrived  there,  Mr.  Spalding  being  already  at  one  of  the 
other  camps  visiting  the  sick.  The  next  day,  which  was 
Sunday,  the  doctor  called  on  Brouillet,  remaining  but  a 
few  moments,  and  inviting  the  priest  urgently  to  return 
the  visit  when  he  should  be  in  his  vicinity,  an  invitation 
which  seems  to  have  had  some  reference  to  negotiations 
which  were  then  in  progress  for  the  sale  of  Waiilatpu  to 
the  Catholics. 

Brouillet,  in  his  Authentic  Account,  ^di\s  that  Dr.  Whit- 
man, during  his  brief  visit  appeared  "much  agitated," and 
being  invited  to  dine  refused,  saying  he  had  twenty-five 
miles  to  ride  to  reach  home,  and  he  feared-  he  should  be 
late.  Spalding  remained  at  Umatilla,  and  on  Monday 
took  supper  with  the  priest,  remarking  in  the  course  of 
conversation  that  Dr.  Whitman  was  disquieted  because  the 
Indians  were  displeased  with  him  on  account  of  the  sick- 


THE  (JAYUHE  WAR. 


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ness  among  them;  and  that  he  had  been  informed  thjit 
Tamsucky,  a  Cay  use,  called  TJie  Murderer,  intended  to  kill 
him.  Spalding  seemed  not  to  be  apprehensive,  probably 
because  he  had  so  often  heard  of  sucli  threats  in  the 
previous  ten  years  that  they  had  ceased  to  have  much 
meaning. 

That  Dr.  Whitman,  however,  liad  cause  for  the  agitation 
noticed  by  Brouillet,  there  is  evidence  not  only  in  his 
haste  to  reach  home,  but  in  the  statement  of  Spalding,  who 
heard  it  from  the  inmates  of  the  mission,  that  "the  doctor 
and  his  wife  were  seen  in  tears, and  much  agitated;"  from 
the  testimony  of  Mrs.  Saunders  that  the  family  were  kept 
sitting  up  late  Sunday  night  in  consultation;  and  from 
the  fact  that  there  was  a  certain  amount  of  preparation 
for,  or  expectation  of  danger  on  the  part  of  those  domiciled 
in  the  doctor's  house,  as  appears  from  the  events  that 
followed.  If  the  doctor  neglected  to  warn  those  outside  of 
his  house,  it  was  because  he  liad  no  reason  to  think  they 
would  be  included  in  the  fate  which  threatened  him,  and 
judged  it  better  to  leave  them  in  peace. 

On  the  following  day,  being  Monday,  -loseph  Stanfield, 
the  P'renchman,  brought  in  a  fat  ox  from  the  plains  to  be 
slaugl.tered,  and  it  was  shot  by  Francis  Sager,  one  of  the 
doctor's  adopted  sons.  Kimball,  .Canfield,  and  Hoffman 
were  dressing  the  carcass  in  the  space  between  the  doctor's 
house  and  the  larger  adobe  Mansion  house.  Mr.  Saun- 
ders had  just  collected  his  pupils  for  the  afternoon  session 
of  school;  Mr.  Mfl'^sh  was  grinding  Spalding's  grist  in  the 
mill;  Gilliland  was  at  work  on  his  tailor's  bench  in  the 
adobe  house;  Mr.  Hall  was  laying  a  floor  in  a  room  of  the 
doctor's  house ;  Mr.  Rogers  was  in  the  garden;  Mr.  Osborne 
and  family  were  in  the  Indian  room,  which  adjoined  the 
doctor's  sitting-room;  John  Sager,  still  an  invalid,  was 
sitting  in  the  kitchen;  Mr.  Canfield  and  family  occupied 
the  blacksmith  shop  for  a  dwelling,  and  Mr.  Sales  occupied 
a  bed  there,  while  yung  Bewley  and  the  sick  children 
were  in  bed  ni  the  two  houses.     A  good  many   Indians 


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■\r    ■    I 


were  in  the  yard  between  the  buildings,  l)ut  as  it  was 
alv^ays  so  when  a  beef  was  being  dressed,  no  notice  was 
taken  of  this  circumstance. 

There  had  been  an  Indian  funeral  in  the  morning,  which 
the  doctor  attended,  since  which  he  had  remained  about 
the  house.  Stepping  into  the  kitchen,  perhaps  to  look 
after  John  Sager,  his  voice  was  heard  in  altercation  with 
Tiloukaikt,  and  immediately  after  two  shots  were  fired, 
when  Mrs.  Whitman,  who  was  in  the  dining-room  adjoin- 
ing, cried  out  in  an  anguished  tone,  "Oh,  the  Indians!  the 
Indians!"  as  if  what  had  occurred  were  understood  and 
not  unexpected.'  Running  to  the  kitchen  she  beheld  her 
husband  prostrate  and  unconscious,  with  several  gashes 
from  a  tomahawk  across  his  face  and  neck.  The  sound 
of  the  guns  and  the  yelling  of  the  Indians  outside  of  the 
houses  startled  the  women,  who  were  in  the  Mansion 
house,  who  ran  to  the  doctor's  house,  and  offered  their 
assistance  to  Mrs.  Whitman,  who  was  then  binding  up 
the  doctor's  wounds.  At  that  moment  Mr.  Rogers  ran  in, 
wounded,  and  gave  sucli  assistance  as  he  could  to  the 
women  in  removing  the  doctor  to  the  dining-room.  The 
doors  and  windows  were  then  fastened. 

Meantime,  outside,  the  slaughter  of  the  several  men, 
heads  of  families  and  others,  was  going  on  anad  the 
blood-curdling  noises  of  Indian  warfare;  and  presently, 
the  doctor's  house  was  attacked.  On  going  near  a  window 
Mrs.  Whitman  was  shot  in  the  breast,  when  she  and  all 
with  her  retreated  to  the  chamber  above.  The  Indians 
then  broke  in  the  doors  and  windows,  and  ordered  the 
inmates  of  the  chamber,  including  several  sick  children. 


'  No  clear  account  of  the  massacre  at  Waiilaipu  was  ever  obtained.  After  sifting 
all  the  published  Htatement?,  and  the  depositiong  talcen  at  the  trial  of  the  Cayuses,  it 
is  still  impossible  to  call  up  anything  like  a  true  mental  impression  of  the  scene. 
That  this  .should  bu  so  is  unavoidable.  Taking  the  sixty  odd  men,  women,  and 
children  at  the  mission,  and  thirty  Indians  (the  uunber  given  by  one  of  the  wit- 
nesses), making  nearly  a  liundred  persons,  divided  into  groups  at  dlfl'erent  points,  It 
would  be  impossible  that  any  one  spectator  could  have  seen  all  or  much  of  what 
transpired.  Terror  and  grief  colored  the  view  of  that  which  was  seen,  and  subse- 
quent events  created  many  new  impressions.  Sucli  a.s  appears  indisputable  is  alouo 
presimlod  liere. 


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101 


to  come  down  and  go  to  the  Mansion  house;  and,  on 
objections  being  made,  Tamsucky  informed  tiiem  that  their 
lives  would  be  spared  should  they  comply,  but  that  they 
would  perisii  if  they  refused;  the  "young  men"  being  de- 
termined to  burn  the  mission  residence. 

Thus  compelled,  all  descended,  except  Mr.  Kimball,  who 
had  a  broken  arm,  and  had  hidden  himself  and  four  sick 
children,  who  were  to  be  sent  for.  Mrs.  Whitman  fainting 
at  the  sight  of  her  dying  husband,  was  laid  upon  a 
wooden  settee,  to  be  carried  to  the  Mansion  house.  As 
the  settee  appeared,  the  Indians,  who  were  now  drawn  up 
in  line  outside,  fired  several  shots,  fatally  wounding  Mrs. 
Whitman,  Mr.  Rogers,  And  Francis  8ager.  The  "young 
men"  then  lashed  Mrs.  Whitman's  face  with  their  whips, 
and  rolled  her  body  in  the  mud  made  by  the  late  Novem- 
ber rains  about  the  door. 

Following  this  scene  was  another  almost  equally  har- 
rowing, when  the  schcol  children  were  compelled  to  stand 
hnddled  together  in  the  kitchen  to  be  .shot  at  by  the 
Cay  use  braves.  At  this  point,  however,  their  purpose  wa" 
suddenly  changed  "oy  tlie  interference  of  the  Frenchman, 
Stanfield,  and  by  the  opportunity  to  inflict  furtlier  indig- 
nities upon  the  still  breathing  victims  on  the  ground. 

Two  friendly  Walla  Wallas,  who  had  been  employed 
about  the  mission,  led  the  children  away  to  a  secluded 
apartment,  and  endeavored  to  comfort  them.'  Every  one 
not  killed  was  now  a  prisoner,  and  subject  to  any  brutal 
caprice  of  their  gjj^lers,  who  robbed,  but  did  not  burn  the 
the  mission-house,  and  compelled  the  women  they  had 
made  widows  to  wait  upon  them  as  servants,  and  this 
while  the  dying  still  breathed,  whose  groans  were  heard 

'^\n  the  sectarian  controversies  which  followe'l  the  massacre  of  Waiilatpn,  llio 
inter(iOBition  of  atanlield  to  save  the  children  an  J  women,  wus  made  to  appear  a 
proof  of  complicity  wltli  the  murderers ;  but  the  facts  show  hira  at  all  times  doing 
what  he  could  to  alleviate  the  misfortunes  he  had  no  power,  to  avert.  He  was  no 
more  at  Uboity  to  leave  the  mission  than  the  other  prisoners;  and  being  there  was 
able,  by  not  laying  himself  open  to  suspicion  of  the  Cayuses,  to  perform  many  actB 
of  kindness,  on  one  ]>retext  or  another,  which  shonld  have  been  set  down  to  his 
credit  instead  of  proving  liim  a  miscreant. 


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far  into  tlie  night.  Thus  closed  ti\e  first  sceiio  in  the 
trftgedy. 

Tlie  killed  on  the  iifternoon  of  the  twenty-ninth  of 
November,  1.S47,  were:  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman,  Mr.  Jtog- 
ery,  John  and  Knuicis  Siiger,  Mr.  (lilliland,  Mr.  Afarsh,  Mr. 
Saunders,  and  Mr.  Hoffman.  'I'he  escapes  were:  Mr. 
Osborne  and  family,  who,  at  the  first  sound  of  the  out- 
break, hid  themselves  under  the  floor  of  the  room  they 
occupied,  where  they  remained  until  night,  when  they  left 
the  house  under  cover  of  the  darkness,  and  made  their 
wiiy  to  Fort  Walla  Walla,  barely  escaping  starvation;  Mr. 
Cunfield,  who  hid  himself,  and  fled  to  Lapwai;  and  Mr. 
Hall,  who  snatched  a  gun  from  an  Indian,  and  although 
wounded,  reached  the  cover  of  a  thicket,  whence  he  sot 
out  after  dark  for  the  fort,  reaching  it  at  daybreak  on  the 
thirtieth.  There  he  insisted  on  going  to  the  Wallamet, 
and  being  furnished  with  clothing  and  a  boat,  started  on 
his  perilous  journey,  and  was  never  heard  of  more  — 
making  the  tenth  victim  of  the  tragedy,  unless  Mr.  Kim- 
ball came  before. 

In  the  confusion  of  events  at  the  close  of  the  first  day 
Mr.  Kimball  and  the  four  sick  children  left  in  the  attic 
were  forgotten,  remaining  without  food  or  water  until  the 
next  day,  when  the  sufferings  of  the  children,  as  well  as 
his  own,  induced  him  to  venture  in  search  of  water,  and 
ho  was  discovered  and  shot.  On  the  same  day,  James 
Young  from  the  sawmill,  with  a  load  of  lumber  for  the 
mission-house,  was  also  killed.  Two  young  men,  Crockett 
Bewley  and  Amos  Sales,  through  some  unaccountable  leni- 
ency of  the  Indians,  they  being  sick  in  bed,  were  spared 
until  the  following  Tuesday,  December  eighth,  when  they 
were  killed  with  revolting  cruelties.  Tlie  youngest  of  the 
Sager  children  and  Helen  Mar  Meek  died  of  neglect  a  day 
or  two  after  the  first  murders,  making  the  number  of 
deaths  from  Indian  savagery  fifteen. 

The  two  Munson  boys  and  a  Spanish  half-breed  boy, 
whom  Dr.  Whitman  had  rai.^ed,  were  separated  from  the 


TIIK   CAYl'SE  WMi. 


lo;; 


other  children  the  day  after  the  ma.s8acre  and  sent  to  Fort 
Walla  Walla,  the  Indians  not  including  these  in  their 
decree  pf  death,  which  doomed  only  American  men  and 
boys. 

Tiie  massacre  began  on  Monday,  about  one  o'clock,  and 
was  continued,  as  has  been  niirrnted,  on  Tuesday.  On 
Wednesday  morning  Jo.seph  Slanfield  was  preparing  the 
dead  for  burial,  when  thore  arrived  at  the  mission  J.  B. 
A.  Brouillet,  the  Catholic  priest  from  the  llmiitilla,  who 
lent  his  assistance'  in  committing  to  the  earth  the  mu- 
tilated remains  of  ten  of  the  dead.  The  watchfulness  of 
the  Indians  prevented  any  but  the  briefest  communica- 
tion between  the  captives  and  the  priest,  who  having  done 
what  he  could  returned  to  Fort  Walla  Walla,  and  thence 
to  his  mission. 

The  carousal  of  blood  ended,  the  murderers  seized  upon 
the  property  of  their  victims,  which  they  carried  ofl",  but 
quarreling  among  themselves  about  its  division,  brought 

oTbc  I'oUowiug  is  Brouillet's  Hlateincut  concerning  his  visit :  That  before  leaving 
Fort  Walla  Walln,  it  had  been  decided  that  after  Koing  to  the  CmutiUa,  and  vIsitinK 
the  sicli  there,  he  should  ko  to  Tiloulcalkt's  camp,  to  baptize  the  children,  and  such 
adults  as  de.sired  it.  "  After  liavlUK  finished  baptizing  tlie  infants  and  dying  adults 
of  my  mission,  I  left  Tuesday,  the  thirtieth  of  November,  late  in  the  afternoon,  for 
Tloukaikt's  camp,  where  I  arrived  between  seven  an<l  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening. 
It  Is  impossible  to  conceive  my  surprise  and  consternation  when  upon  my  arrival  1 
learned  that  the  Indians  tlic  day  bcfdre  had  massacred  the  doctor  and  his  wile,  with 
the  greater  part  of  the  Americans  at  the  mission.  I  piussed  the  night  without  .scarcely 
closing  my  eyes.  Karly  the  next  morning  1  baptized  three  sick  children,  two  of 
whom  died  soon  afliT,  aii'"  'hen  hastened  to  the  scene  of  death  to  oiler  to  the  w  idows 
and  orphans  all  the  usMslance  in  my  power.  I  found  live  or  six  women  and  ovi-r 
thirty  children  in  a  cnriditlou  deplorable  bcyoid  di  scription.  Som^  had  just  lost 
their  husbands,  and  the  others  their  falliers,  whom  they  had  seen  n]as.sacred  before 
their  eye*,  and  were  expecting  every  moment  to  share  the  same  fate.  The  eight 
of  these  pertons  caused  me  to  shed  tears,  which,  however,  1  was  obliged  to  conceal, 
fori  was  the  greater  part  of  the  day  in  the  presence  of  the  murderers,  and  closely 
watched  by  them,  and  if  I  had  shown  too  marked  an  Interest  in  behalf  of  the 
sufTerens,  it  would  have  eudongered  their  lives  and  mine  ;  these  therefore  entreated 
me  to  be  on  ray  guard.  Alter  the  llist  few  words  that  could  be  exchanged  under 
those  circumstances,  I  inquired  after  the  victims,  and  was  told  that  they  were  yet 
unburied.  .loseph  Stantield,  a  Frenchman,  who  was  in  the  service  of  V>~  '  'tmau, 
and  had  been  spared  by  thi*  Indians,  was  engaged  in  washing  the  corp  ^,  but  being 
alone  he  was  unable  to  bury  them.  I  resolved  to  go  and  assist  him,  uo  as  to  render 
to  those  inifortuuate  victims  the  last  service  m  my  power  to  otVer  them.  What  a 
sight  did  I  then  behold  !  Ten  dead  bodies  lying  here  and  there,  covered  with  blood 
and  bearing  the  marks  of  the  most  atrocious  cruelty,  so  <  plercfl  with  balls,  others 
more  or  less  gaslicd  by  (he  halchet":  UrouUkl'i  .lullinilir  Accuuiit  of  I  he  Miinltr  uf 
l)i:  lyhittiian. 


\  i 


104 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


back  and  replaced  it,  except  such  articles  as  were  con- 
verted to  their  use  upon  the  spot/  namely,  provisions  and 
clothing.  Thus  the  remainder  of  the  week  wore  away 
without  any  signs  of  rescue,  or  relief  from  the  horrible 
apprehensions  which  preyed  upon  all  minds.  On  Satur- 
day Brouillot's  interpreter  arrived  at  the  mission,  riding 
a  horse  that  belonged  to  Mr.  Spalding,  which  caused  his 
friends  there  to  believe  he  had  also  been  murdered,  but  no 
opportunity  was  given  for  inquiring,  and  on  the  following 
day  the  interpreter  left. 

Having  by  this  time  exhausted  the  excitement  attending 
upon  the  massacre,  and  meeting  with  neither  punishment 
nor  opposition  from  any  quarter,  the  chiefs  determined 
upon  adding  to  ipurder  and  rapine  the  violation  of  the 
young  women  and  girls  in  their  power.  The  first  of  these 
outrages  was  perpetrated  upon  Miss  Bewley  by  Tamsucky, 
who  dragged  her  away  from  the  house  Saturday  night, 
and  continued  to  force  compliance  with  his  wishes  whiU> 
she  remained  at  the  mission.  The  sons  of  Tiloukaikt  fol- 
lowed his  example,  and  took  the  fifteen-year-old  daughter 
of  Joseph  Smith  to  their  lodge,  ivlth  the  consent  of  her  fathe); 
such  was  the  abject  fear  to  which  all  those  in  the  power  of 
the  Indians  were  reduced.  Susan  Kimball  also  was  car- 
ried away  to  the  lodge  of  Tintinmitsi,  her  father's  mur- 
derer, known  to  the  white  people  as  Frank  Escaloom." 
Other  sufferers  escaped  a  painful  notoriety;  and  one  young 
widow  was  saved  by  the  mingled  wit  and  wisdom  of  Stan- 
field,  who  pretended  she  was  his  wife." 

■•Catiline  Sager  testified  to  seeing  Tiloukailjt  wearing  one  of  Mrs.  Whitman's 
dresses,  and  another  having  on  her  bri'tlier's  coat :  Fmm  Drptmlioiia  taken  at  llir  Tvinl 
nf  the  Cni/Wieii. 

•■•The  names  of  the  other  victims  of  savage  brutality  have  never  transpired,  nor 
need  any  have  been  known  but  for  the  bitter  sectarian  controversy  which  forced 
these  matters  into  notice.  Spalding  asserted,  in  some  lectures  delivered  in  lS(i(i-(17, 
that  women  and  little  girls  were  subjected  to  brutal  treatment.  K'am  Young,  in  a 
•  worn  depositfon,  says:  "a  few  days  after  we  got  there  two  young  women  were 
taken  as  wives  by  the  Indians,  which  I  opposed,  and  was  threatened  by  Smith,  who 
was  very  anxious  that  it  should  take  place,  and  that  other  titti''  m<lii  should  be  given 
up  for  wives  :    Orai/'s  History  of  Orciion,  •18:1. 

>>The  day  after  the  massacre,  Tiloukiiikt,  llnding  Sti.iilleld  near  tlic  house  in 
which  the  women  and  children  were  coudned,  iisked  bli  i  if  ho  hud  anything  in  the 


THE  GAYUSE  WAR 


m 


On  Sunday  following  the  massacre,  Daniel  Young  ar- 
rived at  the  mission  from  the  sawmill  to  inquire  why  his 
brother  James  had  not  returned,  and  learned  the  news  of 
the  massacre  of  Monday,  and  his  brother's  death  on  Tues- 
day. He  was  permitted  the  next  day  to  carry  the  dread- 
ful intelligence  to  the  families  at  the  mill;  but  was  followed 
by  three  Cayuses,  who  ordered  all  those  there  to  remove  to 
Waiilatpu,  where  they  arrived  on  Tuesday,  to  find  that 
the  two  young  men,  Bewley  and  Sales,  had  been  murdered 
in  their  beds  that  day,  and  were  ordered  to  attend  to  their 
burial. 

It  would  seem  like  a  caprice  for  the  Indians  to  have 
spared  the  lives  of  Smith  and  the  tv/o  Youngs,  were  it 
not,  on  second  thought,  plain  that  the  services  of  these 
men  were  required  to  enable  the  Indians  to  enjoy  the  ' 
fruits  of  their  butchery,  or  even  to  burv  Iheir  own  dead, 
as  they  had  been  taught  by  the  missionaries  to  do.  After 
the  murder  of  Bewley  and  Sales,  the  oldest  male  American 
captiv  was  Nathan  Kimball,  aged  thirteen;  and  adult 
men  were  needed  to  perform  the  labor  of  grinding  at  the 
mill,  and  otherwise  looking  after  the  maintenance  of  the 
large  number  of  women  and  children  at  the  mission,  and 
for  this  reason  the  lives  of  Smith  and  Young  were  spared. 
But  although  they  lived,  they  had  no  power  to  abate  the 
horrors  of  captivity  suffered  by  the  women  and  children. 

On  Thursday  a  new  t.ouble  was  added.  Word  had 
been  sent  to  Five  Crows  that  he  could  have  his  choice  ef 
the  young  women  for  a  wife,  and  his  choice  had  fallen  on 


house.  "Yes,"  said  Staiflelil,  "my  things  are  there."  "Take  them  away,"  said 
the  chief.  "  Why  shou)  j  I  ?"  asked  Stanfiehl ;  but  the  chief  Insisted.  "  Not  only  are 
my  things  all  there,  but  my  wife  and  children,"  said  Stanfleid.  "  You  have  a  wife 
and  children  in  the  house  '.'"  exclaimed  Tiloukaikt,  surprised.  "  Will  you  take  them 
f.ivay  ?"  "No,"  said  Stautleld,  "  I  will  not ;  but  1  will  go  and  stay  with  them.  I  see 
you  have  evil  designs;  you  would  kill  the  women  and  children.  Well,  you  .jay  kill 
me  with  them!  Are  you  not  ashamed?"  This  ruse  saved  almost  half  a  hundred 
lives.  Later  Stanlield  told  the  people  in  the  house  that  h'i  was  married  to  Mrs.  Hays, 
and  when  they  were  incredulous  and  (luestioued  him,  he  replied,  "  We  are  married, 
and  that  is  enough  I"  This  declaration,  if  believed,  was  sufficient  to  prevent  any  in- 
terference by  the  Indinns,  Stanlield  being  a  Frenchman,  and  so,  under  the  protection 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  .,oin,)any.  It  Is  ditflcult  to  pprceive  how  Stanlield  could  have 
done  iiiiuo  ior  llic  cuiilives  than  lie  did  do. 


106 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Miss  Bewley,  for  whom  a  horse  and  an  escort  was  sent  on 
that  day.  Up  to  this  point  it  does  not  appear  that  the 
Umatilla  Cayuses  had  taken  any  part  in  the  outrages  of 
Tiloukaikt's  camp;  and  this  gift  of  Miss  Bewley  to  Five 
Crows  was  a  bribe  to  secure  his  concurrence  in  future,  if 
not  his  approval  of  the  pnst.  For  although  neither  Five 
Crows  n'l-  Tauitowe  consented  to  the  murders,  they,  with 
Indian  stolidity,  verified  Spalding's  judgment  of  the  sav- 
age when  he  said  in  his  report  to  White,  that  he  "had  no 
evidence  to  suppose  but  a  vast  majority  of  them  would 
look  on  with  indifference  and  see  our  dwellings  burnt  to 
the  ground,  and  our  heads  severed  from  our  bodies." 

Miss  Bewley  had  been  ill  from  the  effect  of  the  shocks 
to  which  she  had  been  suLjected,  but  was  compelled  to 
make  the  journey  on  horseback,  camping  out  one  night 
in  a  snowk^orm.  All  the  comfort  th.  .  her  fellow  captives 
were  able  to  give  her  was  the  suggestion  that  she  would 
be  safer  at  the  Catholic  station  than  where  she  was."  Such 
was  the  history  of  the  first  ten  days  following  the  massacre 
at  the  mission. 

We  have  now  to  account  for  those  who  escaped  on  that 
day,  namely,  Hall,  Osborne,  and  Canneld.  Hall  having 
snatched  a  gun  from  an  Indian,  defended  himself  with  it 
and  reached  the  cover  of  the  trees  that  grew  along  the 
Wal]^  Walla  river.  After  dark  he  fled  towards  Fort  Walla 
Walla,  where  he  arrived  on  the  following  morning  with 
the  story  of  the  massacre  so  far  as  seen  by  him,  intelligence 
which  appears  to  have  given  very  great  alarm  to  Mr.  Mc- 
Bean,  the  agent  in  charge.  Hall  was  furnished  with  the 
Hudson's  bay  cap  and  coat,  with  such  articles  as  would  be 
required  on  his  journey,  and  proceeded  towards  the  Wallu- 
met  on  the  north  side  of  the  Columbia.  Ho  was  never 
heard  of  afterwards. 

Mr.  Osborne  with  his  wife  and  three  children  secreted 
themselves  under  the  floor  of  their  apartment,  remaining 
there  until  night,  when  they  also  attempted  to  got  to  Walla 


their 


'  Deposition  of  Klani  ^'ouiif ;    Gray's  Ilittory  of  Omjon,  l>>i. 


Hiii 


THE   CAY  USE  WAR. 


107 


Walla.  But  Mrs.  ()sV)orne  being  ill,  was  able  to  go  only 
two  miles,  and  for  this  reason,  and  from  fear  of  the  Indians, 
they  were  compelled  to  conceal  themselves  during  Tuesday, 
suffering  from  hunger,  cold,  and  every  want.  On  Tuesday 
night  three  miles  was  accomplished,  and  Wednesday  spent 
in  concealment.  That  night  the  father  took  one  of  the 
children  and  started  again  for  the  fort,  which  he  reached 
Thursday  forenoon,  being  kindly  received  by  McBean, 
who,  however,  was  disinclined  at  first  to  entertain  him 
and  his  family,  and  could  not  furnish  horses  to  bring  them 
to  the  fort,  but  insisted  on  thoir  going  to  the  Umatilla."* 
The  arrival,  about  noon,  of  the  Indian  painter,  J.  M. 
Stanley,  from  Fort  Colville,''  was  a  fortunate  occurrence, 
for  he  forthwith  offered  his  horses  to  Osborne,  with  such 
articles  of  clothing  as  were  indispensable,  and  some  pro- 
visions left  over  from  his  journey.  With  this  example  of 
what  might  be  expected  of  himself,  McBean  took  courage 
and  furnished  an  Indian  guide  to  assist  Osborne  in  finding 
his  family,  which  was  finally  brought  to  the  fort  on  Fri- 
day, in  a  famishing  condition,  and  given  such  cold  com- 
fort as  a  blanket  on  a  bare  floor,  food,  and  fire  could 
impart,"'  and  here  the  family  remained  until  the  day  of 
their  deliverance.  •  •:    .,    • 


"Affidavit of  Osborne  in  the  Oregon  American  and  Evangelical  Unionist,  July  1!),  184S. 
Tlie  fugitives  who  sought  refuge  at  the  fort  made  complaints  of  their  reception,  and 
cliarged  McBean's  conduct  to  his  religion  ;  hut  he  was  probaljly  afrai<l  of  an  attack 
on  the  fort,  as  his  letter,  given  elsewhere,  intimates.  The  .\mericans,  in  judging  of 
the  conduct  of  the  .ludson's  Bay  Company's  officers,  never  made  sufficient  allowance 
for  the  greater  caution  of  the  British  subjects  generally  in  al'  matters,  and  parlic\i- 
larly  the  long  experience  of  the  company  with  Indians.  A  number  of  limes  their 
forts  had  been  attacked,  and  more  than  once  their  agents  had  been  killed.  C.  B. 
Hoberts,  for  many  years  confidential  clerk  at  Vancouver,  says  in  liis  Ilislorical  Recol- 
lecliin)),  MS.:  "As  to  McBean,  I  know  very  little  to  say  in  his  favor.  He  was,  I 
think,  a  half-breed  from  Red  river  —  a  bigoted  Catliolic  of  narrow  views  and  enica- 
tton."  That  he  changed  his  course  seems  sure  evidence  of  a  strong  governing 
intluence. 

"Stanley  had  a  narrow  escape,  although  unconscious  of  it  nt  the  time.  He  was 
stopped  and  questioned  as  to  his  nationality.  Was  he  American?  N'o.  French  ?  No. 
I<:ngli8h?  No.  What  then '.' A  Buckeye.  As  liis  questioners  knew  nothing  against  or 
al)out  Buckeyes,  and  as  he  offered  them  tobacco,  he  was  allowed  (o  pass. 

"'Osborne  charged  two  oblate  priests,  who  were  staying  at  the  fort,  with  cruelty 
In  not  olferiiig  their  bed  to  his  sick  wife.  Mr.  Stanley  being  called  upon  to  give  his 
evideiiiu.  testlllcd  as  lollows :    "  I  occupied  a  room  with  two  or  more  of  the  Catholic 


108 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OliEOON. 


Mr.  Canfield,  who  was  in  the  yard  when  the  attack  was 
made  on  the  men  engaged  in  dressing  the  beef,  ran  past 
the  shop  where  his  family  lived,  snatching  up  his  youngest 
child,  and  calling  to  the  others  to  follow,  succeeded  in 
reaching  a  chamber  in  the  Mansion  house,  where  they  re- 
mained undiscovered  until  night,  and  the  Indians  had 
retired  to  their  lodges.  He  then  found  Stanfield,  who 
directed  him  to  a  place  four  miles  on  the  road  to  Lapwai, 
and  who  promised  to  bring  him  a  horse  the  next  morning, 
but  was  unable  to  do  so ;  and  after  lying  concealed  over 
Tuesday,  set  out  on  foot  for  the  Nez  Percys  country.  On 
Friday  he  reached  Snake-river  crossing,  and  was  ferried 
over  and  piloted  to  Spalding's  place  bj  the  Nez  Percys  In- 
dians ( who  were  yet  ignorant  of  what  had  taken  place  at 
Waiilatpu),  which  he  reached  on  Saturday,  conveying  to 
Mrs.  Spalding  the  terrible  news  of  the  massacre  of  her 
friends,  her  daughter's  captivity,  and  the  probable  death 
of  her  husband  of  whom  nothing  had  been  heard  since 
Dr.  Whitman's  return  from  the  Umatilla. 

With  remarkable  courage,  and  with  that  insight  into 
Indian  character  which  distinguished  her,  Mrs.  Spalding 
decided  on  her  course  of  action.  The  only  person  at  her 
house,  besides  her  young  children,  was  Miss  Johnson,  her 

priests;  and  their  beds  consisted  of  two  blankets  with  a  stick  of  wood  for  their 
pillow.  *  *  *  Mr.  McRean  procured  for  him  (Osborne)  a  trusty  Walla  Walla 
Indian  to  return  with  him  for  his  family,  but  having  no  horses  at  the  post,  I  prof- 
fered the  use  of  ray  own  until  he  should  reach  the  company's  farm,  about  twenty 
miles  distant,  where  he  was  supplied  with  fresh  ones.  Had  it  not  been  for  the 
guide's  perseverance,  Mrs.  Osborne  and  children  must  have  perished.  Mr.  Osborne, 
despairing  of  finding  the  place  where  he  had  left  them,  proposed  to  the  Indian  to 
return.  The  Indian  said  he  was  told  by  McRean  not  to  return  without  flndini^them, 
and  he  continued  his  search  until  he  discovered  their  concealment.  They  arrived 
at  the  fort  early  in  the  evening  of  the  third  of  December,  and  Mr.  Mcliean  said  lie 
would  protect  them  with  his  life.  They  were  not  allowed  to  go  three  days  without 
provisions,  but  on  the  contrary  were  furnished  daUa  with  such  provisions  ?.3  were 
u.sed  by  Mr.  McBean  and  family.  Mr.  McBean  proft'erec'  u  blanket  to  Mr.  Osborne  on 
his  credit,  and  I  am  quite  positive  the  article  was  not  asked  for  by  Mr.  Osborne. 
Signed.  J.  M.  Stanley." 

Oregon  City,  March  10,  1848. 

Osborne's  own  affidavit  confirms  Stanley's  statement  concerning  the  rescue  of  his 
family  after  he  had  given  fhem  up,  and  McBean's  declaration  that  he  would  protect 
them  with  his  life.  The  sufl'eringa  experienced  by  the  survivors  of  the  Walllntpn 
massacre  were  such,  with  tlie  prejudices  iml)lbed  l)cforeliiinil,  as  lo  rcniler  llieni 
iucapiible  of  giving  clear  accounts  ot  what  hud  taken  plnco. 


THE   OAYUSE  WAR. 


109 


assistant.  Her  brother  Mr.  Hart,  and  a  Mr.  Jackson  usu- 
ally at  the  mission,  were  absent,  one  on  a  visit  to  the 
Spokane  station,  and  the  other  on  the  road  from  Waiilatpu, 
which  place  he  left  with  a  pack  train  of  flour  only  three 
hours  before  the  massacre.  The  only  other  American  in 
the  Nez  Percys  country  was  William  Craig,  a  mountain 
man,  who  had  a  place  ten  miles  up  the  Lapwai  creek,  the 
mission  being  at  its  mouth.  There  was  nothing  therefore 
to  be  hoped  for  from  the  people  of  her  own  race,  and  she 
determined  to  throw  herself  upon  the  generosity  of  the 
Nrz  Percys  before  they  had  time  to  hear  from  the  Cayuses. 
Fortunately,  two  influential  chiefs  were  at  the  mission, 
Jacob  and  Eagle,  whom  she  at  once  informed  of  what  had 
taken  place  at  Waiilatpu,  deputizing  one  to  break  the 
news  to  the  camp,  and  sending  the  other  with  a  letter  to 
Mr.  Craig." 

It  was  thought  best  by  the  Indians  for  Mrs.  Spalding  to 
remove  to  Craig's  place  where  they  had  their  winter  camp 
on  account  of  wood,  and  to  this  she  consented.  AlthoPfrh 
the  Nez  Perces  expected  the  Cayuses,  and  kept  guard  at 
night,  Mrs.  Spalding  refused  to  leave  the  mission  before 
Monday,  but  waited  to  see  Craig,  who  came  down  during 
Saturday  night,  and  endeavored  to  get  some  Indians  to 
carry  expresses  to  Walker  and  Eells,  and  to  her  daughter. 
This  was  no  easy  matter,  but  Eagle  finally  consented  to 
undertake  the  dangerous  duty. 

On  Monday  tiie  family  at  the  mission  was  removed  to 
Craig's,  where  Mr.  Jackson  arrived  on  Tuesday.  And  now 
came  the  test  of  character  with  the  Nez  Perces.  While 
those  immediately  under  Mrs.  Spalding's  influence  re- 
mained friendly,  .Joseph,  a  principal  chief  in  the  absence 
of  Elli.s,  and  a  member  of  the  church  at  Lapwai  of  eight 
years  standing,  with  others  of  his  following,  a  number 
of  whom  were  also  church   members,  joined  with  a  few 


"  Mr.  Spiildiug  uuincs,  besides  Jacob  and  Kagle,  Luke  and  liis  two  brothers,  luein. 
bersof  his  church,  and  James,  a  Catholic,  who  was  particularly  friendly  to  himself 
and  family,  with  most  of  their  people  :    Orff/on  Amfrtcan,  Aiiimst  Ifi,  184s. 


no 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


from  James'  c.'im{)  in  plundering  the  mission  buildings.'- 
Let  us  now  follow  Mr.  Spalding,  whom  Dr.  Whitman 
left  on  the  Umatilla,  and  who  had  taken  supper  with 
the  Catholic  priests  on  the  fatal  twenty-ninth  of  Novem- 
ber, quite  unconscious  of  the  horror  that  had  fallen  upon 
Waiilatpu. 

On  Wednesday,  December  first,  after  concluding  his 
visits  to  the  sick  in  that  neighborhood,  Mr.  Spalding  set 
out  on  his  return  to  Whitman's  station  on  horseback,  driv- 
ing before  him  some  pack  horses,  as  was  the  custom  of  the 
country.  When  near  the  crossing  of  the  Walla  Walla 
river,  and  about  three  miles  from  the  mission,  he  met 
Brouillet  returning  from  Waiilatpu,  accompanied  h  his 
interpreter,  and  Edward  Tiloukaikt.  The  interview  which 
took  place  is  best  told  by  Brouillet,  as  follows:  "Fortu- 
nately, a  few  minutes  after  crossing  the  river  the  interpre- 
ter asked  Tiloukaikt's  son  for  a  smoke.  They  proposed 
the  calumet,  but  when  the  moment  came  for  lighting  it, 
there  vas  nothing  to  make  a  fire.  'You  have  a  pistol,' 
said  the  interpreter;  'fire  it  and  we  will  light.'  Accord- 
ingly, without  stopping,  he  fired  his  pistol,  reloaded  it 
and  fired  again.  He  then  commenced  smoking  with  the 
interpreter  without  thinking  of  reloading  his  pistol.  A 
few  mintites  after,  while  they  were  thus  engaged  in  smok- 
ing, I  .saw  Mr.  Spalding  come  galloping  towards  me.  In  a 
moment  he  was  at  my  side,  taking  me  by  the  hand,  and 
asking  for  news.  'Have  you  been  to  the  doctor's?'  he  in- 
quired. '  Yes,' I  replied.  'What  news?'  'Sad  news.'  'Is 
any  person  dead?'  'Yes,  sir.'  'Who  is  dead?  Is  it  one 
of  the  doctors  children?'  (He  had  left  two  of  them  very 
sick.)  'No,'  I  replied.  'Who  then  is  dead?'  i  hesitated 
to  tell  him.  'Wait  a  moment,'  said  I;  'I  cannot  tell  you 
now.'     While  Mr.  Spalding  was  asking  me  these  different 


'-  Says  Spaldinp  ;  '  Here  whs  an  opportunity  for  religion  to  show  Itself  if  there  was 
any.  Never  before  had  temptation  come  to  .losepli  and  his  native  brethren  In  the 
church  in  this  dress.  Hut  now  it  came,  and  his  full,  us  I  regard  it,  and  that  of  some 
others,  has  given  the  Christian  world  a  lesson  that  should  he  well  studied,  before  it 
again  places  the  lives  aud  property  of  missionarleti  at  the  roercy  of  lawless  SRvagej, 
without  a  military  force  to  keep  them  In  awe"  :    Orqum  Aniericnn,  .iiiunnt  lii,  |X|'-. 


THE   GAYUSE  WAR. 


Ill 


questions,  1  hud  spoken  to  ray  interpreter,  telling  him  to 
entreat  the  Indian  in  my  name  not  to  kill  Mr.  Spalding, 
which  I  begged  of  him  as  a  special  favor,  and  hoped  that 
he  would  not  refuse  me.  I  was  waiting  for  his  answer, 
and  did  not  wish  to  relate  the  disaster  to  Mr.  Spalding 
before  getting  it,  for  fear  that  he  might  by  his  manner 
discover  to  the  Indian  what  I  had  told  him,  for  the  least 
motion  like  Hight  would  have  cost  him  his  life,  and  prob- 
ably exposed  mine  also.  The  son  of  Tiloukaikt,  after  hesi- 
tating some  moments,  replied  that  he  could  not  take  it 
upon  himself  to  save  Mr.  Spalding,  but  that  he  would  go 
back  and  consult  with  the  other  Indians;  and  so  he  started 
back  immediately  to  his  camp.  I  then  availed  myself  of 
his  absence  to  satisfy  the  anxiety  of  Mr.  Spalding." 

The  news  was  quickly  told,  for  there  was  no  time 
to  be  lost.  Brouillet  represents  Spalding  as  paralyzed  by 
it.  "Is  it  possible!  Is  it  possible!'"''  he  repeated  several 
times.  "They  will  certainly  kill  me;"  and  he  was  unable 
to  come  to  any  conclusion.  Urged  by  Brouillet  to  rouse 
himself  and  decide  upon  a  course,  he  resolved  to  fly,  and 
leaving  his  loose  horses  in  charge  of  the  interpreter,  with 
a  little  food  given  him  by  the  priest  turned  aside  into  the 
pathless  waste,  with  his  face  set  in  the  direction  of  home. 
His  horse  straying,  after  a  painful  journey  of  a  week  on 
foot,  traveling  only  at  night,  he  reached  Craig's  on  the 
day  after  Mrs.  Spalding's  removal  to  that  place. 

Meantime,  on  the  very  day  of  the  removal,  a  messenger 
from  the  Cayuses  arrived  with  a  statement  of  what  had 
been  done  by  them,  and  the  reasons  for  their  acts,  with  a 
demand  for  an  expression  of  opinion  by  the  Nez  Perces. 
A  majority  preferred  remaining  neutral  until  they  knew 
what  course  was  likely  to  be  pursued  by  the  white  ()oople 
in  the  country.  This  course  was  commended  and  encour- 
aged by  Spalding,  who,  after  counseling  with  the  chiefs. 


"Kighteen  years  afterwards  Mr.  Spalding  said  to  the  writer  of  this  :  •'  1  fel',  tlio 
world  all  blotted  out  nt  once,  and  sat  on  my  horse  as  rigid  as  a  stone,  not  Ijnowing  or 
feeling  anything ;"  and  the  sweat  if  a  long  past  anguish  stood  out  oi\  hi.s  forehead 
na  lie  rcuounted  the  history  of  that  time. 


112 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


wrote  a  letter  to  lUanchet  and  Brouillet  to  assure  them  of 
his  safety,  and  also  to  settle  the  question  of  policy  towards 
the  Cay  uses.     It  runs  as  follows: — 


OiiEAK  Watkh,  December  10,  1847. 
To  the  bishop  of  Wai/a  Walla,  or  either  of  the  Catholic  pricittH  : 

JlKVEBKNO  AND  Dkak  Friknd  :  This  hasty  note  may  inform 
you  that  I  am  yet  alive  through  the  astonishing  mercy  of  God. 
Tlie  luind  of  the  merciful  God  brought  me  to  my  family  after  six 
days  and  nights  from  the  time  my  dear  friend  furnished  me  with 
provisions,  and  I  escaped  from  the  Indians.  My  daughter  is  yet  a 
captive,  I  fear,  but  in  the  hands  of  our  merciful  heavenly  father. 
Two  Indians  have  gone  for  her.'*  My  object  in  writing  is  princi- 
pally to  give  information  through  you  to  the  Cayuses  that  it  is  our 
wish  to  have  peace ;  that  we  do  not  wish  the  Americans  to  come 
from  below  to  avenge  the  wrong  ;  we  hope  the  Cayuses  and  Ameri- 
cans will  he  on  friendly  terms  ;  tliat  Americans  will  no  more  come 
in  their  country  unleas  they  wish  it.  As  soon  as  these  men  return, 
I  hope,  if  alive,  to  send  them  to  the  governor  to  prevent  Americans 
from  coming  uj)  to  molest  the  Cayuses  for  what  is  done.  I  know 
that  you  will  do  all  in  your  power  for  the  relief  of  the  captives,  women 
and  children,  at  Waiilatpu;  you  will  spare  no  pains  to  appease 
and  quiet  the  Indians.  There  are  Ave  Americans  here  (men),  my 
wife  and  three  children,  one  young  woman,  and  two  Frenchmen. 
We  cannot  leave  the  country  without  lielp.  Our  help,  under  God, 
is  in  your  hands,  and  in  the  hands  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company. 
Can  help  come  from  that  source?  Ask  their  advice  and  let  me 
know.  I  am  certain  that  if  the  Americans  should  attempt  to  come 
it  would  be  likely  to  prove  the  ruin  of  us  all  in  this  upper  country, 
and  would  involve  the  country  in  war;  God  grant  that  they  may 
not  attempt  it.  At  this  moment  I  have  obtained  permission  of  the 
Indians  to  write  more,  but  I  have  but  a  moment.  Please  send  this 
or  copy  to  Governor  Abernethy.  The  Ne/  PercC's  held  a  meeting 
yesterday  ;  they  pledged  themselves  to  protect  us  from  the  Cayuses 
if  they  [we]  would  prevent  the  Americans  from  coming  up  to 
avenge  the  murders.  This  we  have  pledged  to  do,  and  for  this  we 
beg  for  the  sake  of  our  lives  at  this  place  and  at  Mr.  Walker's.  By 
all  means  keep  (juiet  and  send  no  war  reports ;  send  nothing  but 
proposals  for  i)eace.  They  say  tliey  have  buried  the  death  of  the 
Walla  Walla  chief's  son,  killed  in  California.  They  wish  us  to  bury 
this  offense.  I  hope  to  write  soon  to  (tovernor  Abernethy,  but  a.s 
yet  the  Indians  are  not  willing,  but  are  willing  I  should  send  thosts 
hints  through  you.     1  hope  you  will  sendby  all  means  and  witli  all 

HThey  (lid  not  succeed  in  brlngiug  her  away. 


THK   (MY USE  WAR. 


113 


speed  to  keep  quiet  in  the  Willamette.    Could  Mr.  Grant''  coine 
this  way,  it  would  b<>  a  great  favor  to  us,  and  do  good  to  the  Indiuns. 

T  just  learn  that  these  Tndians  wish  us  to  remain  in  the  country 
as  hostages  of  peace.  They  wish  the  communication  for  Americans 
to  be  kept  open.  We  are  willing  to  remain  so,  if  peace  can  bo  se- 
cured. It  does  not  seem  safe  for  us  to  attempt  to  leave  the  country 
In  any  way  at  present.  May  the  God  of  heaven  protect  us  and 
finally  bring  peace.  These  two  men  go  to  make  peace,  and  when 
they  return,  if  successful  with  the  Cayuses,  they  will  go  to  the 
Willamette.  We  have  learned  that  one  man  escaped  to  Walla 
Walla,  crossed  over  the  river,  and  went  below.  He  would  naturally 
suppose  that  all  were  killed.  Besides  myself,  another  white  man 
escaped  wounded  and  reached  my  place  three  days  before  I  did. 

Late  Indian  reports  say  that  no  women,  except  Mrs.  Whitman, 
or  children,  were  killed,  but  all  are  in  captivity.  These  people,  if 
the  Cayuses  consent,  will  bring  them  all  to  this  place. 

I  traveled  only  nights,  and  hid  myself  days,  most  of  the  way  on 
foot,  a«  my  hoi-se  escaped  from  me  ;  suffered  some  days  from  hunger 
and  cold  and  sore  feet;  had  no  shoes,  as  I  threw  my  boots  away, 
not  being  able  to  wear  them,  and  also  left  blankets.  God  in  mercy 
brought  me  here.  From  the  white  man  whc)  escaped  and  from  the 
Indians,  we  learn  that  an  Indian  from  the  states,'"  who  was  in  the 
employ  of  Dr.  Whitman,  was  at  the  head  of  the  bloody  affair,  and 
helped  demolish  the  windows  and  take  the  property.  We  think  the 
Cayuses  \\aye  been  urged  into  the  dreadful  deed.  God  in  mercy 
forgive  then:,  for  they  know  not  what  they  do.  Perhaps  these  men 
can  bring  my  horses  and  things.  Please  give  all  particular  you 
have  been  able  to  learn,  and  what  news  has  gone  below.  How  do 
the  women  and  children  fare?  How  extensive  is  the  war?  In  giving 
this  information,  and  sending  this  letter  ImjIow  to  Governor  Aber- 
nethy,  you  will  oblige  your  afflicted  friend.  I  would  write  directly 
to  the  governor,  but  the  Indians  wish  me  to  rest  until  they  return. 
Yours  In  affection  and  with  best  wishes. 

(Signed.)  H.  H.  Spalding. 

The  Nez  Perces  who  brought  this  letter,  evidently 
written  under  .stress  of  circumstances,  and  guardedly,  were 
Inimilpip  and  Tipialanahkeikt,  sub-chiefs,  and  menil)ors 
of  Mr.  Spalding's  congregation.  After  a  conference  with 
the  bishop  and  Brouillet,  they  visited  the  Cayuses,  whom 
they  advised  to  take  measures  for  avoiding  a  war  with  the 
Americans.    They  requested  Blanchet  to  write  to  Governor 


"'Mr.  Jnmes  Grant  was  in  charge  of  the  Hudson's  hny  post  at  Fort  Hall. 

"Joe  I.ewU,  the  half-breoil  already  mentioucd. 
8 


114 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


Aberuethy  not  to  send  up  an  army,  but  to  conio  himself 
in  the  spring  and  mfike  a  treaty  of  peace  with  theCayuses, 
who  would  then  release  the  captivts,  whom  they  would  in 
the  meantime  refrain  from  injuring. 

On  the  eighteenth  of  December  Camaspelo  of  the  camp 
between  Umatilla  and  Waiilatpu,  paid  a  visit  to  the 
bishop.  He  said  the  young  men  had  "stolen  his  word," 
and  misrepresented  him  —  tluit  he  hud  never  consented  to 
the  massacre;  that  he  wanted  lo  kill  all  his  horses  and 
leave  the  country. 

To  tliis  the  bishop  replied  that  there  was  a  possibility  of 
peace,  and  advised  that  the  chiefs  should  meet  and  decide 
upon  some  course  of  action  immediately,  as  delay  only 
increased  the  difficulties  of  the  situation.  Accordingly, 
on  the  twentieth,  the  Cay  use  chiefs  met  at  the  Catholic 
mission  in  grand  council,  Tauitowe  presiding.  Those  pres- 
ent were  Tiloukaikt,  Five  Crows,  and  Camaspelo,  with  a 
number  of  sub-chiefs.  The  white  men  present  were  Rlan- 
chet,  Brouillet,  Rosseau,  and  Le  Claire,  all  Catholic  priests, 
Blanchet  opened  the  discussion  by  placing  before  tlie 
Cayuses  the  propositions  of  the  Nez  I'erces,  namely,  that 
tlie  Americans  should  not  come  to  make  war;  that  they 
should  send  up  two  or  three  great  men  to  make  a  treaty  of 
peace;  that  on  the  arrival  of  the  commissioners  the  cap- 
tives should  be  released;  that  no  offense  should  be  oH'ered 
to  Americans  before  learning  what  answer  would  be  re- 
turned to  these  propositions. 

Camaspelo  spoke  first  in  approval.  Tiloukaikt  then  re- 
viewed the  history  of  the  nation  from  before  the  first  com- 
ing of  the  white  people;  and  acknowledged  that  previous 
to  the  advent  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  they  had 
always  been  at  war;  that  where  Fort  Walla  Walla  now 
stood  nothing  but  blood  was  continually  seen.  But  they 
had  been  taught  by  white  people  there  was  a  God  who 
forbade  war  and  murder.  He  eulogized  Mr.  Pambrun, 
who  had  so  taught  them ;  referred  to  the  killing  of  the 
NeZi  Perce  chief  who  accompanied  Mr.  (iray  east  in  1837; 


THK   OAYUSE  WAR. 


115 


and  of  the  killing  of  Elijah  in  Calilornia  three  years  pre- 
vious, saying  the  C'ayuses  had  forgotten  all  that,  and  lie 
hoped  the  Americans  would  forget  what  had  occurred  at 
Waiilatpu. 

Five  Crows  suggested  some  additions  to  the  propositions 
already  offered.  Tauitowe  said  but  little,  excusing  him- 
self by  declaring  that  he  was  sick  and  not  able  to  talk,  but 
favored  the  proposals.  Edward  Tiloukaikt  arose,  and  dis- 
played a  "Catholic  Ladder"  stained  with  blood,  and  re- 
peated what  he  asserted  Dr.  Whitman  had  said  a  short  time 
before  his  death :  "  You  see  this  blood !  it  is  to  show  you 
that  now  because  you  have  the  priests  among  you,  the 
country  is  going  to  be  covered  with  blood.  You  will  have 
nothing  now  but  blood!"  lie  then  related  the  recent 
events  at  Waiilatpu  in  the  most  detailed  and  minute  man- 
ner, describing  the  sorrow  of  the  bereaved  families  in 
touching  language,  even  of  a  single  member  of  one  fair'ly 
left  to  weep  alone  over  all  the  rest  who  had  perished.  He 
repeated  the  story  carried  by  Joe  Lewis  to  the  Indians,  that 
Dr.  Whitman  was  poisoning  them.  Nothing  was  avoided 
or  left  out,  except  the  names  of  the  murderers;  of  these  he 
made  no  mention. 

After  some  time  spent  in  deliberation,  a  manifesto  was 
agreed  upon  and  dictated  to  the  bishop,  as  follows : — 

The  principal  chiefs  of  the  Cayuses  in  council  asHembled  state  : 
That  a  young  Indian  who  understandH  English,  and  who  slept  in 
Dr.  Whitman's  roono,  heard  the  doctor,  his  wife,  and  Mr.  Spalding 
express  their  desire  of  possessing  the  lands  and  animals  of  the  In- 
dians ;  that  he  stated  also  that  Mr.  Spalding  said  to  the  doctor : 
"Hurry  giving  medicines  to  the  Indians  that  they  may  soon  die  ;" 
that  the  same  Indian  told  the  Cayuses,  "  If  you  do  not  kill  the  doctor 
soon,  you  will  all  be  dead  before  spring;"  that  they  buried  six 
Cayuses  on  Sunday,  November  twenty-eiglith,  and  three  the  next 
day ;  that  the  schoolmaster,  Mr.  Rogers,  stated  to  them  before 
he  died,  that  the  doctor,  his  wife,  and  Mr.  Spalding  poisoned  the 
Indians ;  that  for  several  years  past  they  had  to  deplore  the  death 
of  their  children;  and  that  according  to  these  reports,  they  were  led 
to  believe  that  the  whites  had  undertaken  to  kill  them  all ;  and 
that  these  were  the  motives  which  led  them  to  kill  the  Americans. 

The  same  chiefs  ask  at  present :  , 


:\'; 


116 


INDJAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


V\rn\.    'riial.  the  AiupricanB  may  not  )j;o  to  wiir  with  the  f!n,viisp«. 

Hpoond.  That  thoy  may  forget  the  lately  ('oiiimitt<Ml  nmnUfrH,  as 
the  Cayuscs  will  forROt  the  murder  of  the  son  of  the  ureat  chlof  «)f 
the  Walla  Wallas,  committed  in  IJalifornia. 

Third.  That  two  or  three  ^reat  men  may  come  up  to  (!onclndo 
peace. 

Fourth.  That  as  soon  tw  these  ^reat  men  have  arrived  and  con- 
cluded peace,  they  may  take  with  them  all  the  women  and  children. 

Fifth.  They  glv^  assurance  that  they  will  not  harm  the  Ameri- 
cans l)er<)re  the  arrival  of  these  two  or  three  great  men. 

Sixth.  They  ask  that  Americans  may  not  travel  any  more 
through  their  country,  i.«  their  young  men  might  do  them  harm. 

Place  of  Tauitowe,  VoumatUla,  twentieth  December,  1847. 
Signed.  J  TiLouKAiKT, 

CAMASI'RI-O, 

*  '      Tauitowk, 

ArHKKAIA. 

To  this  document  the  bishop  added  a  letter  to  Governor 
Abernethy,  concluding  as  follows:  "  it  is  sufficient  to  state 
that  all  these  speeches  went  to  show,  that  since  they  had 
been  instructed  by  the  whites  they  abhorred  war,  and  tliat 
the  tragedy  of  the  twenty-ninth  had  occurred  from  an 
anxious  desire  of  self-preservation,  and  that  it  was  tlie 
reports  made  against  the  doctor  and  others  which  led 
tlienj  to  commit  this  aci.  They  desire  to  have  the  past 
forgotten,  and  to  live  iii  pcftoc  as  before.  Your  excellency 
has  to  judge  of  the  value  ^'f  the  documents  which  I  have 
been  requested  to  forward  to  you.  Nevertheless,  without 
having  the  least  iniention  to  influence  one  way  or  the 
other,  1  feel  myself  obliged  to  tell  you  that  by  going  to 
war  with  the  ('ayuses,  you  will  likely  have  all  the  Indians 
of  this  country  against  you.  W'ould  it  be  for  the  interest 
of  a  young  colony  to  expose  herself?  That  you  will  have 
to  decide  with  your  council." 

The  council  of  the  Cayuses  at  the  bishop's  house  was 
hardly  over,  when  a  courier  arrived  from  Fort  Walla 
Walla,  notifying  the  Cayuses  that  Mr.  Peter  Skeen  Ogden 
of  Fort  Vancouver  was  at  that  place  an  1  desired  to  see 
them   without   delay.     A   letter   to  the  bishop  was  also 


THE   (JAYUSK  WAtt. 


117 


received  requesting  his  presence,  but  he  being  unable  to 
attend,  Mr.  Brouillet  went  in  his  place,  to  give  an  account 
of  what  had  passed  at  the  council  held  at  his  mission; 
this  being,  as  he  informs  us,  the  Hrst  time  any  of  the 
fathers  had  ventured  away  from  Tauitowc's  camp  since 
his  return  from  Waiilatpu  alter  the  burial  of  the  victims. 
The  Indians  t'ould  not  be  brought  together  before  the 
twenty-third,  by  which  time  the  bishop  also  was  present. 

Of  how  Mr.  Ogder.  came  to  take  the  important  step  he; 
did,  the  explanation  will  be  given  in  the  chapter  which 
follows.  That  his  doing  so  was  as  wise  as  it  was  brave, 
every  historian  must  acknowledge.  But  to  close  this  act 
in  the  drama  enacted  in  the  Walla  Walla  valley,  we  con- 
tinue the  narrative  of  what  followed  Ogden's  arrival. 

From  the  moment  of  his  arrival  on  the  evening  of  the 
nineteenth  until  tiio  morning  of  the  twenty-third,  no  time 
was  lost,  but  every  particle  of  information  was  gathered 
up  which  would  enable  him  to  deal  with  the  Cayuses,  and 
also  the  Nez  Perces.  The  Cayuse  chiefs  present  were 
Tauitowe  and  Tiloukaikt,  with  about  a  dozen  young  men. 
Mr.  Ogden  addressed  them  fearlessly  and  truthfully,  yet 
with  that  tact  in  keeping  the  advantage  which  is  necessary 
in  dealing  with  undeveloped  minds.  Speaking  of  the 
Hudson's  bay  people,  "We  have  been  among  you  for 
thirty  years,"  said  Ogden,"  without  the  shedding  of  blood; 
we  are  traders,  and  of  a  difi'erent  nation  from  tiie  Ameri- 
cans; but  recollect,  we  supply  you  with  ammunition,  not 
to  kill  Americans,  who  are  of  the  same  color,  speak  the 
same  language,  and  worship  the  same  Ood  as  ourselves, 
and  whose  cruel  fate  causes  our  hearts  to  bleed.  Why  do 
we  make  you  chiefs,  if  you  cannot  control  your  young 
men?  Besides  this  wholesale  butchery,  you  have  robbed 
the  Americans  passing  through  your  country,  and  have 
insulted  their  women.  If  you  allow  your  young  men  to 
govern  you,  I  say  you  are  not  men  or  chiefs,  but  hermaph- 
rodites who  do  not  deserve  the  name.  Your  hot-headed 
young  men  plume  themselves  on  tln^ii'  bravery;    but  let 


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'\'| 


thorn  not  deceive  themselves.  If  the  Americans  begin 
war  they  will  have  cause  to  repent  their  rashness;  for  the 
war  will  not  end  until  every  man  of  you  is  cut  off  from 
the  face  of  the  earth?  I  am  aware  that  many  of  your 
people  h&Y-e  died;  but  so  have  others.  It  was  not  Dr. 
Whitman  who  poisoned  thiioi;  but  God  who  has  com- 
manded that  they  should  die.  You  have  the  opportunity 
to  make  some  renaration.  I  give  you  only  advice,  and 
promise  you  nothing  should  war  be  declared  against  you. 
The  coinpany  have  nothing  to  do  with  your  quarrel.  If 
you  wisii  it,  on  my  return  I  will  see  what  can  be  done  for 
you ;  but  I  do  not  promise  to  prevent  war.  Deliver  me 
the  prissoners  to  return  to  their  friends,  and  I  wiH  paj'  you 
a  ransom ;  that  is  all." 

"  The  people  then  in  Oregon,  it  should  seem,  could  never 
be  too  grateful  to  Mr.  Ogden  for  this  happily  worded 
speech,  which  left  them  free  to  act  as  they  should  deem 
wise,  which  compelled  the  Cayuses  to  yield  to  the  Hud- 
son's Bay  Company  or  lose  tlijir  regard,  and  wliich  loft 
the  company  in  its  former  position  of  neutrality.  It  was 
this  avowal  of  neutrality  nevertheless  which  was  an  offense 
to  many  Americans.  Yet  how  else  could  the  company  be 
of  service?  If  they  were  one  with  the  Americans  in  this 
quarrel,  they  could  not  offer  blankets,  but  the  sword.  If 
they  avowed  hostility,  the  captives  would  be  the  sacrifice. 

The  chiefs,  although  they  must  have  seen  they  were 
caught  as  in  a  trap,  yielded.  Tauitowe  made  it  appear 
that  he  did  so  out  of  consideration  for  the  company,  who 
were  his  brothers  because  some  of  the  Indian  women  were 
wives  to  some  of  the  company's  people. 

Tiloukaikt  also  recognized  tliif?  claim,  but  he  had  mere 
personal  motives.  "Chief!"  said  he,  "your  words  are 
weighty,  your  hairs  nre  gray.  We  have  known  you  a 
long  time.  You  have  had  an  unpleasant  journey  to  this 
place.  I  cannot  therefore  keep  the  families  back.  1  make 
them  over  to  you,  which  I  would  not  do  to  another  younger 
than  yourself."  ■  ■ 


wm 


THE  CAVUSE  WAIl. 


no 


Peu-peu-nioxmox  declined  to  say  anything,  except  that 
he  found  the  Americans  changeable,  but  approved  of  giv- 
ing up  the  captive.'^  It  has  been  told  upon  as  good  au- 
thority as  Dr.  W.  F.  Toltnie  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company, 
that  when  a  messeuger  from  ^Vaiilatpu  brought  the  news 
of  the  massacre  to  the  chief  of  the  Walho  Waiias,  he  was 
asked  what  ,)art  he  had  taker  in  the  bloody  business,  and 
having  answered  that  he  had  killed  certain  persons,  Peu- 
peu-mox-niox  had  ordered  him  hanged  to  the  nearest  tree. 

This  anecdote  would  seem  to  receive  confirmation  from  a 
postscript  to  a  letter  written  by  Mr.  McBean  of  Fort  Walla 
Walla,  on  the  day  after  the  massacre,  lu  which  he  says  he 
has  "just  learned  that  the  Cayuses  are  to  be  here  tomor- 
row to  kill  Serpent  Jaune,"  the  Walla  Walla  chief."  An- 
other anecdote  told  by  J.  L.  Parrish,  concerning  Peu-peu- 
mox-mox,  relates  that  when  the  Cayuses  proposed  going 
to  war,  he  warned  them  not  to  judge  the  Americans'  fight- 
ing qualities  by  what  they  had  seen  of  the  immigrants, 
for  he  had  witnessed  their  fighting  in  California,  where 
every  American  was  a  man;  from  all  of  which  it  appears 
that  this  chief  at  least,  was  not  implicated  in  the  killing 
of  the  Americans  in  the  Cayuse  country.  Whatever  he 
thought  about  the  inst:ibility  of  the  white  [leople,  he  had 
learned  to  fear  them.  His  own  instability  he  displayed  at 
a  later  period. 

The  ransom  offered  the  Cayuses  was  fifty-three  point 
blatikots,  fifty  shirts,  ten  guns,  ten  fathoms  of  tobacco,  ten 
handkerchiefs,  and  one  hundred  balls  and  powder.  The 
Nez  Perce  chiefs  who  had  not  yet  returned  home  from  the 
council  on  the  Umatilla,  promised  to  release  Mr.  Spalding 
and  the  Americans  with  him  for  twelve  blankets,  twelve 
shirts,  twelve  handkerchiefs,  five  fathoms  of  tobacco,  two 
guus,  two  humlred  balls  and  powder,  and  son^d  knives.'" 

Ogden  wrote  to  Mr.  Spalding,  by  the  returning  chiefs, 

"  Serpent  .lauuf,  or  Yelhuv  Serpent,  was  the  French  imme  lor  I'en-peu-mox-inoi. 

'•This  U  the  amount  stated  by  HronlUet,  who  was  present.  The  Oregon  Spectatm- 
of'.lauuaiy  Iweiillct'.i  iniiUeM  it  dnulile  thtil  iiiiuninl  of  iimniiiiilUuii,  nith  iwelvo 
Uiuts  uuii  tUiit>  -seven  puuiitls  of  tobnrco. 


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that  no  time  sliould  be  lost  in  getting  to  Walla  Walla,  and 
to  come  without  giving  any  promises  to  the  Indians,  not 
aware  that  Spalding  had  already  given  his  word  to  pre- 
vent the  Americans  from  coming  to  avenge  the  murders. 
Spalding  replied  to  Dgden  that  he  should  hasten  to  join 
him,  and  aH  the  more,  that  the  chiefs  had  assured  him 
that  the  Cayuses  would  kill  all  should  they  hear  that  the 
Americauci  were  coming  with  hostile  design.  A  letter  wnf 
also  sent  express  to  the  missionaries  at  Chemakane  in 
which  Mr.  Ogden  declared  his  great  fea:  lest  .sc  ^ething 
should  miscarry, —  an  anxiety  which  had  prevented  him 
from  sleeping  for  two  nighta, —  and  outlining  the  policy  he 
should  pursue,  which  would  be  one  to  do  nothing  which 
might  in  any  way  embarrass  the  government  of  the  United 
States  in  dealing  with  the  murderers. 

The  anxiet}'  expressed  in  this  letter  was  occasioned  by 
a  rumor  which  reached  the  Indians  immediately  after  the 
arrival  of  the  "Waiilatpu  captives  at  Fort  Walla  Walla  — 
December  twenty-ninth  —  that  a  company  of  riflemen  had 
arrived  at  The  Dalles  on  their  way  to  the  Cayuse  country. 
Should  this  rumor  be  believed  it  would  be  almost  certain 
to  cause  Mr.  Spalding's  party  to  be  cut  off,  and  might  make 
the  escape  of  those  already  with  him  impossible.  No  con- 
firmation, however,  was  received  before  Mr.  8p;  '  ling  ar- 
rived, who  reached  the  fort  January  first,  escorted  by  a 
large  party  of  Nez  Perces,  greatly  to  the  relief  of  all  con- 
cerned. 

At  noon  on  the  second,  the  boats,  with  their  fifty-seven 
ransomed  men,  women,  and  children,  with  other  pussen'^ers 
and  provisions  for  the  journey,'''  put  off  from  the  be-  •'\  -x 
Walla  Walla  fort,  eager  and  thankful  to  see  the  last  of  it. 
Nor  were  they  any  too  soon,  for  a  few  hours  thereafter  fifty 
armed  Cayuses  rode  up  to  the  fort  to  demand  Mr.  Si.-alding 
to  be  given  up  to  be  killed,  as  they  had  reliable  newt,  of 
American  soldiers  m  route  to  their  c(  initry. 


! 


'"Seven  nxen  anil  sixteen  bags  of  oonrsp  Hour  were  piircliiuieil  Irom  iiiuiikHiUt  Ii 
feed  the  peojile:    (Inyoii  Simlalnr,  ./attmiii/ •■Hi,  i>HH.  , 


THF,    CAYUSE  WAR. 


121 


No  account,  at  all  intelligible  lias  ever  been  written  of 
the  month  of  cap'ivity  at  Waiilatpu.  All  that  has  been 
given  to  the  world  has  been  of  a  character  to  sadden  the 
heart  for  the  violence  of  the  passions  exhibited,  both  then 
and  thereafter,  in  the  effort  of  the  sufferers  by  these  calam- 
ities to  make  some  on.e  responsible  for  them.  In  weighing 
the  value  of  such  evidence  as  we  have,  it  should  be  re- 
membered that  the  Indians  steadfastly  gave  one  principal 
reason  for  their  crime,  although  afterwards  in  excusing 
themselves,  they  dragged  in  the  loss  of  two  young  chiefs, 
one  a  N^z  Perces,  and  one  a  Walla  Walla.  The  principal 
motive  was  a  sufficient  one,  as  the  student  of  Indian  char- 
acter and  customs  must  admit. 

But  the  immigrants  stopping  at  Waiilatpu  could  .lot 
have  known  how  to  weigh  such  evidence.  I'hey  had,  per- 
haps, been  led  co  believe  from  Dr.  Whitman's  remarks  in 
their  hearing,  that  he  feared  the  influence  of  Catholic  mis- 
sionaries, but  had  not  learned  all  his  reasons  for  disquietude. 
That  the  doctor's  personal  antagonism  to  the  Catholics 
lias  been  somewhat  exaggerated,  seems  to  be  sho>vn  by 
&ev  Tal  facts,  but  he  did  tear  the  effect  of  anything  which 
•'.  'd  cause  contention  among  the  Indians,  involving  their 
I'-.-..,  ,  '^rs.  It  has  been  doubted  that  he  gave  I'xlward  Tilou- 
k.  il-:'>  'he '•  Catholic  Ladder  "stained  with  blood;  but  that  is 
not  im{,robable.  He  has  simply  been  misunderstood  or  mis- 
represented. He  probably  meant,  not  ♦^^o  foreshadow  hisown 
death,  or  the  extermination  of  Americans,  bin  to  impress 
upon  Edward  the  thought  that  to  introduce  religious  con- 
troversy among  his  people  woulu  be  to  afford  cause  for  war. 
It  had  been  so  in  nations  called  enlightened  —  how  much 
more  to  be  apprehended  among  savages.  But  Tiloukaikt, 
a  sfivage,  was  shrewd  enough  to  make  use  of  that  very  in- 
dication of  distrust  to  set  up  sectarian  difl'erences  between 
white  people.  Naturally,  the  priests,  who  had  honestly 
tried  to  do  some  good  and  alleviate  so  much  evil,  resented 
the  slurs  cast  upon  them  by  those  whom  they  had  served, 
and  hence,  much  hitter  controversy. 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OJIKGON. 


•n 


It  is  recorded  in  the  sworn  statements  of  some  of  the 
captives,  after  their  arrival  in  the  Wallamet  valley,  that 
they  had  said  from  the  first, "  The  Catholics  are  at  the  bottom 
of  it."  Yet  why  should  they  think  that  the  Catholics  were 
responsil '  Tbey  had  been  but  a  short  time  in  the  co.un- 
try,  and  die  have  an  intelligent  view  of  the  situation 

of  affairs — ii  ey  had  understood  them,  they  would  not 
have  remained.  The  priests  had  been  in  the  country  even 
a  less  time,  and  few,  if  any,  of  the  immigrants  had  seen 
thein.  Miss  Bewley,  who  was  an  inmate  of  the  doctor's 
family,  when  questioned,  under  oath,  whether  she  ever 
heard  Dr.  Whitman  express  any  fears  concerning  the 
Catholics,  replied:  "Only  once;  the  doctor  said  at  table, 
'Now  I  shall  have  trouble;  these  priests  are  coming.'  Mrs. 
Whitman  asked :  '  Plave  the  Indians  let  them  have  land?' 
He  said:  '  I  think  they  have.'  Mrs.  Whitman  said:  'It's 
a  wonder  they  do  not  come  and  kill  'is.'  This  land  was 
out  of  sight  of  the  doctor's  as  you  come  this  way  (west  of 
the  station).  When  the  Frenchman  was  talking  at  Uma- 
tilla of  going  to  build  a  house  there,  he  said  it  was  a 
prettier  .station  than  the  doctor's." 

Wiiat  was  there  in  this  testimony  to  establish  a  criminal 
intent  on  the  part  of  the  priests?  Mrs.  Whitman,  when 
she  said  "it  is  a  wonder  they  do  not  come  and  kill  us." 
was  not  speaking  of  the  priests,  but  of  the  Indians,  and 
knew  far  better  than  Miss  Bewley  whereof  she  spoke. 
And  this  was  all  that  the  witnesses  among  the  captives 
had  to  say  of  their  actual  knowledge  of  the  state  of  Dr. 
Whitman's  mind;  the  rest  was  surmise,  and  the  gorsip  of 
idle  people  full  of  fears. 

Poor  wretches!  they  were  witne.sses  to  murder  thf,  most 
foul;  to  the  theft  and  destruction  of  their  property,  and  to 
personal  indignities  the  most  indecent  and  cruel.*'     They 


'•"tireat  stress  mis  been  lai<l  by  some  writers  upon  the  fact  that  the  CiithoUc 
priests  (lid  not  interfere  to  save  Miss  Bewley  from  the  arms  of  Five  Crows  :  Imt  from 
her  own  evidence  this  olilef  sought  to  rescue  her  from  indiscriminate  abuse  by 
taking  her  to  himself.  In  a  deposition  talcen  at  Oregon  (Mty,  February  7,  l'<A9i,  the 
ijuestion  was  asked:    "  I'ld  you  have  evidence  that  It  was  necessary  lb''  Hezekliih 


THE  GAYUSE  WAR. 


123 


had  lived  in  hell  for  a  period  long  enough  to  change  their 
conceptions  of  the  world  and  humanity,  and  they  were 
still  too  tremulous  from  injuries  to  be  able  to  have  a  steady 
judgment.  According  to  their  own  representations,  they 
were  as  suspicious  of  each  other  as  of  their  recognized 
foes,  and  conspired  to  prove  conspiracies  among  each 
other.  Like  other  lunatics  their  worst  suspicions  were 
turned  against  their  best  friends;  their  sick  brains  were 
incapable  of  comprehending  the  truth.  And,  as  often 
happens  in  complaints  of  this  nature,  the  same  phenomena 
communicated  itself,  temporarily  at  least,  to  the  whole 
community. 

Mr.  Ogden  found  at  The  Dalles,  as -the  Indians  had 
heard,  a  company  of  riflemen,  whom  Mr.  Spalding,  not- 
withstanding his  word  given  to  the  Nez  Perces,  urged  to 
hasten  up  and  surprise  the  Cayuses,  naming  only  '\  few 
who  might  be  spared;  and  this  wholesale  slaughter  was  to  ^^^^ 
be  perpetrated  to  "save  the  animals  of  the  mission !''    Might  /'^^-^  ^^ 


it  not  be  said  these  people  had  become  deranged? 

On  the  eighth  of  December  Mr.  Ogden  arrived  at  Van- 
couver, and  on  the  tenth  delivered  the  rescued  Americans 
into  the  hands  of  Governor  Abernethy  at  Oregon  City, 
with  Mr.  Spalding's  letter  and  the  bishop's  letter,  together 
with  the  manifesto  of  the  Cayuse  chiefs.  It  does  not  re- 
quire much  imagination  to  conceive  the  excitement  occa- 
sioned by  the  arrival  of  these  unhappy  people,  nor  the 
influence  it  had  on  the  conduct  of  the  Cayuse  war.  Half- 
crazed   widows;    young  women   who  had  suffered  such 


-    '^i^/-. 


'^/-^XcdC 


ilM 


(  Five  Crows)  to  hold  you  as  a  wife  to  save  youtrora  a  general  abuse  by  the  Indiaus?" 
Answer:  "  I  was  ovurwhelmed  with  such  evidence  at  Waiilatpu,  hut  saw  none  of  it 
on  the  Umatilla."  In  the  same  deposition  Miss  Bewley  says  :  "  It  was  made  Icuown 
to  us  (the  captives)  after  a  council,  that  Edward  was  to  go  to  the  big  chief  at  the 
Umatilla  and  sec  what  was  to  be  done  with  us,  and  specially  with  the  young  women: 
and  after  his  return  he  immediately  cv>mmenced  the  massacre  of  the  sick  young 
men,  and  the  next  morning  announced  to  us  that  arrAngements  had  been  made  for 
llezekiab  to  come  and  take  his  choice  among  the  young  women.  *  *■  *■  Uczckiah 
did  not  come  for  me  himself,  but  sent  a  man  and  a  boy  for  the  youug  woman  that 
was  a  member  of  Mrs.  Whitman's  family  "  ( Miss  Bewley):  (riat/'s  Huftory  of  Oryon, 
f«0,  501. 

If  the  men  with  families  at  the  missiou  could  not  interfere,  how  could  the  |>rieits 
who  had  no  other  right  than  comuiui    hiiniunily  gave  them'.'    'I'hiit  right,  Hnmillet 


124 


INDIAN  WAIiS   OF  OREGON. 


indignities  and  brutalities  that  tliey  wondered  to  find 
themselves  alive,  among  Christian  people;  children  who 
had  lost  the  hai)py  innocence  of  childhood,  whom  suffer- 
ing had  made  old  before  their  time;  men  who  had  become 
craven  throngii  fear — an  avalanche  of  such  misery  poured 
into  the  lap  of  a  small  community,  still  struggling  with 
the  hardships  of  pioneer  settlement,  ui)iieaved  it  from  its 
very  foundations. 

Governor  Abernethy,  eleven  days  after  the  delivery  to 
him  of  his  rescued  fellow  countrymen,  pemied  the  follow- 
ing letter  to  Mr.  Ogden : — 

Oregon  City,  January  IS),  1H48. 
Sib  :  I  feel  it  a  duty  aw  well  a.s  a  pleasure  to  tender  you  my  sin- 
cere thanks,  and  the  thanks  of  this  community,  for  your  exertioii.s 
in  behalf  of  the  widow.*  and  orphans  that  were  left  in  the  hands  of 
the  Cayuse  Indians.  Their  state  was  a  deplorable  one,  subject  to 
the  caprice  of  savages,  exposed  to  their  insults,  compelled  to  labor 
for  them,  and  remaining  constantly  in  dread  lest  they  should  be 
butchered  as  their  husbands  and  fathers  Imd  been.  From  this  state 
I  am  fully  sjatistied  we  could  not  have  rescued  them  ;  a  small  party 
of  Americans  would  have  bc»en  looked  upon  by  thcMii  with  contempt; 
a  l.*rger  party  would  have  been  a  signal  for  a  general  massacre. 
Your  immediate  departure  from  Vancouver  on  the  receipt  of  the 
intelligence  from  Waiilatpu,  enabling  you  to  arrive  at  Walla  Walla 
before  the  news  of  the  American  party  having  started  from  this 
place  reached  them,  together  with  your  influence  over  the  Indians, 
accomplished  the  desirable  object  of  relieving  the  distressed.  Y'our 
exertions  in  Isehalf  of  the  prisoners  will,  no  doubt,  cause  a  feeling  of 
pleasure  to  you  throughout  life,  but  this  does  not  relieve  them  nor 
us  from  the  obligations  we  are  under  to  you.  You  have  also  laid 
the  American  government  under  obligations  to  you,  for  their  citi- 
zens were  the  subjects  of  this  massacre,  and  their  widows  and  or- 


says  Itiey  exerci.seil  by  iidvisiug  the  Ciiyuses  whoaltf  iicIlmI  tlie  council  at  the  bishop's 
hou.so  to  imtni'diately  give  up  the  girls  whom  they  hail  talcen.  ".Viid  tlieu,"  he  says, 
"  all  entreated  Five  <  'ro.vs  to  give  up  the  one  he  had  taken,  but  to  no  purpose.  "  Up 
to  this  lime  Miss  Bewley  had  been  permitted  to  remain  at  the  blshoji's  house  during 
the  day  lime,  but  after  Five  Crows  refusal  to  give  her  up,  BroulUet  advised  her  to 
\\w\ttX  upon  being  allowed  to  remain  altogether  at  the  bishop's  house  until  deliulte 
new.s  came  from  below  ;  but  if  Five  Crows  v.ould  not  ccmsent  shi'  should  stay  'vith 
him  at  his  lodge.  She  came  back,  however,  and  was  received  and  comforted  as  b«Bi, 
they  could  under  circumstances  so  peculiar,  and  continued  to  share  their  bachelor 
house  with  them  until  relief  came.  The  years  that  have  elapsed  nave  sollened  preju- 
dices, ami  it  i-  time  to  write  impartittlly  of  a  most  iu'orestirig  peiiod  uf  tin.'  ^tnte's 
hi:'oiy. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


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plians  aro  the  lelicvod  ones.    With  a  sincere  prayer  tliat  the  widow's 

(Joil  and  the  fatlier  of  the  fatlierless  may  reward  you  for  your  kind- 

nesH,  r  have  the  honor  to  remain, 

Your  obedient  servant.  (jKorok  Abkrnf!THY, 

Oovernor  v)f  Oregon  Territory. 
To  P»-ter  Slteeii  Ogden, 

Cliief  Factor  Hudson's  Hay  (.'ompany. 
To  this  letter  Mr.  Ogden  sent  this  significant  ro[)ly: — 

Fort  Vancouvkr,  .January  26,  1S48. 
Mr.  George  Aherncf/i)/,  Ef<q,,  Governor  of  Oregon  : 

Sib:  I  have  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  liijilily  llatter- 
\n\r,  letter  of  the  nineteenth  instant,  and  the  high  value  you  lay 
upon  my  services  in  rescuing  so  many  fellow  creatures  from  cap- 
tivity, but  the  meed  of  praise  is  not  due  to  me  alone.  I  wa.s  the 
m(>re  acting  agent  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  for  witliout  its 
powerful  aid  and  influence,  nothing  could  hav"  been  eflirted,  and 
to  them  the  praise  is  due,— and  |)ermit  me  to  add,  should  unfor- 
tuiuitely,  which  (tod  avert,  our  services  be  again  required  under 
similar  circumstances,  I  trust  you  will  not  find  us  wanting  in  going 
to  their  relief. 

Believe  me,  yours  truly,  Petek  Skkkn  ()r,DE^f. 

The  rescued  women  and  children  were  taken  care  ol  by 
tlie  citizens,  and  .settlers  upon  farms,  many  of  the  women 
ami  girls  being  .soon  provided  with  homos  by  marriago. 
Such  of  their  property  as  had  not  been  destroyed  wa.s 
filially  recovered,  while  all  became  absorbed  into  the 
young  commonwealth. 

The  discussion  of  the  causes  which  had  brought  about 
the  tragedy  of  Waiilatpu  went  on  unceasingly,  to  no  other 
purpo.se  apparently  than  to  gratify  a  craving  for  excite- 
ment. No  one  felt  willing  to  lay  any  blame  upon  the 
victims.  The  immigrants  were  unwilling  to  admit  that 
tlie  catastrophe  was  caused  by  tlieir  introduction  of  a  fatal 
disea.se  among  the  Indians.  The  cause  must  be  .sought 
otherwheres.  Where  else  could  it  be  looked  for  except  in 
the  natural  depravity  of  barbarians,  incited,  of  course,  by 
some  influence  not  American  —  the  French  priests,  or  tl^e 
English  fur  c()ni|>any,  or  both  together?     Forgetful  of  the 


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services  received,  the  latter  view  was  the  one  generally 
adopted  by  the  Protestant  missionary  class,  and  which  has 
prevailed,  almost  uncontradicted,  to  the  present  time. 

There  was  one  great  cause  for  the  massacre  of  Waiilatpu 
underlying  all  others,  whicli  was  the  neglect  of  congress 
to  keep  faith  with  the  people  who  settled  Oregon.  For 
many  years  the  promise  had  been  held  out,  that  if  those 
people  would  go  to  Oregon  the  United  States  government 
would  protect  and  reward  them.  It  had  done  neither. 
Tliey  were  living  on  Indian  lands  that  had  never  been 
treated  for,  and  to  which  they  had  no  title.  They  had 
not  one  government  gun  or  soldier  to  protect  two  thousand 
miles  of  road.  They  had  no  government,  except  a  com- 
pact among  themselves.  Neither  Dr.  Whitman's  threat 
nor  Dr.  White's  promises  had  been  fulfilled  to  the  Indians, 
and  they  had  no  cause  to  believe  they  ever  would  be. 
Even  without  the  provocatii>n  of  having  lost  a  third  of 
their  tribe  by  white  men's  disease,  if  not  by  poison  crimi- 
nally administered,  as  they  believed,  the  conditions  all 
pointed  to  an  Indian  war,  for  which  the  United  States, 
and  not  the  people  of  Oregon,  should  have  been  hold 
responsible.  "       ' 


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CHAITER  VI. 

THK  l.EfilSI.ATlRKOK  1K-I7-S  — KECKUT  OK  THE  NEWSOKTHK   MaSHACRF.  AT  WAIILATPU 

—  liETTKK    OF     McBEAN-  LETTEK    OF    JaMF^    DOVOLAH  —  MF-SSAIiF.     OF    GoVKllNOK 

AiiEKNKTHy  — Condition  of  the'Tkeasury  of  the  Provisional  Govihnment 

—  Efforts  TO  Procure  the  Means  to  Pi't  Trooi's  in  the  Kiei.d  — The  Hru- 
KON's  Bay  Company  Decline  to  KritMsii  Mo'  -y  — Commisskineks  Horimpw  a 
Smai.i.  Amount  on  the  Kaith  of  the  ORK<i(>r«  i.  (Vernment— The  l.Kciisi.ATiHK 
Acthori/.bs  the  Raising  and  K<iUii'i'iN(i  of  a  Reoimknt  of  Uifi.e.men  — ()f- 
FK'ERs  Appointed  — A  Messenger  Dispatched  to  Washington,  and  Another 
to  California —  Fmi.ure  of  the  Latter. 

I^EAviNG  aside  the  causes  which  led  up  to  the  Waii- 
Uitpu  tragedy,  it  is  time  now  to  consider  its  consetiucnces 
to  the  Oregon  colony. 

On  the  seventh  day  of  December,  1847,  the  provisional 
legislature  met  at  Oregon  City.  It  conbisted  of  the  fol- 
lowing members: — 

From  Clackamas  county — Medorum  Crawford,  J.  M, 
Wair,  and  S.  S.  White. 

From  Champoeg  county  —  W.  H.  Rector,  W.  H.  Ilccs, 
A.  Chamberlain,  A.  Cox,  and  Robert  Newell. 

From  Polk  county  —  J.  W.  Nesmith,  and  M.  A.  Ford. 

From  Yamhill  county  —  A.  J.  Hembree,  and  L.  Rogers. 

From  Tuality  county  —  R.  Wilcox,  D.  Hill,  and  J.  L. 
Meek.  .  • 

From  Clatsop  county  —  J.  Robinson. 

From  Lewis  county  —  S.  Plomon^eau. 
;    No  representative  of  V'ancouver  county  was  present. 
•   Robert  Newell  was  speaker  of  the  house. 

On  the  eighth,  Governor  Abernethy  sent  in  his  mesjsagc, 
which  contained  the  refrain  already  quoted  in  a  previous 
chapter — saying  "  our  relations  with  the  Indians  become 
every  year  more  embarassing,"  and  that  the  robberies 
committed  by  them  should  not  be  allowed  to  pass. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day  another  comir  anica- 
iion  was  received  from  the  governor,  accompanied  by  a 

"    -■-  -^  . .".  ■    (i«) 


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iiumbi.'r  1)1'  letters  from  Vancouver,  sent  by  AFr.  Douglas, 
aimounc'ing  the  news  which  he  had  just  received  of  the 
murder  of  Dr.  Whitman  and  family.  Tlic  information 
Mr.  Douglas  imparted  was  that  contained  in  a  letter 
written  ))y  Mr.  McEean,  of  Fort  Walla  Walla,  a  lew  hours 
after  the  arrival  at  the  fort  of  Mr.  Hall,  the  first  refugee 
who  reached  there.  • 

The  following  is  a  transcript  of  the  copy  of  McBean's 
letter  furnished  to  the  governor,  preserved  in  the  archives 
of  the  state : — 

FoKT  liv:/.  I'KRCKS,  30th  November,  1847. 
To  the  Jioard  of  Management  : 

()exti,emkn  :  [t  is  my  painful  task  to  make  you  acciuuiiUed 
witli  ii  horrid  massiicre  which  took  place  yesterday  at  Waiikilpu, 
about  wiiicii  T  was  first  apprised  early  this  morniug  l)y  an  Amer- 
ican wlio  liad  escaped,  of  the  name  of  Hall,  and  who  reached  this, 
luilf  naked  aiid  covered  with  blood.  As  he  started  at  the  outset 
tlie  information  I  obtained  was  not  satisfactory.  He,  however, 
assured  me  that  the  doctor  and  anotiier  unm  were  killed,  but  could 
not  tell  me  the  persons  wlio  did  it,  and  hew  it  originated. 

1  innnediately  determined  on  sendinj^  my  interpreter  and  one 
man  to  Dr.  Whitman's  to  find  out  the  truth,  and  if  possible,  to 
rescue  Mr.  Maiison's  two  sons  and  any  of  tlie  survivors.  It  so  hap- 
pened, tliat  before  the  inttrpret<.'r  had  proceeded  half  way  the  two 
l)oyH  were  met  on  their  way  hither,  escorted  by  Nicholas  Finlay,  it 
having  been  previously  settled  among  the  Indians  that  these  boys 
sh(  uld  not  be  killed,  as  also  the  American  women  and  children. 
TeUKjuait  is  the  chief  who  recommended  this  measurt'. 

1  presume  you  are  well  accjuainted  that  fever  and  dysentery  has 
been  raging  here,  and  in  this  vicinity,  in  conseijuence  of  which  a 
great  number  of  Indians  have  been  swept  away,  but  more  especially 
at  the  doctor's  p'lace,  where  he  attended  upon  the  Indians.  About 
thirty  souls  of  the  Cayuse  tribe  died,  one  after  another,  who  eventu- 
ally believed  the  doctor  poisoned  them,  and  in  which  opinion  they 
were  unfortunately  confirmed  l)y  one  of  the  doctor's  party.  As  far 
as  I  have  been  able  to  learn,  this  has  been  the  sole  cause  of  the 
dreadful  i)utchery. 

In  order  to  satisfy  any  doubt  on  that  [toint,  it  is  reported  that 
they  requested  tli'c  doctor  to  adnunister  medicine  to  three  of  their 
friends,  two  of  wbom  were  really  sick,  but  the  third  only  feigning 
illness,  and  that  the  three  were  corpses  the  in  xt  morning.  After 
they  were  l)uried,  and  while  the  doctor's  men  were  employed 
slaughtering  an  ox,  the  Indians  came  one  by  one  tt)  his  house,  with 


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129 


their  urnm  concealed  under  their  blanketH,  and  bein^  all  assenihU'd , 
commenced  Hring  on  those  slaughtering  the  animal,  and  in  a  mo- 
ment the  doctor's  house  was  surrounded. 

Tlie  doctor  and  a  young  lad,  brought  up  l)y  himself,  were  sliot  in 
tlie  house.  His  lady,  Mr.  Itogers,  and  the  children  had  taken 
refuge  in  the  garret,  but  were  dragged  down  and  dispatched  (ex- 
cepting the  children  )  outside,  where  tlieir  bodies  were  left  exposed. 
It  Is  reported  that  it  was  not  their  intention  to  kill  Mr.  Rogers,  in 
con8e<iuence  of  an  avowal  lo  the  following  eftect,  which  he  is  said 
to  have  made,  and  which  nothing  but  a  desire  to  save  his  life  could 
have  prompted  him  to  do.  He  said :  "  I  was  one  evening  lying 
down,  and  f  overheard  the  doctor  telling  Rev.  Mr.  Bpalding  that  it 
was  best  you  should  l)e  all  poisoned  at  once  ;  but  that  the  latter  told 
him  it  was  best  to  continue  slowly  and  cautiously,  and  that  between 
this  and  spring,  not  a  soul  would  remain,  when  they  would  take 
possession  of  your  lands,  cattle,  and  horses." 

These  are  only  Indian  reports,  and  no  person  can  believe  the 
doctoi  capable  of  such  an  action  without  being  as  ignorant  and 
brutal  as  the  Indians  tljemselves.  One  of  the  murderers,  not  being 
nuide  acquainted  with  the  above  understanding,  shot  Mr.  Rogers. 

Jt  is  well  ascertained  tliat  eleven  lives  were  lost,  and  three 
wounded.  It  is  also  rumored  they  arc  to  make  an  attack  upon  the 
fort.  Let  them  come!  if  they  will  not  listen  to  reason.  Though  I 
have  only  Ave  men  at  the  establishment,  I  am  prepared  to  give 
them  a  warm  reception.  Tlie  gates  are  closed  day  and  night,  and 
tlie  bastions  in  readiness. 

In  company  with  Mr.  jNIanson's  two  sons,  was  sent  a  young  half- 
breed  lad,  brought  up  by  Dr.  Whitman;  they  are  all  here,  and  have 
got  over  their  fright.  The  ringleaders  in  this  horrible  butchery  are 
Telociuait,  his  son.  Big  Belly,  Tamsucky,  Esticus,  Taumaulish,  etc. 
I  understand  from  the  interpreter  that  they  were  making  one 
common  grave  for  the  deceased. 

The  houses  were  stripjjed  of  everything  in  the  shape  of  property, 
but  when  they  came  to  divide  the  spoil  they  fell  out  among  them- 
selves, and  all  agreed  to  put  back  the  property.  I  am  happy  to 
state  the  Walla  Wallas  had  no  hand  in  tlie  whole  bu8ines.s;  they 
were  all  the  doctor's  own  people  (the  Cayuses).  One  American 
shot  another,  and  took  the  Indians'  part  to  save  his  own  life.' 

Allow  me  to  draw  a  veil  over  this  dreadful  affair,  which  is  too 
painful  to  dwell  upon,  and  which  I  have  explained  conformably  to 
information  received,  and  with  sympathizing  feelings. 


'The  person  here  rel'erretl  to  was  Joe  Lewis,  u  balf-ctiste  American.  It  is  just 
possible  that  tlie  Indians  compelled  him,  as  it  was  said  they  did  Mr.  Rogers,  to  make 
a  false  statement,  or  lo  side  with  them;  but  the  testimony  of  the  captives  made  bim 
responsible  for  the  massacre.  Mr.  McBean  was  reporting  lo  his  superiors  what  he 
liad  learned  from  the  only  authority  at  hand. 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


T  remain,  with  niucli  respoct,  gentlemen,  your  most  obedient 
lumible  servant, 

(Signed).  WiM.iAM  MoHean. 

N.  R. —  I  Imve  juMt  lioard  that  tlieCnynses  are  to  be  liere  tomor- 
row to  kill  Serpent  Jamie,  the  Walla  Walla  iihiof. 

W.  McB. 

Names  of  those  who  were  killed  :  Dr.  Whitman,  Mrs.  Whitman, 
Mr.  Rogers,  Mr.  Hofl'man,  Mr.  Sandere  (schoolmaster),  Mr.  Osborne 
(carpenter),   Mr.   Marsh,    Mr.    .lohn    Hager,    Mr.    P'rancis   Bager 


(brothers,  youths),  Mr.  CJanfleld  (blacksmith),  Mr. 


(a  tailor); 


besides  three  that  were  wounded,  more  or  less, — Messrs.  Hall,  Kim- 
ball, and  another  man  whose  name  T  cannot  learn. 

W.  MoB.' 

This  information,  only  slightly  inaccurate,  was  that 
which  was  obtained  the  day  after  the  massacre,  first  from 
Mr.  Hall,  then  from  Finlay  and  the  Manson  boys,  and 
lastly  from  McBean's  interpreter.''  As  soon  as  practicable 
after  the  return  of  his  interpreter,  Mr.  McBean  dispatched 
an  express  to  X'ancouver,  with  instructions  to  lose  no  time, 
and  to  spread  no  alarm,  his  object  being  to  get  the  now.s, 
not  only  of  the  massacre,  but  of  his  own  exposed  situation 
should  the  Cayuses  carry  out  their  rumored  threat  against 
his  post,  to  the  board  of  managers  before  the  tribes  along 
the  river  should  learn  what  had  taken  place,  or  form  any 
combination  with  the  Cayuses.^ 

'This  letter  of  McBean's,  as  here  siven,  is  fnlthftiUy  copied  from  a  copy  made  at 
Kort  Vancouver,  appearing  to  bo  in  the  liand  of  C.  B.  Roberts.  It  dilTcrs  only  slightly 
from  several  printed  copies.  It  is  preserved  in  the  Oreijnn  Archiim  MS.,  and  num- 
>)ered  1032. 

•iJn  a  communication  to  the  Walla  Walla  titatetnuw  of  March  10,  1806,  Mr.  McBean 
says  :  "  When  my  messencer  arrived,  Indian  women,  armed  with  knives  and  other 
implements  of  war,  were  already  assembled  near  the  house  where  the  captives  were, 
awaiting  the  order  of  the  chief  Tiloukaikt,  who  was  present.  On  being  informed  of 
my  request  ( not  to  commit  any  more  murdeis,  and  on  being  told  "they  had  already 
gone  too  far' ),  he  hung  down  his  head,  and  paused,  then  with  a  wave  of  his  hand 
peremptorily  ordered  the  women  away,  who  abusing  him,  called  him  a  coward." 
This,  if  true,  would  appear  to  be  the  second  time  Tiloukaikt's  hand  had  been  stayed. 

<Thi.s  caution,  necessary  as  it  evidently  v/as  considered  by  the  prudent  officers  of 
a  company  having  a  long  acquaintance  with  Indians,  was  the  subject  of  bitter  ani- 
madversion by  those  who  saw  lu  it  grounds  of  suspicion.  The  circumstances  appear 
from  the  evidence  to  have  been  those  :  Mr.  McBean's  messenger,  on  arriving  at  The 
Dalles,  desired  Mr.  Alanson  Hinman,  residing  there,  to  assist  him  io  procuring  a 
canoe  to  proceed  to  Vancouver.  "  I  was  very  inquisitive,"  says  Hinman,  in  a  letter 
to  (iovernor  Abernethy,  "to  know  if  there  was  any  ditticiilty  above,    ne  said  fiMir 


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Mr.  llinmaii 
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THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


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A  letter  from  Mr.  Douglas  to  iJoveruor  Abornethy  ran 
as  follows: —  •  ,^ . 

Fort  Vancouver,  December  7,  1S47. 
(icorf/e  Abernethij,  Enq.: 

Sir:  Having  received  lutelllKonce  lust  night  by  Hpeclul  expresn 
from  Walla  Wulla  of  the  destruction  of  the  missionary  settlemont 
at  Walilatpu  by  the  Cayuse  Jndians  of  that  place,  we  hasten  to 
communicate  the  particulars  of  that  dreadful  event,  one  of  the  most 
atrocious  which  darkens  the  unuals  of  Indian  crime. 

Our  lamented  friend.  Dr.  Whitman,  his  amiable  and  accom- 
))liHhed  lady,  with  nine  other  jjersoiis,  have  fallen  victims  to  the 
fury  of  thche  remoreeleas  savages,  who  appear  to  have  been  insti- 
gated to  this  appalling  crime  by  a  horrible  suspicion  which  1  d  taken 
possession  of  their  supei-stltious  minds,  in  consequence  of  (lie  num- 
ber of  deaths  from  dysentry  and  measles,  that  Or.  Whitman  was 
silently  working  the  destruction  of  their  tribe  Ijy  administering 
poisonous  drugs,  under  the  semblance  of  stilutary  medicines. 

With  a  goodiiess  of  heart  and  l)eneviilL'nce  truly  his  own,  Dr. 
Whitman  bus  been  laboring  incessantly  since  the  appearance  of  the 
measles  and  dysentry  among  his  Indian  converts  to  relieve  their 
sutlerings  ;  and  such  has  been  the  reward  of  his  generous  labors. 

A  copy  of  McDean's  letter,  herewith  transmitted,  will  give  you 
all  the  particulars  known  to  us  of  this  indescribably  painful  event. 
Mr.  Ogden,  with  a  strong  party,  will  leave  this  place  as  soon  as 
possible  for  Walla  Walla,  to  endeavor  to  prevent  further  evil ;  and 
we  beg  to  suggest  to  you  the  propriety  of  taking  instant  measures 
for  the  protection  of  Rev.  Mr.  Spalding,  who,  for  the  sake  of  his 
family,  ought  to  abandon  tiie  Clearwater  mission  without  delay, 
and  retire  to  a  place  of  safety,  as  he  cannot  remain  at  that  isolated 
station  without  imminent  risk  in  the  present  excited  and  irritable 
state  of  the  Indian  population. 

r  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  your  most  obedient  servant, 

J.\MES  Douai.AS. 


I'rcuchmen  lind  died  recently,  and  ho  wished  to  set  others  to  occupy  their  phico." 
Mr.  llininan,  necdiug  medicines  for  the  slcli  Indians  in  his  vicinity,  olVured  to 
accompany  him,  leaving  his  wife  and  child,  Mr.  McKinney  and  wife.  Dr.  Sati'araus, 
and  Perrln  Whitman  at  The  Dalles.  It  was  not  until  the  niesH'nger  was  bolow  the 
cascades  that  he  revealed  to  Hinraan  his  errand,  and  the  particulars  of  the  traRcdy 
at  Walilatpu.  .Mr.  Ilinman,  naturally,  was  filled  with  anxiety  for  his  family  and 
friends,  and  very  indignant  because  the  Frenchman  had  not  disobeyed  orders — or 
that  he  had  received  such  orders.  Vet,  as  it  proved,  this  was  ithe  very  wisest  course 
to  have  pursued  ;  for  had  the  Columbia  river  Indians  gotten  hold  of  the  matter  at 
ihat  time,  before  Mr.  Ogden  had  time  to  see  the  Cayuses,  he  might  not  so  easily  have 
prevailed  on  them  to  release  the  captives.  Illnman's  letter,  written  at  Vancouver, 
urges  the  governor  to  send  a  military  company  to  The  Palles  for  his  protection  ;  and 
also  men  to  rescue  the  women  and  children.  Knowing  this,  and  not  knowing  what 
course  the  governor  would  take,  compelled  Mr.  Ogden  to  say  to  the  Indians  that  he 
cxuld  not  promise  what  the  Americans  would  do. 


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The  governor  sent  into  the  legislativo  assembly  the 
above  letters,  with  the  following  message ; — 

To  the  Honorable  LeyMative  Ameniblj/^  Orerjon  : 

Genti<kmkn:  It  is  my  painful  duty  to  lay  tiie  iiiclosod  coivmin- 
iiiuations  liefore  yonr  honorable  body.  Tiiey  will  give  you  tlie  piir- 
ticulars  of  the  horrible  massacre  committed  by  the  Caynse  Indians 
on  the  residents  at  Waillatpu.  This  is  one  of  the  most  distressing.'; 
circurascances  that  has  occurred  in  our  territory,  and  one  that  callr< 
for  immediate  and  prompt  action.  I  am  uware  that  to  nicot  this 
case  funds  will  be  required,  and  sugj^est  the  propriety  >f  applying 
to  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and  the  merchants  of  liiis  placo,  for 
a  loan  to  carry  out  whatever  plan  you  may  flx  upon.  I  have  no 
doubt  but  the  expense  attending  this  affair  will  be  promptly  met  by 
the  United  States  government. 

The  wives  and  children  of  the  raurderod  persojis,  the  Kev.  Mr. 
Spalding  ana  family,  and  all  others  who  may  be  in  the  upper  coui.- 
try,  should  at  once  be  proftered  assistance,  and  an  escort  to  convey 
them  to  places  of  safety. 

I  have  the  honor  to  remain,  gentlemen,  your  obedient  servant, 
^  Grouse  Abernethy. 

While  the  hearts  of  the  legislators  were  bursting  with 
pain  and  indignation  for  the  crime  they  were  called  opon 
to  mourn,  and  perhaps  to  avenge,  there  was  something 
almost  farcical  in  the  situation.  Funds  I  Funds  to  prose- 
cute a  possible  war!  There  was  in  the  treasury  of  Oregon 
the  sum  of  forty-three  dollars  and  seventy-tVv'o  cents,  with 
an  outstanding  indebtedness  of  four  thousand  and  seventy- 
nine  dollars  and  seventy-four  cents.  Money!  Money  in- 
deed! Where  wis  money  to  come  from  in  (Jregon?  The 
governor's  first  thought  had  been  the  Hudson's  Bay  Com- 
pany. It  was  always  the  company  the  colonists  thought 
of  first  when  they  were  in  trouble.  But  there  might  be 
some  difficulty  about  a  loan  from  that  source.  Had  not 
the  board  of  London  managers  warned  tlie  Oregon  officers 
to  avoid  American  securities,  and  "stick  to  their  bopvor 
skins?"  And  had  not  Dr.  McLoughlin  resigned  from  his 
position  as  head  of  the  company  in  Oregon  because  the 
London  brard  reproved  him  for  assisting  immigrants,  and 
thereby  erv-ouraging  the  American  occupation  of  the  coun- 


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try?  Aud  now  there  was  an  Indian  war  impending,  witli 
only  these  gentlemen  who  had  been  ordered  to  "stick  to 
their  beaver  skins"  to  turn  to.  There  were  the  merchants 
of  Oregon  City,  to  be  sure  —  a  few  hundred  might  be  raised 
among  them.  And  there  was  the  Methodist  mission  —  the 
governor  had  not  mentioned  that — but;  well,  they  could 
try  it! 

The  first  resolution  offered  after  the  reading  of  the  doc- 
uments submitted  by  the  governor,  was  the  following,  by 
J.  W.  Nesmith:  "That  the  governor  is  hereby  required 
to  raise  arms  and  equip  a  compans'  of  riflemen,  not  to 
exceed  fifty  men.  with  their  captain  and  subaltern  officers, 
and  dispatch  them  forthwith  to  occupy  the  mission  station 
at  Th'  Dalles  on  the  Columbia  river,  and  hold  possession 
of  the  same  until  reeuforcements  can  arrive  at  that  point, 
or  other  means  be  taken  as  the  government  i.iay  think 
advisable,"  which  resolution  was  adopted.  A  committee 
consisting  of  Nesmith,  Kees,  and  Crawford  was  appointed 
to  wait  upon  the  governor,  which  reported  the  executive's 
answer,  that  he  would  "use  his  utmost  endeavors;"  and 
the  house  immediately  adjourned  to  attend  a  public 
meeting. 

It  was  a  day  of  wrath  as  well  as  of  sorrow  and  appre- 
hension. It  hardly  .^eeded  the  stirring  appeals  of  J.  W. 
Nesrailli,  H.  A.  (J.  Lee,  and  Samuel  K.  Barlow,  to  encour- 
age volunteering.  A  company  of  riflemen  was  i  nlisted  at 
once,  -'hich  was  sworn  in,  and  otRcered  the  fo'!owing  day.^ 


^The  uniiies  of  this  llrst  company  raised  for  the  defense  of  Oregon  from  Indiau 
warfare  wtre  :  Samuel  K.  Hnrlow,  Daniel  P.  HariieH,  William  Beekman,  G.  W.  Bos- 
worth.  William  J$eiry,  Benjrtmin  lirntton,  John  Bolton,  William  M.  Carpenter,  Henry 
W.  ("oe,  Stephen  C':'ramliig,  John  C.  Uanford,  I'.  H.  Uelfeudorf,  Havla  Everest  John 
I'leming.  .lohn  KInner,  John  (.>.  liibson,  Jacob  Johnson,  Samuel  A.  Jackson,  James 
Kester,  John  l.ussater,  11.  A. »;.  Lee,  John  l.yttle,  Henry  Levalley,  Joel  McKee,  J.  U. 
McMillan,  lieorge  MiM.iro,  Joseph  Masoue.  Edward  Marsh,  J.  W.  Morgan,  Nathan 
(ilnuy,  Joseph  B.  Procter,  Thomas  Purvis,  Kdward  Kobiniion,  John  K.  Boss,  J.  S. 
Kiuearsim,  John  Hlchardson,  11.  B.  KoRcrs,  C.  W.  Savage,  S.  W.  Shannon,  A.  J. 
'fhomas,  O.  V.  Tupper,  k.  ri.  Tnpper,  l.saac  Walgamoutts,  Joel  Wltchey,  Ueorge 
Weeicy,  (ieorge  W.  Weston.  The  oflicers  elected  by  the  company  were;  H.  A. 
G.  Lee,  captain;  Joseph  Magone,  first  lieutenant:  John  K.  Ross,  jiecond  lieutenant; 
J.  S.  Blne'-.r'^on,  orderly  sergeant ;  J.  H.  McMillan,  first  duty  sergeant;  C.  \V.  Savage, 
secoud  'iuty  seixeaut ;  Stephen  Cummlug,  third  duty  sergeant ;  William  Berry,  fourth 
duly  ser2eant.  , 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


By  noon  of  the  ninth  the  company  was  equipped  as  well 
as,  with  the  means  at  hand,  it  could  be.  Meanwhile,  the 
ladies  of  Oregon  City  liad  not  been  idle,  but,  assembling 
at  the  "City  hotel,"  presented  the  company  with  ;x  flag, 
which  was  delivered  into  their  hands  by  Mr.  Nesmith, 
with  words  of  eloquent  meaning.  The  same  afternoon  the 
company  departed  for  Vancouver,  in  boats,  amid  great 
excitement. 

The  legislature  also  passed  a  bill  on  the  ninth,  author- 
izing the  governor  to  raise  ''a  regiment  of  volunteers;" 
which  on  the  tenth  was  returned  with  objections  by  the 
governor,  amended  and  finally  passed  the  same  morning, 
in  these  words: —  .       ,  .     '    • 

Section  1.  That  tlie  governor  of  Oregon  territory  be  and  is 
liereby  authorized  and  required  forthwith  to  issue  his  proclamation 
to  the  people  of  said  territory  to  raise  a  regiment  of  rillemen  by 
volunteer  enlistment,  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  men,  to  be  subject 
to  the  rules  and  articles  of  war  of  the  United  States  army,  and 
whose  term  of  service  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  ten  months,  unless 
sooner  discharged  by  the  proclamation  of  the  governor. 

Section  2.  That  said  regiment  of  volunteer  shall  rendezvous  at 
Oregon  City  on  *!ie  twenty-fifth  day  of  Deceniber,  A.  D.  1847,  anil 
proceed  thence  with  all  possible  dispatch  to  the  Walla  Walla  valley 
for  the  purpose  of  punishing  the  Indians,  to  what  tribe  or  tribes 
soever  they  may  belong,  who  may  have  aided  or  abetted  in  the  mas- 
sacre of  Dr.  Marcus  Whitman  and  his  wife,  and  otiiers  at  Waiilatpu, 
or  to  be  otherwise  employeil  as  the  governor  may  direct. 

Section  ;>.  That  the  legislature  of  Oregon  shall  appoint  one 
colonel,  one  lieutenant-colonel,  and  one  major  to  otlicer  said  reg- 
iment of  volunteers  when  raised  by  the  governor  as  provided  for 
in  the  first  section  of  this  bill ;  and,  further,  that  the  legislature  also 
appoint  a  commissary-general,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  keep  a 
regular  account  of  the  disbursements  of  all  the  fund  placed  at  his 
disposal,  and  faithfully  perform  all  other  duties  pertaining  to  his 
office,  and  who  shf>ll  perform  the  duties  of  <|Uartermaster-general 
fur  the  army. 

Section  4.  Said  regiment  shall  be  organized  into  companies,  to 
consist  each  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  or  less  than  fifty  men  ; 
and  each  company  shall  elect  their  own  officers,  to  wit:  One  captain, 
one  first  and  one  second  lieutenant,  one  orderly  sergeant,  and  four 
duty  sergeants. 

Section  o.  Tiiat  .Tesse  Applegate,  A.  L.  Lovejoy,  and  George  li. 
Curry  be  and  are  hei-eby  authorized  and  empowered  to  uegotiat<i  a 


or. 


THE-  CAYUSE  WAR. 


135 


loan  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  and  that  said  commissioners 
be  and  are  authorized  to  pledge  the  faith  of  the  territory  for  the  pay- 
ment of  such  sum  as  may  be  negotiated  for  by  said  commissioners, 
on  the  most  practicable  terms,  payable  within  three  years  hom  dat i 
of  said  loan,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  the  government  of  the 
United  States. 

Section  6.  Said  loan  may  be  negotiated  for  gold  and  silver,  or 
such  goods  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  army ;  provided, 
howeve?',  that  the  holder  of  such  goods  be  required  to  deduct  from 
the  loan  the  value  of  the  goods  negotiated  for,  but  remaining  in  his 
hands  at  the  cessatioi  of  hostilities. 


No  sooner  was  this  bill  passed  than  the  loan  commis- 
sioners set  out  for  Vancouver,  accompanied  by  the  govern- 
or. The  gentlemen  at  that  place  1.0  doubt  anticipated  the 
visit,  and  had  a  knotty  question  to  settle.  To  do,  or  not 
to  do,  what  was  required  of  them?  To  do  it,  migh i  involve 
them  with  the  company  —  might  indeed  ruin  tlic  Oregon 
trade  with  the  Indians,  who  could  only  ait  and  traj) 
when  they  were  at  peace.  Should  they  furnish  the  means 
of  destroying  their  own  business,  and  take  the  risk  oi 
being  cashiered?  Not  to  do  it,  was  to  bring  upon  lut-m- 
selves  the  suspicion  and  hatred  of  the  Americans  then  in 
the  country,  and  to  tempt  them  to  make  war  upon  the 
company,  in  which  case  the  opinion  of  the  world  would 
be  against  them,  for  weighing  beaver  skins  in  the  balance 
with  the  safety  of  a  colony  of  their  own  race.  But  was  the 
safety  of  the  colony  really  involved?  Might  not  Mr. 
Ogden  in  some  way  so  adjust  matters  that  war  could  be 
avoided,  at  least  until  the  long  expected  troops  of  the 
United  States  should  be  in  the  field?  An  informal  con- 
versation was  held  on  this  subject  immediately  after  the 
arrival  of  the  commissioners  at  Vancouver,  and  on  the 
next  day  they  addressed  the  following  letter  to  Mr. 
Douglas : — 

FoKT  Vancouver,  O.  Ty.,  December  11,  1847. 
To  James  Douglas,  Esq.,  Chief  Factor  of  the  Hudson' a  Bay  Co.: 

81R:  By  the  enclosed  documents  you  will  perceive  that  the 
undersigned   have  been  charged  by  the  legislature  of  our  provis- 


136 


INDIAN  WABS  OF  OREGON. 


ional  goverunieut  with  the  difticult  duty  of  obtaining  the  means 
necessary  to  arm,  equip,  and  support  in  the  field  a  force  suMcient  to 
obtain  full  satisfaction  of  the  Cayuse  Indians  for  tlie  late  massacre 
at  Waiilatpu,  and  protect  the  white  population  of  our  common 
country  from  further  aggression. 

In  furtherance  of  this  object,  they  have  deemed  it  their  duty  to 
make  immediate  application  to  the  honorable  Hudson's  Bay  Com- 
pany for  the  requisite  assiotance. 

Tho'  clothed  with  power  to  ))ledge  to  the  fullest  extent  the  faith 
and  means  of  tlie  present  government  of  Oregon,  they  do  not  consider 
this  pledge  the  only  security  to  those  who,  in  this  distressing  emer- 
gency, may  extend  to  the  people  of  this  country  the  means  of  protec- 
tion and  redress.  Without  claiming  any  special  authority  from  the 
government  of  the  United  States  to  contract  a  debt  to  be  liquidated 
by  that  power,  yet  from  all  precedents  of  like  character  in  the  history 
our  country,  the  undereigned  feel  confident  that  the  United  States 
government  will  regard  the  murder  of  the  late  Dr.  Whitman  and 
his  lady  as  a  national  wrong,  and  will  fully  Justify  the  iieople  of 
Oregon  in  taking  active  measures  to  obtain  redress  for  that  outrage, 
am'  for  their  protection  from  further  aggression. 

The  right  of  self-defense  is  tjicitly  accorded  to  every  body  politic 
in  the  confederacy  to  which  we  claim  to  l)elong,  and  i)i  every  case 
similar  to  our  own,  within  our  knowledge,  the  general  government 
has  promj-tly  assumed  the  payment  of  all  liabilities  growing  out  of 
the  measures,  taken  by  the  constitutional  authorities,  to  protect  the 
lives  and  property  of  those  residing  within  the  limits  of  their  dis- 
tricts. 

If  the  citizens  of  the  states  and  territories  east  of  the  Rocky 
mountains  are  justified  in  prouipily  acting  in  such  emergencies, 
who  are  under  the  immediate  prolcction  of  the  general  government, 
there  appears  no  room  to  doubt  that  the  lawful  acts  of  the  Oregon 
government  will  receive  like  approval. 

Should  the  temporary  character  of  our  government  bo  considered 
by  you  sufficient  ground  to  doul)t  its  ability  to  redeem  its  pledge, 
and  reasons  growing  out  of  its  peculiar  organ izatioi  be  deemed 
sufficient  to  prevent  the  recognition  of  its  acts  by  the  government 
of  the  United  States,  we  feel  it  our  duty,  as  private  individuals,  to 
inquire  to  what  extent,  and  on  what  terms,  advances  may  l»e  had 
of  the  honorable  Hudson's  Bay  Company  to  m'  et  the  wants  of  the 
force  the  authorities  of  Oregon  deem  it  their  duty  to  send  into  the 
field. 

With  .sentiments  of  the  highest  resiject,  allow  us  to  subscribe 
ourselves,  your  most  obedient  servants, 

(  Signed  ),  Jes.se  Appleoate, 

A.  L.  L()VE.iov, 
Geo.  Fj.  Cubuv. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAli. 


187 


The  tone  of  this  communication,  which  argued  in  its 
own  defense,  before  it  was  questioned,  clearly  shows  that 
a  negative  answer  was  apprehended.  Applegate,  who  had 
been  made  chairman  of  the  commission  on  account,  as 
mucli  of  his  friendship  for  and  high  standing  with  the 
officers  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  as  his  acknowl- 
edged abilities  and  patriotism,  was  sufficiently  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  internal  conditions  of  the  company  not 
to  be  greatly  disappointed  at  receiving  the  reply  of  the 
chief  factor. 

Fort  Vancouvek,  December  11,  1847. 
To  Jesae  Applegaie,  A.  L.  Lovejoy,  and  George  L.  Currjj,  EMiuircs: 

Gentlkmf:n  :  I  have  the  honor  of  your  communication  of  this 
(late,  and  have  given  an  attentive  perusal  to  the  docunients  accom- 
panying it.  With  a  deep  feeling  of  the  importance  of  the  object 
which  lias  procured  me  the  honor  of  your  present  visit,  and  tlie 
necessity  of  the  measures  contemplated  lor  the  punishment  of  the 
(.'ayuse  Indians,  and  for  the  future  protection  of  the  country,  I  can 
on  the  present  occasion  only  repeat  the  assurance  verbally  given  in 
our  conversation  of  yesterday,  that  I  have  no  authority  to  grant 
loans  or  make  any  advances  whatsoever  on  account  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  my  orders  on  that  point  l>eing  so  positive  that  I  can- 
not deviate  from  them  without  assuming  a  degree  of  responsibility 
which  no  circumstances  could  justify  to  my  own  mind.  It  is,  how- 
ever, within  thespiritand  letter  of  my  instructions  from  the  Hudson's 
Jiay  Company,  to  exert  their  whole  })Ower  and  influence  in  main- 
taining the  peace  of  the  country,  and  in  protecting  the  white  popu- 
lation from  Tndian  outrage.  The  force  equipped  and  dispatched  at 
their  sole  expense,  to  Walla  Walla,  under  the  command  of  Mr. 
Ogdeu,  immediately  on  receiving  the  intelligence  of  the  disastrous 
event  at  Waiilatpu,  is  an  earnest  of  our  attention  to  ihe  calls  of 
humanity.  The  object  of  that  expedition  is,  with  the  blessing  of 
God,  to  prevent  further  aggression,  to  rescue  the  women  and  chil- 
dren who  survived  the  massacre  from  the  hands  of  the  Indians,  and 
to  restore  them  to  their  afflicted  friends. 

Trusting  that  these  object«  may  be  successfully  accomplished,  I 
have  tiie  lionor,  etc., 

Jamks   DoUCiLAS,         , 
Chief  Factor  Hudson's  Bay  Company. 


For  this  attitude  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  the 
commissioners  were  not  unprepared,  and  had  already  re- 
solved upon  their  course  of  action,    (iovcrnor  Aborntithy, 


138 


TNDTAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


Jesse  Applegate,  and  A.  L.  Lovejoy  became  personally 
responsible  for  such  supplies  as  were  necessary  to  furnish 
and  forward  to  The  Dalles,  the  company  of  Oregon  rifle- 
men already  on  the  way.  The  amount  of  credit  thus 
obtained  was  within  a  few  cents  of  one  thousand  dollars. 
Thus  the  commissioners  set  the  example  of  self-sacrifice 
and  devotion  to  country. 

Before  leaving  Vancouver,  Governor  Abernethy  issued 
his  first  general  order  to  Captain  Lee,  of  the  volunteer 
company  on  its  way  to  The  Dalles,  in  language  as  fol- 
lows : — 

FoKT  Vancouvkk,  11th  December,  1847. 

Sir  :  On  receipt  of  this  you  will  M'ith  all  dispatch  proceed  with 
the  company  under  your  command  to  The  Dalles,  on  the  (Columbia 
river,  and  occupy  the  mission  station  there  until  otherwise  orderetl. 
As  the  Indians  in  that  neighborhood  are  friendly  to  the  whites, 
you  wil'  see  that  their  property  and  persons  are  not  molested,  at  the 
same  time  keeping  them  at  a  distance,  not  permitting  them  to 
crowd  into  the  camp.  If  they  have  any  business  in  the  camp,  as 
soon  as  this  business  is  disposed  of,  see  that  they  are  gently  con- 
ducted outside.  If  you  hear  of  any  property  in  the  neighborhood 
that  has  been  stolen  from  the  immigration,  endeavor  to  get  it  into 
your  charge,  keeping  an  exact  account  of  all  property  thus  obtained. 
1  remain,  sir,  yours  truly, 

Geo.  Abernethy, 
Governor  of  Oregon  Territorj'. 
ToCapt.  H.  A.  G.  Lee, 

First  Company,  Oregon  Riflemen. 

Returning  immediately  to  Oregon  City,  the  commission- 
er.s  called  a  meeting,  and  addressed  a  circular  to  the 
"merchants  and  citizens"  of  Oregon,  which  differed  from 
the  letter  to  Mr.  Douglas  only  in  the  concluding  para- 
grapliri,  which  were  couched  in  these  words: — 

Though  the  Indians  of  the  Columbia  have  connnitted  a  great 
outrage  upon  our  fellow-citizens  passing  through  their  country,  and 
residing  among  them,  and  their  punishment  for  these  murders  may, 
and  ought  to  be,  a  prime  object  with  every  citizen  of  Oregon,  yet, 
its  that  duty  more  particularly  devolves  upon  the  government  of 
the  United  States,  and  admits  of  delay,  we  do  not  make  this  the 
strongest  ground  upon  which  to  found  our  earnest  appeal  to  you  for 


i  '■ 


THE  GA  YUSE  WAR. 


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pecuniary  twsistance.  It  is  a  fact  well  known  to  every  person 
ac(iuainted  with  Indian  character,  that,  by  passing:  silently  over 
their  repeated  thefts,  robberies,  and  inurdei-s  of  our  fellow-citizens, 
they  have  been  emboldened  to  the  commission  of  the  appalling 
massacre  at  Walllatpu.  They  call  us  "women,"  destitute  of  the 
hearts  and  courage  of  men,  and  if  we  allow  this  wholesale  murder 
to  pass  by,  as  former  aggressions,  who  can  tell  how  long  either  life 
or  property  will  be  secure  in  any  nart  of  this  country,  or  at  what 
moment  the  Willamette  will  be  t)ie  scene  of  blood  and  carnage? 

The  officers  of  our  provisional  government  have  nobly  performed 
their  duty.  None  can  doubt  the  readiness  of  the  patriotic  sons  of 
the  wesi  to  offer  their  personal  services  in  defense  of  a  cause  so 
righteous.  Ho  it  rests  with  you,  gentlemen,  to  say  whether  our 
rights  and  our  firesides  shall  be  defended  or  not.  Hoping  that  none 
win  be  found  to  falter  in  so  high  and  so  sacred  a  duty,  we  beg  leave, 
gentlemen,  to  subscribe  ourselves  your  servants  and  fellow-cltlzens. 

Then  follow  the  names. 

A  letter  similar  to  the  foregoing  appeals  was  addressed 
to  Rev.  William  Iloberts,  superintendent  of  the  Oregon 
mission  (Methodist).     0  fourteenth  of  December  the 

commissioners  reported  a^  follows  to  the  legislature:  — 


To  the  Jfonorahic  LcgMative  Assi'vib/i/  of  Oregon  Terriiori/  : 

The  undersigned  commissioners  appointed  by  your  honorable 
body  for  the  purpose  of  negotiating  a  loan  to  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  an  act  to  authorize  the  governor  to  raise  ;  regiment  of 
volunteers,  etc.,  have  the  honor  to  Inform  you  that,  fully  realizing 
the  heavy  responsibilities  attached  to  this  situation,  and  the  pecu- 
liarly difficult  nature  of  their  duties,  they  at  once  determined  to  act 
with  promptness  and  energy,  and  to  leave  no  honorable  effort 
untried  that  might  have  a  tendency  to  a  successful  tcrminatloi'.  of 
this  undertaking.  They  accordingly  proceeded  to  Fort  Vancouver 
on  the  tenth  Instant,  and  there  addressed  a  communication  to  James 
Douglas,  chief  factor  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  a  copy  of 
which  (marked  A)  will  be  found  among  the  accompanying  docu- 
ments. The  commissioners  had  anticipated  the  unfavorable  reply 
of  Mr.  Douglas,  as  agent  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and  Its 
only  efTect  wa.s  to  heighten  their  zeal  and  to  occasion  them  stronger 
liojies  of  a  more  satisfactory  reliance  upon  the  citizens  generally  of 
our  common  country.  However,  two  of  the  conimissionei's,  with 
the  governor,  became  responsible  for  tL?  amouut  ot  the  outfit  for 
the  fii-st  regiment  of  Oregon  riflemen,  being  nine  hundred  and 
ninety-nine  dollars.    Not  at  all  disheartened  by  the  uasueeessful 


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isBue  of  their  inisdion,  the  cuiumiMsioners  returned  to  this  city  on 
the  thirteenth  inwtant,  and  tit  once  entered  into  negotiations,  the 
revelation  of  whicli  herewith  follows. 

It  will  lie  seen,  by  document  marked  (',  the  comudssioners, 
through  a  public  meeting  held  at  Oregon  City  on  the  night  of  the 
thirteenth  instant,  addressed  the  merchants  and  citizens  of  Oregon, 
at  which  meeting,  from  citizens  generally,  a  loan  of  about  one 
thousand  dollars  was  effected. 

Document  marked  D  will  show  the  corresiiondence  on  the  part 
of  the  commissioners  with  Rev.  Mr.  Roberts,  superintendent  of  the 
Oregon  miasiou.  The  negotiations  are  not  yet  concluded  entirely, 
yet  tlie  commissioners  feel  safe  in  reporting  a  loan  from  this  source 
of  one  thousand  dollars. 

The  couimissiouers  are  happy  to  state  that  they  have  succeeded 
in  negotiating  a  loan  of  one  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  from  the 
merchants  of  Oregon  City,  .with,  perhaps,  a  likelihood  of  further 
advance.  The  commissioners  feel  well  assured,  from  the  interest 
nuinifested  by  our  fellow-citizens  in  the  matter,  and  prompt  action 
they  have  proposed  to  tj«ke  in  several  counties  in  the  territory  (o 
assist  the  commissioners  in  the  successful  discharge  of  their  duties, 
that  the  government  will  ultimately  succeed  in  negotiating  an 
amount  ade(]uate  to  the  present  emergency  of  all'airs.  The  conuuis- 
sioners  would  beg  your  honorable  body,  witli  as  little  delay  as 
jiossible,  to  appoint  appraisers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  set  a  casli 
value  upon  produce  and  other  property,  wldcli  nniy  be  converted 
into  means  to  assist  the  government  in  its  present  oi)erations. 
Theiefore,  gentlemen,  as  we  lielieve  we  can  no  longer  be  useful  to 
our  fellow-citizens  as  a  board,  we  hope  to  l)e  i)ermitted  to  resign  our 
trust  into  tlie  liands  of  the  proper  accounting  officers  of  this  govern- 
ment. JKHSK  APHIjEOATK. 

A.  L.  LovKiov. 

(lEO.    L.    CUKKV. 

Tlie  resignation  of  the  first  board  of  loan  commissioners 
was  accepted,  and  a  resolution  of  thanks  adopted  by  the  leg- 
islature. A  second  board  was  appointed  on  the  twentieth, 
consisting  of  A.  L.  Lovejoy,  Hugh  Burns,  and  W.  IT  Will- 
son,  who  remained  iu  office  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

Eijuipping  a  regiment  for  ten  months  in  the  field,  with 
a  credit  of  less  than  five  thousand  dollars,  but  a  small  part 
of  which  was  in  cash,  was  what  the  Oregon  colonists  were 
now  comn.itted  to.  The  loans,  excepting  the  minimum  of 
money,  were  drawn  on  wheat  ( the  currency  of  the  country ), 
provisions  of  all  kinds,  arms,  ammunition,  leather,  cloth- 


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ing,  and  whatever  thing  could  he  converted  to  use  in  tlie 
commissary  and  quartermaster's  department.  A  system 
of  small  loans,  obtained  by  solicitors  who  gave  government 
bonds  for  what  they  received  at  prices  tixed  by  govern- 
ment appraisers,  was  the  means  next  resorted  to  by  the 
legislature  for  providing  the  sinews  of  war.  It  was  an  ex- 
pensive method,"  but  unavoidable,  nor  did  the  people 
shrink  from  contributing  in  this  manner  of  their  substance 
to  support  the  army  of  defense  which  was  to  save  the  re. 
mainder  of  their  properly  and  their  lives  from  destruction. 
Appraisers  were  ai)pointed  in  every  county  and  settlement 
who  valued  every  article  obtained,  from  a  horse  to  a  pound 
of  lead,  a  bridle  or  a  trail-rope,  of  which  some  examples 
will  be  given  hereafter. 

On  the  tenth  of  December,  before  visiting  \'ancouver, 
Mr.  Applegate  addressed  a  communication  to  the  legisla- 
ture, urging  the  necessity  of  immediately  dispatching  a 
messenger  to  Washington  to  acquaint  the  government  of 
the  United  States  with  the  condition  of  the  Oregon  colony, 
and  to  ask  assistance.  His  argument  was  that  such  a 
measure  would  inspire  the  capitalists  of  Oregon  to  make 
advances,  and  encourage  enlistment.  .. 

This  letter  of  Mr.  Applegate's  has  reference  to  the  dis- 
turbed political  condition  of  the  colony,  owing  to  a  strife 
between  the  missionary  element,  which  had  hitherto  con- 
trolled aflairs,  and  the  then  more  numerous  settler  popu- 
lation, each  being  desirious  of  securing  certain  objects, 
and  certain  offices,  whenever  the  federal  government 
should  see  fit  to  establish  a  territory  on  the  Tacific  coast. 
Governor  Abernethy,  the  head  of  the  mission  party,  had 
in  October,  privately  dispatched  .f.  (^uinn  Thornton  to 
Washington  to  look  after  the  interests  of  his  party,  which 
action,  when  it  became  known,  had  inspired  the  mass  of 
the  people,  not  adherents  of  the  missionary  faction  with  a 
rancor  not  before  felt,  and  which  influenced  the  tone  of 
the  legislature.     Aware  of  all  this,  Mr.  Applegate,  in  rec- 


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ommending  the  sending  of  a  messenger  to  congress,  ad- 
monished the  legislature  to  restrict  the  bearer  of  dispatches 
to  the  federal  government  from  carrying  any  communica- 
tion whatever  other  than  those  intruded  to  his  charge  hy 
that  l)ody,  or  official  documents  from  the  executive. 

"  That  such  restriction  is  necessary,"  he  wrote,  "  must  bo 
evident  to  your  honors,  when  you  take  ihto  consideration 
that  in  order  to  unite  the  whole  population  of  Oregon 
with  you  in  the  vigorous  prosecution  of  this  just  war,  and 
to  encourage  capitalists  to  advance  means  to  meet  its 
immediate  expeii'^es,  the  measures  furthering  this  object 
should  be  kept  entirely  separate  and  distinct  from  all  civil 
measures  and  partisan  feelings." 

The  same  day  Mr.  Nesmith  offered,  and  the  legislature 
adopted,  the  following  resolution :  "  Remlved,  That  in  view 
of  our  critical  situation  with  the  powerful  tribes  of  In- 
dians inhabiting  the  banks  of  the  Columbia,  and  with 
whom  we  are  actually  in  a  state  of  hostilities,  it  is  tiio 
duty  of  this  legislature  to  dispatch  a  special  mes.senger, 
as  soon  as  practicable,  to  Washington  City,  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  the  immediate  influence  and  pi'otection  of  the 
United  States  government  in  our  internal  affairs," — a  copy 
of  which  was  furnished  to  the  loan  commissioners,  with 
what  effect  we  have  seen. 

A  day  or  two  later,  Mr.  Nesmith  introduced  a  bill  pro- 
viding for  sending  a  special  messenger  to  the  United 
States,  which  the  legislature  passed  on  the  fifteenth,  and 
one  of  their  own  number — Joseph  L.  Meek,  a  fearless  and 
talented,  if  illiterate,  mountain  man,  was  selected  to  be  the 
bearer  of  dispatches  to  the  president  of  the  United  States 
and  a  memorial  to  congress. 

The  memorial,  prepared  by  a  committee  appointed  by 
the  legislature,  contained  these  pathetic  passages:  "Hav- 
ing called  upon  the  government  of  the  United  States  so 
often  in  vain,  we  have  almost  despaired  of  receiving  its 
protection.  *  *  *  We  have  the  right  to  expect  your  aid 
and  you  are  in  duty  bound  to  extend  it.     For  though  we 


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are  separated  from  our  native  land  by  a  range  ol'  moun- 
tains whose  lofty  altitudes  are  mantled  in  eternal  snows; 
although  three  thousand  miles,  nearly  two-thirds  of  which 
is  a  howling  wild,  lie  between  us  and  the  federal  capital, 
yet  our  hearts  are  unalienated  from  the  land  of  our  birth. 
Our  love  for  the  free  and  noble  institutions  under  which 
it  was  our  fortune  to  be  born  and  nurtured,  remains  un- 
abated. In  short,  we  are  Americans  still,  residing  in  a 
country  over  which  the  government  of  the  United  States 
has  the  sole  and  acknowledged  right  of  sovereignty;  and 
under  such  circumstances  we  have  the  right  to  claim  the 
benefit  of  its  laws  and  protection." 

The  bill  providing  for  a  messenger  authorized  him  to 
proceed  with  all  dispatch,  by  way  of  California,  to  Wash- 
ington City,  and  lay  before  the  executive  of  the  United 
States  such  official  communications  as  he  should  be 
charged  with.  It  required  him  to  take  an  oath  faithfully 
to  perform  his  duties  to  the  best  of  his  ability,  but  left 
him  to  be  compensated  by  the  government  of  the  United 
States;  authorizing  him  to  borrow,  if  he  could,  on  the 
faith  of  the  Oregon  government,  five  hundred  dollars  for 
his  expenses,  and  requiring  him  to  give  bonds  in  a 
thousand  dollars  for  the  faithful  execution  of  his  trust. 

The  borrowing  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  this  purpose, 
in  addition  to  the  amounts  secured  by  the  loan  commis- 
sioners, was  a  task  nearly  as  great  as  that  of  conveying 
the  official  documents  to  their  destination,  as  may  be 
learned  from  references  to  Meek's  efforts  in  letters  found 
in  the  Oregon  archives.  It  was  a  task  requiring  time  and 
industry,  and  often  failed  to  bear  the  hoped-for  fruit. 

Meek's  credentials  from  the  governor  wore  contained  in 
this  brief  letter  of  introduction :  — 


-•■'  Orkoon  City,  December  28,  1847. 

To  His  Excellency,  James  K.  Polk,  President  of  the  United  States: 

Sir  :  The  bearer,  Joseph  L.  Meek,  Esq.,  has  been  appointed  by 
the  legislature  of  Oregon  territory,  special  inessenger  tt)  carry  dis- 


TNDTAN  WARS   OF  OR  KG  ON. 


|i!it(;hcH  lo  WiiMliiiiglnii  City.    TIiIh  journey  will  be  an  unlunun  one, 

and  I  would  rocomincntl  him  to  tlic  ruvoruble  notice  of  your  uxccl- 

leni-y. 

I  Imve  the  honor  to  be,  etc., 

.       (iKOROK  AmKRNKTIIS-, 

Governor  of  Oregon. 

Mook,  like  most  of  the  men  nt  this  time  in  Oregon,  was 
ill  the  prime  of  life,  and  luul  a  young  family  to  provide 
for.  lie  could  not  stait  at  once  on  a  journey  of  several 
thousand  miles,  leaving  nothing  for  them  and  taking 
nothing  himself.  Neither  did  he  agree  with  the  governor 
as  to  the  route  best  to  be  pursued,  Abernethy  wishing  him 
to  go  to  California,  with  dispatches  for  (Jovernor  Mason, 
and  thence  east;  but  the  experienced  mountain  man  was  a 
better  judge  of  the  business  before  him  than  the  executive, 
and  chose  to  accompany  the  volunteers  to  the  seat  of  war, 
and  to  take  the  immigrant  route,  which  ho  had  been  one 
of  the  first  to  travel,  as  an  immigrant,  and  which  led 
through  ii  country  with  which  he  was  familiar.  This 
decision,  owing  to  various  impediments  in  ihe  way  of  tho 
army,  retarded  his  movements,  until  the  patience  of  the 
executive  was  exhausted,  as  we  shall  see  hereafter. 

( >n  the  twenty-fifth  of  December,  after  a  secret  session 
(if  the  legislature  to  confer  with  the  governor,  there  was 
issued  the  following  proclamation: —  ... 

in  conse(|uence  of  the  low  state  of  the  tinunces  of  thi»  country, 
and  the  tjeueral  impression  l)einjr  that  the  Indians  of  the  upper 
country  were  not  united,  a  sm;ill  force  was  tliougiil  «utllcient  to 
proceed  to  Walla  Walla  to  punish  the  Cayuse  Indian  nd  a  proc- 
lamation was  issued  by  me  asking  for  one  hundred  men,  s  Me  whidi 
infornuition  has  been  received  here  which  leads  to  the  belief  that  the 
Indians  have  united,  and  the  force  ordered  out  in  that  ca.se  be  in  j; 
insufficient,  I  therefore  call  on  the  citizens  of  the  territory  to  furnisli 
five  hundred  men,  and  appoint  the  following  iiei-sons  brevet  captains 
to  enroll  such  citizens  as  may  wish  to  enlist,  viz.,  Wesley  Shannon, 
John  Ford,  and  Thomas  McKay,  (Jhampoeg  county;  .lohn  Owens, 
Wm.  Williams,  and  John  Stewart,  Polli  county;  IMiilip  Tl»omi)8on, 
(leorge  Nelson,  and  Felix  Scott,  Yamhill  county;  Isaac  W.  Smith, 
and  Benjamin  (i.  Tucker,  Tualatin  county;  James  Officer,  (Mack- 


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nman  ooiinty.    The  enlietmentti  to  be  for  hIx  nionthn,  unlem  nooner 
diHchtirged  by  proclamation. 

Each  man  will  fUrnish  IiIh  own  home,  arms,  clothing,  and 
blanket^.  The  oompanieH  will  l)ring  all  the  ammunition,  percusHion 
caps,  and  camp  equipage  they  oaii,  for  which  they  will  receive  a 
receipt  from  the  coramlBsary-general.  Colonel  Cornelius  Gilliam 
will  remain  at  Oregon  City  until  the  ttrat  companies  arrive  at  Port- 
land, when  he  will  take  command,  and  proceed  forthwith  to  Walla 
Walla.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Jamea  Waters  will  remain  until  tlie 
H'ar  cotnpanieH  arrive  at  or  near  Portland,  when  he  will  take  com- 
mand and  proceed  to  Walla  Walla. 

Companies  will  rendezvouH  at  Portland,  or  opposite  Portland  ou 
or  i)efore  the  eighth  day  of  January,  184fi.  Whenever  a  nufflcient 
number  of  volunteers  arrive  on  the  ground  at  Portland  they  will 
organize  and  proceed  to  elect  their  oflRcers,  viz.,  one  captain,  one 
flrst  lieutenant,  one  second  lieutenant,  one  orderly  sergeant,  and  four 
duty  sergeants. 

Companies  will  conslHt  of  elghty-flve  men,  rank  and  file.  If  any 
company  should  1m>  formed  in  the  counties  nmaller  or  larger,  they 
will  he  regulated  after  they  arrive  on  the  ground. 

As  the  commissary-general  will  not  be  able  to  furnish  a  sufficient 
quantity  of  provisions  f(»r  the  army,  the  citizens  of  the  territory  are 
called  on  to  deliver  to  liis  agents  all  the  provisions  they  can,  that 
the  operations  of  the  troops  may  not  Ije  impeded  for  want  of  pro- 
visions. Agents  will  be  appointed  by  him  at  Salem,  Yamhill  Ferry, 
Chanipoeg,  Butte,  and  Portland. 

In  witness  whereof,  [  have  signed  my  name  and  affixed  the  seal 
of  the  territory  at  Oregon  City,  this  twenty-flftli  day  of  December, 
1847. 

Georur  Abernethv. 

■  - /■■.'■ 

Two  (lays  later  A.  L.  Lovejoy  was  elected  by  the  legis- 
lature to  the  office  of  adjutant-general,  and  Commissary- 
General  Palmer  was  made  also  superintendent  of  Indian 
affairs. 

While  Meek  was  making  haste  slowly,  in  the  matter  of 
carrying  dispatches  to  Washington,  Governor  Abernethy 
prepared  to  execute,  or  cause  to  be  executed,  his  purpose 
of  sending  an  express  to  California. 

The  legislature  had  passed  resolutions  requiring  —  first, 
the  drafting  of  a  letter  to  the  American  consul  at  the 
Sandwich  Islands, "  representing  our  affairs,  and  imploring 
anv  assistance  which  he  mav  be  able  to  render" — the  com- 


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rnittee  consisting  of  Nesmith,  Rico,  and  Rector;  second, 
the  commander-in-chief  of  the  naval  and  land  forces  in 
California  way  'requested  to  furnish  us  all  the  assistance 
in  his  power,  not  inconsistent  with  his  instructions,  or  his 
duty  to  his  country;"  and,  third,  that  a  copy  of  the  pre- 
ceding resolution  should  be  sent  to  the  commander  in- 
chief  in  California. 

On  the  twenty-seventh  of  January,  the  governor  for- 
warded to  Jesse  Applegate  these  documents,  with  a  letter 
instructing  hiu;  if  he  could  not  go  on  this  mission,  to  em- 
ploy some  other  person.  The  following  is  the  governor's 
letter: —  ,/  ! 

Oregon  City,  January  25, 1848. 

Dear  Sir  :  As  Mr.  J.  Ij.  Meek  is  still  at  The  Dalles,  and  does 
not  intend  going  to  Califorri:;,  Rev,  H.  H.  Spalding  propixwjd  ad- 
vancing a  sum  not  exceeding  Ave  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  at 
Vancouver  nny  time  after  March  twentieth  next,  for  the  purpase  of 
sending  a  messenger  with  dispatches  to  California.  I  immediately 
proposed  you  as  the  man,  and  as  the  Vancouver  funds  will  just 
answer  your  purpose,  and  can  at  the  same  time  render  essential  ser 
vice  Xfi  this  country  by  informing  tbo  proper  authorities  of  California 
of  oursitu.'ition,  I  see  nothing  in  the  way  to  prevent  your  immediate 
departure.  If  you  conciude  to  go,  let  me  know  how  much  you  will 
require  to  lit  out  the  missio?/.  If  a  government  vessel  c(  nies up  soon 
you  can  revurn  on  her. 

I  received  a  letter  from  Major  Lee  last  Sunday,  in  which  he  in- 
forms me  briefl;' ,  he  has  had  a  stcirmish  with  the  Indians  who  v  ere 
running  oil"  the  cattle.  Some  of  our  men  wenl  to  bring  them  back, 
not  seeing  but  two  or'three  Indians ;  hut.  twenty-flve  of  them  were 
hidden  among  the  hills  and  ro'ks.  Fortunately,  more  men  .rere 
sent  out,  when  a  fire  was  openi.  upon  them,  and  a  running  fight 
vook  place.  One  of  our  party  was  woundtd  in  the  leg.  It  wjw* 
thought  some  of  the  Indians  were  killed,  ?a  two  horses  saddled  Mere 
left  on  the  field.  Soon  after  thit',  our  own  men  being  out  on  an  ex- 
^d'Hon,  brought  in  about  sixty  horses,  so  this  puts  the  party  on 
horseb  oVi. 

Thus  you  see  the  war  is  openin.:  a"d  the  Indians  are  uniting 
against  the  Amorlcaiis.  You  cannot  set  forth  in  too  strong  a  light 
tue  absolute  r.ocesf  .ty  of  a  mau-of-v/ar  being  seiit  forthwith.  We  see 
that  the  Indians  look  on  the  Hudoon's  Bay  Company  as  friends ;  on 
the  Americans  as  enemies;  ('athoUos  .•omain  unhn  rrned  among  them; 
Protes'ants  are  murdered.  Why  that  is  so  I  cannot  say;  but  that 
it  is  so,  we  all  know.    Mr.  Spalding  says  that  the  Indians  say  that 


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147 


no  American  or  Protestant  shall  live  a  noug  them.  They  know 
they  murdered  both  AmericanH  and  Froteutants.  I  should  like  to 
see  you  before  you  start,  but  this  would  be  wasting  time.  This 
package  contains  letters  and  pajiers  for  Commodore  Shubrick  and 
Governor  Mason.  I  have  not  time  to  write  any  more,  but  hope  to 
learn  in  a  few  dttys  that  you  have  left,  and  I  hope  you  will  succeed 
in  inducing  a  man-ot'-war  to  visit  us.  Should  you  need  a  small  sum 
in  advance,  you  can  draw  on  me,  and  1  will  draw  on  Mr.  Spalding 
for  the  amount.  Remember  you  will  be  going  south  and  getting 
into  a  warmer  climate. 

J  remain  yours  truly,  Gko.  Abbrnethy, 

•  Governor  of  Oregon. 

To  Jesse  Applegate. 

No  man  in  the  colony  was  more  capable  in  every  way 
of  undertaking  such  a  mission  tlian  Mr.  Applegate.  United 
to  physical  strength  were  the  scientific  attainments  of  u 
practical  surveyor,  the  culture  of  a  man  of  letters,  and  the 
bearing  to  make  him  respected  by  men  of  affairs.  Although 
belonging  to  the  settlers'  party  in  politics,  his  patriotism 
overtopped  all  partisan  feeling,  and  he  bent  every  energy 
to  accomplish  the  common  goor'.  Abernethy  could  not 
have  selected  more  wisely  a  bearer  of  dispatches  of  such 
importance.  Having  accepted  the  trust,  he  set  aboiit  his 
prept  rations"  without  loss  of  time.  We  find  him  writing 
to  General  Palmer,  February  second,  "The  party  from  the 
institute  (Salem)  with  our  blankets  have  not  arrived,  but 
we  start  in  the  morning,  blankets  or  not."  How  much  he 
had  the  coui: try's  interest  at  heart  is  revealed  in  the  clos- 
ing paragraph  of  the  same  letter:  "I  intended  before  my 
departure  to  have  written  at  length  to  you  on  the  f;ubject 
of  the  treaty  with  the  Indians,  but  time  presses,  and  the 
hurry  of  departure,  and  the  anxiety  I  feel  in  regard  of 
my  private  business  and  the  safety  of  ray  wife  and  family, 
unnts  my  mind  for  calm  investigation.  Of  one  thing  rest 
assured,  I  hat  I  have  the  strongest  faith  in  your  devotion  to 
the  cauL,e  of  our  country,  your  sound  sense,  and  cool  judg- 
ment ;  and  whether  you  are  successful  or  not,  I,  for  one  at 

0  James  M.  Fulkennn  was  th'9  asitiHtant  commissary  lu  Polk  county,  who  made  the 
purchases  for  the  California  expedition.  He  receired  his  appointment  though  Ap- 
plegate. 


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TNhUN  WARS  OF  OLEGON. 


least,  will  consider  >ou  deserving  of  success."  Also,  "I 
have  written  to  Newell  on  the  subject  of  the  Indian  war. 
Perhaps  you  will  see  the  letter." 

The  expedition  consisted  of  sixteen  men,  namely,  Levi 
8cott,  captain  of  the  escort,  Jesse  Applegate,  beai'er  of  dis- 
patches, .James  M.  Fields,  John  Minto,  Walter  Monteith, 
Thomas  Monteith,  James  Lemon,  William  ( Jilliam,  George 
F.  Hibbler,  A.  £.  Robinson,  J.  M.  Scott,  William  J.  J. 
Scott,  Solomon  Tetherow,  Joseph  Waldo,  James  Campbell, 
and  E.  C.  Dice.^ 

The  attempt  to  carry  an  express  to  California  in  mid- 
winter, was  a  hazardous  one  even  for  a  party  composed  of 
mountain  men,  trained  to  overcome  the  vicissitudes  of 
travel  at  all  seasons.  Scott  and  Tetherow  were  men  of  a 
large  experience,  but  the  others  were  chiefly  young  men, 
new  to  the  frontier,  and  although  brave  to  meet  dangers 
Id  w'lich  they  were  accustomed,  unfit  to  encounter  tho 
teixots  of  the  wilderness  in  its  most  repellant  mood. 

There  were  at  this  date  no  settlements  south  of  Lane 
county.  The  whole  country  was  soaked  with  rains,  except 
at  an  elevation  great  enough  to  turn  the  rain  to  snow. 
The  route  to  California  lay  through  that  region  roamod 
over  by  the  Molallas,  Klamaths,  Rogue  River,  and  Shasta 
Indians,  making  it  necessary  to  stand  guard  at  night  to 
prevent  their  horses  being  stolen.  But  the  party  refused 
to  regard  themselves  as  "martyrs  to  their  country's  cause," 
and  took  enjoyment  from  spying  out  the  land  which  wa.s 
to  flow  with  milk  and  honey  for  their  descendants  if  not 
for  themselves. 

"Around  the  evening  camp-fire,"  says  John  Minto,  "wo 
listened  to  the  sage  utterances  of  our  chief,  whose  dis- 
courses on  political  and  natural  science  were  a  valued  en- 
tertainment, varying  this  with  the  songs  of  Tom  Moore, 
sung  by  Fields  and  myself,  and  echoed  in  the  hearts  of 

"Applegate  mui  Minto  givi-  only  sixtepu  UBUiex,  wliilo  (In-  niUHter  roll  kIvom 
ciRhteen.  Minto  uiyH  that  he  went  an  n  nubHtltute  for  KvanH ;  and  others  may  havp 
failed  after  enllHtlnR.  John  W.  Owena,  mentioned  by  .'Vpplegatc.  went  with  the 
array  to  Watllatpu,  and  thrre  Joined  Meelc'scx|ieilitlon. 


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149 


all  —  for  who  has  written  songs  like  the  Irish  bard  ? " 
Two  weeks  were  spent  in  reaching  the  foot  of  the  Siski- 
you range  of  mountains;  and  liere  defeat  if  not  worse  was 
presented  to  them.  It  was  evident  that  the  horses  could 
not  be  taken  over  the  extraordinary  depth  of  snow  between 
Rogue  river  valley  and  Klamath  lake.  The  situation  now 
became  one  of  extreme  gravitv.  From  a  letter  addressed 
by  Mr.  Applegatc  to  the  writer  of  these  pages,  the  follow- 
ing extracts  are  made,  as  an  interesting  contribution  to 
tiie  history  of  this  period: — 


To  give  up  the  expe<litioii  and  return  without  further  eft'ort  was 
not  to  be  thought  of.  Abandon  the  horses  and  outfit,  and  continue 
the  journey  on  foot  we  could  aot,  for  many  of  the  party  were  un- 
equal to  so  laboriou.s  an  undertalting ;  and  to  attempt  to  talte  them 
with  us  would  Ko  delay  the  party  us  to  cause  us  all  to  starve  together, 
thereby  defeating  the  purpose  of  the  expedition.  ••  *  *  It  was 
urged  that  half  our  number,  or  even  ten  would  be  too  small  a  party 
to  stand  guard  on  the  n\arch,  unless  Scott  and  his  son  John  were 
with  them.  I  believe  it  possible,  with  Tetberow,  the  two  Scotts, 
and  the  two  Monteiths,  to  run  the  gauntlet  of  the  Indians,  over- 
come the  natural  obstacles,  and  some  one  of  the  six  reach  Sutter's 
Kort ;  and  if  thereby  we  saved  Oregon  from  the  tomahawk  and 
scalping  knife  of  the  .savage,  the  survivors,  if  any,  would  deserve 
well  of  their  country,  and  those  who  fell  would  die  in  the  perform- 
ance t)f  u  liigh,  holy,  and  patriotic  duty.  But  I  could  not  have 
these  chosen  companions.  '■'  *  *  When  a  division  of  the  company 
was  eflVcted,  the  two  Scotts,  Waldo,  Campbell,  Dice,  Hibbler,  and 
(I  thi'.k)  Owens,  were  to  return  witli  the  horses.  Tetherow,  the 
two  MontcUhs,  Lemon,  Minto,  Robinson,  Fields,  and  myself  were 
to  continue  on  foot.  ■•  *  *  The  only  thing  known  by  any  of  the 
party  about  snowshoes  was  that  \  had  once  seen  a  pair  used  by  the 
northern  Indians  for  going  on  loose  snow.  We  aimed  to  imitate 
tlu'st^  shoes,  but  could  get  nothing  in  the  vicinity  of  our  camp  better 
tluin  willow  for  the  bows;  nor  for  weaving  tie  meshes  than  strings 
cut  from  old  rawhide,  which  on  trial  were  found  altogether  too  weak 
U)  sustain  our  weight  upon  tlie  snow.  E'vch  man  had  a  pack  of  ten 
days'  provi.sioiirtof  tiourand  bacon,  some  salt,  ammunition,  a  blanket, 
a  pair  of  extra  socks,  a  heavy  rifle  and  a  pistol,  all  of  the  weight  of 
fifty  [)oundH  —  t lie  packs  being  carried  on  our  backs.  ^^  *  *  At 
lengtli  all  were  ready,  and  I  led  the  way  as  guide.  Our  route  lay  up 
Jennie  i-reek,  about  a  ndle  north  of  the  present  road  to  the  lake 
country.  Through  all  that  long  day,  as  often  as  I  looked  behind 
me  to  see  what  prugn-ss  my  uonipauious  were  making,  I  never  once 


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INDIAN  WABS  OF  OREGON. 


:;^i"':J 


Haw  them  all  at  the  same  time;  some  were  slowly  aud  painfully 
making  their  way,  others  with  unly  a  head  or  leg  above  the  snow, 
and  others  entirely  hidden  under  it.  Ludicrous  as  the  accidents 
sometimes  were,  the  situation  vas  far  too  serious  for  laughter  or 
even  conversation;  it  was  a  funeral  procession  where  each  mourner 
expected  himself  to  be  a  corpse. 

The  February  sun  shone  bright  through  the  day  and  softened  the 
snow  on  top ;  but  as  night  approached  it  became  intensely  cold.  A 
clump  of  dead  aspens  furnished  us  firewood,  and  a  huge  Lambert 
pine  broke  away  a  little  of  the  keenness  of  the  wind  from  our  camp ; 
but  it  was  too  cold  to  sleep  in  our  single  blankets ;  and  around  that 
stick  fire  were  discussed  subjectn  the  gravest  that  it  ever  falls  to  the 
lot  of  man  to  consider. 

The  last  to  ,  rrive  in  camp  was  James  Fields.  He  was  a  large, 
rather  fleshy  man,  weighing  over  two  hundred  pounds.  He  carried 
an  extra  heavy  pack  and  rifle,  so  that  his  snowshoes  had  to  sustain 
a  weight  of  about  three  hundred  pounds.  As  soon  as  the  duties  of 
the  camp  were  completed,  Mr.  Fields  addressed  the  expedition  to 
the  following  effect :  "It  is  my  painful  duty,  gentlemen,  to  an- 
nounce that  I  can  accompany  you  no  further  on  this  expedition. 
It  has  been  only  by  the  assistance  I  have  received  from  others,  and 
the  fortunate  crusting  of  the  trail  this  evening  that  I  am  able  to 
camp  with  you  tonight,  not  two  miles  from  the  place  of  starting. 
It  is  impossible  for  me  to  accomplislt  the  remaining  twenty  miles 
of  snow  that  we  know  lies  before  us  on  this  mountain.  I  regret 
that  I  volunteered  upon  this  walking  expedition,  not  so  much 
because  of  the  loss  of  my  own  life,  as  that  by  overrating  my  ability 
to  perform  it  I  occupy  the  place  of  some  laetter  man,  where  men 
are  already  too  few.  Bv,fore  I  joined  this  ex})edition  in  the  Walla- 
met  valley  I  fully  understood  the  gravity  of  the  undertaking. 
Against  the  performance  of  so  great  an  object  T  weighed  my  own 
life  aa  nothing;  in  fact,  if  one  only  of  the  party  should  reach  the 
end  of  the  journey,  and  the  rest  fell  by  the  way,  the  object  of  the 
expedition  would  be  cheaply  obtained.  My  loss  will,  I  know,  in- 
crease your  dangers  and  hardships ;  but  I  yield  to  inexorable  cir- 
cumstances. I  will  get  ofT  the  snow  in  the  morning  while  the  trail 
is  hard,  and  take  Tny  chances  alone  with  famine  and  the  savages. 
I  am  not  so  pusillanimous  as  to  die  in  this  (lamp,  or  throw  my  life 
away  without  an  effort." 

This  speech  was  reeeivetl  in  profound  silence.  No  man  ventured 
to  express  what  was  in  his  heart,  lest  he  should  be  alone.  When 
the  silence  was  broken,  Tetherow  alone  remained  firm  to  the  expe- 
dition. With  him  alone,  brave,  strong,  and  )M>werfUI  as  I  knew 
him  to  l)e,  I  felt  success  was  impossible.  W»'  should  be  not  only 
throwing  away  our  lives  uselessly  in  the  attempt,  but  the  lives  of 
the  young  men  with  us,  who  were  as  hi'lpiess  to  go  hmjk  without  us 
as  we  to  go  forward  without  them.    A  vote  was  then  taken  on  two 


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151 


propt)Bition8  —  first,  to  leave  Mr.  Fields  to  his  fate  and  proceed, 
Fields  voting  "aye"  and  the  others  "no;"  second,  to  divide  the 
party  equally  and  go  on,  Fields  voting  "  no  "  with  the  rest,  Ijecause 
he  believed  a  division  of  the  party  would  cause  the  destruction  of 
JDoth  parts.  *  *  *  I  shall  always  honor  Fields  as  the  most  de- 
voted and  illustrious  patriot  I  have  ever  met. 

The  party  turned  back  the  following  morning,  and  by 
forced  marches  overtook  the  mounted  division  in  a  couple 
of  days,  returning  with  them  to  their  homes,  and  all  hope 
of  land  communication  with  California  was  abandoned. 
The  only  vessel  leaving  the  Columbia  river  during  the 
winter  was  the  English  bark  Janet,  bound  to  the  Sand- 
w^ich  Islands,  nor  was  there  any  American  vessel  in  the 
river  before  March.  The  colonists  were  left,  really  as  rhe- 
torically, to  light  their  own  battles.  How  they  performed 
this  duty  will  be  seen  in  the  following  chapters. 


CHAPTER  VII. 


'■W' 


•  i 


Election  of  Army  Officbrs  by  thk  Leuislaturk  —  Appointment  by  thk  Oovbrnor 
OF  A  Pbacb  Commission  —  Its  Object— Thb  Sale  of  Firbarms  to  the  Indians 
Prohibited— Attitude  of  tub  Sbttlerh  Towards  the  Indians  — Febuno  To- 
wards the  Hudson's  Bay  Company- Complaint  Against  Oudbn— Attitude  or 
The  Dalles  Indians  — Fort  Gilliam  — First  Skirmish  with  the  Enem^  -  Con- 
dition of  Public  Sentiment  —  Colonel  Gilliam's  Hostility  to  the  Fur  Compaky 
—  Letter  of  James  OoutiLAs  — Reply  of  Uovebnor  Abbbnetuy- Dbfarturi'. 
forthbSeatofWar- Of.neralObdebs— ThbCommissarv-GbnebalandPeaci. 
Commissioner  at  Fort  Gilliam  —  Arrival  at  Thb  Oallf^:— Gilliam  Uispliasbd 
—Orders  the  Army  Forward— The  Cayuses  Attack,  and  Oppose  the  Crossinu 
of  the  Umatilla— Arrival  at  Waiilatfu  —  Avoioancb  or  the  Indians  by  the 
Commander  —  Departure  ok  Meek's  Party  for  Washington  —  A  Council  Held 
with  THE  Indians— Battle  of  the  Touchet  — Death  op  Gilliam— Promotion 
OP  Lee  to  the  Command  of  the  Army. 

It  is  time  now  to  turn  to  the  military  operations  of  the 
Oregon  government.  Among  the  doings  of  the  legislature 
which  referred  to  its  attitude  towards  the  Cayuses,  after 
authorizing  the  governor  to  raise  a  regiment  of  volunteers, 
was  the  election  hy  that  body  of  regimental  officers,  which 
resulted  in  making  Cornelius  Gillip.n,  colonel-command- 
ant; James  Waters,  lieutenant-colonel;  H.  A.  G.  Lee,  major, 
and  Joel  Palmer,  commissary-general.  On  the  same  day, 
December  fourteenth,  and  before  the  letter  of  Bishop  Blan- 
chet  had  been  written,  recommending  to  the  governor  this 
identical  course  (which  had  first  been  suggested  by  the 
Nez  Perces),  a  resolution  was  passed  "that  a  delegation  of 
three  persons  be  appointed  by  this  house  to  proceed  imme- 
diately to  Walla  Walla,  and  hold  a  council  with  the  chiefs 
and  principal  men  of  the  various  tribes  on  the  Columbia, 
to  prevent,  if  possible,  the  coalition  with  the  Cayuse  tribe 
in  the  present  difficulties."  The  appointment  of  these  com- 
missioners was,  however,  left  to  the  governor,  who  named 
Joel  Palmer,  Robert  Newell,  and  Major  H.  A.  G.  Lee,  than 
whom  no  more  competent  men  for  this  duty  could  have 
been  selected  among  the  Americans,  and  much  was  hoped 
from  their  sagacious  handling  of  the  Indian  intelligence. 

(IM) 


■«■»• 


THE   GAYUSE  WAR. 


ir.3 


it  will  be  remembered  that  the  prisoners  in  the  hands 
of  the  Cayuses  were  not  liberated  until  the  last  of  Decem- 
ber, and  did  not  arrive  until  the  tenth  of  January.     Pre- 
vious to  this  date  all  that  was  known  of  events  in  the 
upper  country  was  what  had  been  communicated  in  Mr. 
McBean's  letter  of  November  thirtieth,  and  although  the 
determination  to  punish  the  murderers  was  firmly  fixed 
in  the  public  mind,  it  was  not  thought  wise  to  make  any 
warlike  movement  to  excite  the  Columbia  river  Indians, 
but  only  to  send  one  company  to  The  Dalles  to  preserve 
the  property  of  the  mission  at  that  place,  and  [prevent  the 
loss  of  immigrant  property  left  there  in  charge  of  certain 
friendly  Indians  to  await  the  opening  of  spring,  when  it 
could  be  removed  to  the  Wallamet  valley.    The  appoint- 
ing of  peace  commissioners  was  a  measure  resorted  to  with 
the  purpose  to  disabuse  the  Indian  mind  of  any  prejudice 
against  the  Americans  which  the  Cayuses  were  supposed 
to  be  laboring  to  create;  and  also,  to  prevent  any  coalition 
between  the  Indians  east  of  the  mountains  and  those  still 
resident  in  the  Wallamet,  for  there  was  much  alarm  felt 
among  the  settlers  in  remote  sections,  who  watched  every 
movement  of  their  dusky  neighbors  with  suspicion,  and 
often  with  terror.     Many  of  the  children  of  pioneers  still 
revert  with  horror  to  nights  when  they  feared  to  go  to  sleep, 
and  when  the  father  of  the  household  kept  watch  beside 
his  arms,  not  knowing  but  their  safety  depended  on  his 
sleeplessness.    The  Indians  took  advantage  of  this  state  of 
things  to  exhibit  unusual  insolence,  and  even  to  make 
threats  and  circulate  terrifying  rumoi*s.    The  object  of  a 
peace  commission  was  to  defeat  any  attempts  to.continue 
these  mischievous  influences  and  prevent  their  becoming 
actual  hostilities. 

The  legislature  also  passed  an  act  prohibiting  the  sale 
of  firearms  and  ammunition  to  the  lidians.  (This  act 
was  modified  by  the  legislature  of  1849  as  unjust  to  a  peo- 
ple whicli  lived  by  the  chase,  and  whose  sustenance  was 
being  cut  ofl'  by  the  spoliations  of  the  su!)erior  nue.) 


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TNDTAN  WA].S  OF  OREGON. 


There  is  nothing  more  convincingly  apparent  in  the 
conduct  of  the  early  settlers  of  Oregon  than  that  they 
were  not  wilfully  cruel  to  the  natives.  If  there  were  race 
wars,  it  was  not  because  one  race  sought  to  exterminate 
the  other  from  unreasoning  hatred,  but  from  that  incom- 
patibility of  interests  which  always  exists  between  savage 
and  civilized  men.  The  iron  wheel  of  progress  never 
stops  because  the  weaker  is  being  crushed  by  it;  it  only 
presses  on,  while  the  strong  grows  stronger  by  mere  force 
of  circumstances,  and  without  obvious  intention.  Thus 
while  Americans  of  European  descent  struggled  with  and 
overcame  nearly  insurmountable  difficulties  on  the  north- 
west coast,  the  more  numerous  but  inferior  children  of 
the  soil  perished  because  of  them,  but  not  by  their  design. 
The  Indians  themselves  perceived,  in  a  blind  sort  of  way, 
the  hand  of  destiny,  and  often  prophesied  that  they  should 
all  be  dead  before  they  enjoyed  even  the  doubtful  benefits 
of  adoption  by  the  United  States  government — "and  then 
what  good  will  blankets  do  us?"  they  asked. 

The  more  intelligent  of  the  Americans  realized  that  a 
general  Indian  war  meant  to  them  infinite  horrors,  and  to 
the  Indians  ultimate  exte^'mination,  and  that  the  best 
interests  of  both  would  be  subserved  by  peace.  The  Hud- 
son's bay  officers  had  every  motive  to  desire  peace  that 
the  Americans  had,  and  the  additional  one,  that  war 
would  destroy  the  company's  business.  They  believed 
that  the  terrible  event  which  brought  on  the  crisis  might 
have  and  should  have  been  avoided  by  the  missionaries; 
and  that  the  sacrifice  of  a  few  individual  interests  should 
not  have  weighed  against  the  welfare  or  safety  of  the 
whole  American  population  in  the  country.  The  expres- 
sion, though  carefully  guarded,  of  this  sentiment,  caused 
in  many  minds  a  feeling  of  bitter  resentment  against  the 
company,  and  coupled  with  the  company's  refusal  to 
furnish  means  to  carry  on  the  war,  led  many  of  the  un- 
thinking and  the  prejudi(  ed  to  believe  that  the  extermi- 
nation of  the  Americans  would  have  been  agreeable  to 


THE  0AYU8E  WAR. 


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the  English  corporation,  from  whom  so  many  acts  of 
neighborly  kindness  had  been  received. 

The  company  of  forty-five  men,  under  Captain  H.  A.  G. 
Lee,  had  pushed  forward  to  The  Dalles  immediately  after 
receiving  its  outfit  at  Vancouver,  in  order  to  jirotect  the 
property  of  the  mission  at  that  place,  and  to  keep  open  a 
line  of  communication  with  the  Walla  Walla  valley.  In 
Lee's  first  letter  to  the  governor,  he  made  complaint  that 
Mr.  Ogden,  in  passing  down  with  the  captives,  paid  for 
the  usual  services  of  the  Indians  at  that  place  with  the 
customary  few  charges  of  powder  and  ball ;  but  not  to 
have  done  so  would  have  been  to  give  serious  offense,  and 
to  have  furnished  an  excuse  for  joining  the  Cajuses 
against  all  the  white  population  in  the  country.' 

Lee  wrote  that  the  Indians  about  The  Dalles  appeared 
friendly,  and  to  have  committed  no  hostile  acts  except 
thefts  of  goods  belonging  to  the  immigrants,  which,  on 
the  advent  of  an  armed  force,  they  hastened  to  restore, 
with  professions  of  good  will. 

Siletza,  a  Des  Chutes  chief,  was,  however,  regarded  as  a 
suspect,  although  he  does  not  appear  to  have  deserved  it; 
and  Thomas,  a  Dalles  Indian,  entrusted  with  the  guardian- 

I  In  bl!i  private  correspondence  with  I^ee,  Qovernor  Abernetby  anid :  "I  regret 
Mr.  Ogden'g  course,  paying  powder  and  ball  to  the  Indians":  Oregon  Archirts,  MS., 
Sfil  That  there  was  a  disposition  to  criticise  Ogden,  on  Lee's  part  appears  from  an- 
other letter  of  the  governor,  in  which  he  remarlcs :  "  Mr.  Canlicld,  I  believe  it  wa.<<, 
says  you  are  mistalcen  as  to  Mr.  Ogden's  rehiaric,  as  he  was  present,  lie  bays  Mr. 
Ogden  meant  our  party  of  fifty  men  would  be  insuflicient.  He  made  no  remarks 
down  here  calculated  to  stop  the  enterprise,  in  my  presence":  Oregon  Archivei, 
MS.,  MiO.  In  a  letter  to  Dr.  W.  F.  Tolmie,  in  charge  of  Fort  Nisqually,  Douglas  in- 
structed him  08  follows  January  eighteenth  :  "  The  legislature  has  passed  a  law 
prohibiting  the  sale  of  powder,  lead,  and  caps  to  all  lndian.<<.  I  consider  it  ii  danger- 
ous measure,  which  will  ezuile  the  Indians  more  and  more  against  tlic  Awrriraiis ; 
tliuy  will  starve  without  ammunition,  and  distress  may  drive  them  to  dangerous 
courses.  They  will  prey  uixin  the  settlements  aud  slaughter  cattle  when  they  can 
no  longer  hunt  the  deer.  Represent  this  to  the  Newmarket  men.  (  American  set- 
tlers at  Tumwater  on  the  south  end  of  Puget  Sound.)  It  is  oppression,  not  kindness, 
that  will  drive  the  Indians  to  acts  of  hostility.  Use  all  your  influence  to  protect  the 
Newmarket  people,  and  tell  them  to  be  kind  and  civil  to  the  Indians.  I'se  your  dis- 
cretion aliout  the  powder  and  lead  prohibition  ;  you  need  not  enforce  the  law  if  it 
endangers  the  safety  of  the  country.  The  Americans  about  this  place  are  all  ex- 
claiming against  it,  and  are  serving  out  powder  to  the  Indians  themselves,  to  protect 
their  stock.  You  ought,  in  my  opinion,  to  get  the  fort  enclosed  immediately,  and 
bastions  put  up  at  two  of  the  corners.  If  your  own  people  are  not  sutUcient,  hire 
hands  to  assist  you  ;  the  sooner  that  precaution  is  taken,  the  better." 


mo 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OHKaON. 


shin  of  the  immigrant  wagons  and  property  left  at  Barlow's 
gate  of  the  mountains,  was  also  considered  troacherous  by 
Dr.  Henry  Saffarans,  Indian  agent  at  The  Dalles  by  ap- 
pointment of  Governor  Abernethy,  but  without  apparent 
justification  at  this  time,  as  he  was  retained  in  service  by 
the  volunteers,  and  proved  a  useful  auxiliary .- 

But  so  shaken  was  the  confidence  of  the  white  residents 
at  Tlie  Dalles,  in  all  Indians,  that  it  could  not  be  restored. 
Mr.  Hinman,  who  it  will  be  renu-nibered  accompanied 
McBean's  messenger  to  Fort  Vaii  »uver,  returned  with 
Ogden  to  The  Dalles  lor  his  family,  whom  he  was  advised 
to  remove,  until  [)eace  was  restored,  to  the  Wallamet.  On 
their  way  down  the  river,  Saffarans,  being  behind  him, 
was  alarmed  by  seeing  a  Meet  of  canoes  approaching,  and 
Hinman  also  mistaking  Lee's  company  ior  Indians,  fled 
into  the  woods.  Saffarans.  however,  subsequently  returned 
to  The  Dalles,  and  resumed  his  duties  as  agent,  finding 
the  Indians  about  his  agency,  either  through  Tear  or  friend- 
ship, more  tractable  than  he  expected. 

Before  the  army,  which  was  congregating  at  Portland, 
could  move  up  the  river,'  it  was  necessary  to  establish  a 
base  of  supplies  at  the  cascades,  and  a  few  men  were  sent 
to  that  point  by  the  commissary-general  about  the  last  of 
Decenciber  to  erect  a  storehouse,  and  possibly  a  block- 
house.* The  only  structures  he  succeeded  in  erecting  were 
some  cabins  at  the  upper  landing,  and  these  with  the 
greatest  difliculty.  But  the  place  was  dignified  by  the 
name  of  Fort  Gilliam,  although  the  volunteers  more  ofttm 
spoke  of  it  as  "  The  C!abins." 

The  history  of  this  little  post  in  the  heart  of  the  great 


'-<  His  services  were  certified  to  by  Captain  Maxon,  In  order  that  lie  mtKbt  collect 
pa)'.    The  certificate  is  dated  April  2<>,  1862. 

''(iiUiam  wrote  his  wife  he  had  a  tedious  time  in  I'ortltiUd.  He  "  had  to  be  «olo- 
uel,  major,  adjutant,  captain,  sergeant,  and  everything  else." 

*  Says  Abernetby  in  a  letter  to  Lee,  January  first :  "  I  tbinic,  if  there  Is  any  pros- 
pect of  a  general  war  with  Indians,  of  building  a  blockhouse  at  the  cascades,  keep- 
ing a  small  force  there,  and,  if  possible,  mount  one  or  two  guns  "  :  Oregon  Archivtt, 
MS,  S&l. 


THE   VAYUSE  WAR. 


m 


Oregon  Sierras  became  a  most  interesting  one.  It  was 
here  that  the  Imrdest  struggle  of  the  war  was  carried  on 
—  not  in  fighting  Indians,  but  in  keeping  the  men  in  the 
field  who  had  undertaken  to  do  the  figliting.  In  ]>oint  of 
fact,  the  commissary  department  was  charged  with  the 
principal  burden  of  the  war,  and  the  title  of  "general" 
which  Palmer  acquired  through  being  at  the  head  of  this 
department,  might  well  have  been  bestowed  upon  him  for 
his  services  in  sustaining  the  organization  of  the  army 
under  conditions  such  as  existed  in  ( )regon  in  1847-48. 
Without  arms,  without  reads,  without  transportation,  other 
than  small  boats  and  pack  horses,  without  comfortable 
winter  clothing  and  with  scanty  food,  tlio  war  whs  to  be 
carried  on  at  a  distance  of  nearly  three  hundred  miles 
from  the  settlements.  And  if  the  volunteer  soldiers  were 
called  upon  to  endure  these  hardships,  which  General 
Palmer  was  doing  his  best  to  overcome,  the  commissioned 
officers  were  no  less  embarrassed  by  the  want  of  the  most 
ordinary  appliances  of  their  rank  or  position — even  to 
the  want  of  a  proper  field  glass!  Says  Governor  Aber- 
nethy  in  a  letter  to  Lee,  written  January  fifth,  before  Col- 
onel Gilliam  had  started  from  the  rendezvous:  "Mr. 
McMillan  has  the  spyglass  and  papers.  He  can  tell 
you  we  are  getting  lots  of  pork,  and  some  wheat.  '-^  *  * 
Perhaps  we  can  get  some  small  cannon;  I  hope  so."  Also, 
under  the  same  date:  "There  is  considerable  aunnuni- 
tion  in  one  of  Mr.  Whitcomb's  wagons;  but  it  would  not 
do  to  overhaul  any  wagons  out  at  the  gate  where  they  are, 
as  the  Indians  might  overhaul  after  you.  This  step  is  dis- 
cretionary with  you."" 

Lee,   meanwhile,  was   finding   out  the  temper  of  the 
Indians  above  The  Dalles.    On  the  eighth  of  January  a 


*  Oreffon  Arehivet,  Rrtt.  Letters  tVoni  various  persons  cflncerniiiK  RiTaIrs  at  Fort  Gil- 
liam, Rive  graphic  accounts  of  their  condition.  There  is  among  the  papers  in  the 
Oregon  archives  a  receipt  given  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  James  Waters,  January  22, 
1848,  for  "  four  pairs  pants,  two  coats,  seven  pairs  shoes,  six  cotton  shirts,  two  flan- 
nel shirts,  one  wool  hat,  three  pairs  soclts,  two  comforters,  four  camp  Icettles,  twenty- 
four  tin  cups,  ten  pounds  tobacco,  fliteen  pounds  flour."  On  the  same  paper  is  a 
memorandum  :  "  Distributed  for  the  use  of  the  army  at  Kort  Gillian,  Janusry  thir- 
tieth, one  pound  of  powder ;  receipted  for  at  Portland." 


15R 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


party  of  thorn  was  discovered  gathering  up  the  stock  left 
by  the  immigrants  at  the  mission  with  the  apparent 
intention  of  driving  it  away.  A  dotiichment  of  seventeen 
men  was  ordered  out,  and  Lee  went  in  pursuit  of  the  rob- 
bers, when  a  running  fight  ensued  which  lasted  two  hours, 
in  which  JSorgeant  William  Berry  was  wounded.  Three 
Indians  were  killed,  and  one  wounded.  The  marauders, 
twenty-three  in  number,  were  well  mounted,  while  some 
of  the  volunteers  were  on  foot.  The  advantage  thus 
given  the  Indians  enabled  them  to  drive  off  the  herd  of 
three  hundred  cattle  —  a  serious  loss  in  a  country  desti- 
tute of  provisions.  During  the  skirmish  the  Indians 
repeatedly  called  out,  "We  are  good  Cayuses;  come  on, 
you  Americans,  and  fight  us ! " 

On  the  following  morning  o  detachment  going  out  to 
help  in  the  Des  Chutes  chief,  Siletza,  who  had  been  robbed 
for  refusing  to  join  the  thieves,  about  one-third  of  whom 
were  C'ayuses,  captured  sixty  Indian  horses,  regarded  as  a 
poor  offset  to  three  hundred  beef  cattle. 

As  this  act  of  hostility  occurred  immediately  after  Mr. 
Ogden  with  the  captives  passed  The  Dalles,  it  was  no 
doubt  undertaken  by  the  Cayuses  in  retaliation  for  the 
apparent  violation  of  the  agreement  made  at  the  council 
in  the  Cayuse  country,  that  commissioners  should  be  sent 
up  to  treat  for  peace,  ;ind  that  during  the  interim  no  war 
measures  should  be  adopted  by  either  side.  The  presence 
of  armed  men  at  The  Dalles,  and  the  rumors  of  more 
expected,  dissolved  the  compact,  of  which  freedom  the 
Cayuses  hastened  to  take  advantage. 


About  this  time  Colonel  Gilliam  was  enabled  to  make  a 
start  for  The  Dalles,  with  a  single  company,  several  others 
being  on  the  way  to  the  rendezvous  in  Portland.  As 
Abernethy  had  written  to  Lee,  it  was  a  ta.sk  to  get  several 
hundred  men  together,  prepared  to  be  absent  from  homes 
where  they  were  needed,  for  a  period  of  six  months. 

The  colonel  of  the  first  regiment  of  Oregon  riflemen 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


159 


was  a  man  in  the  prime  of  life,  of  impulsive  temper, 
bravo,  headstrong,  but  conscientious.  An  immigrant  of 
1844,  he  was  deeply  imbued  with  the  "fifty-four- forty  or 
tight"  political  ideas  of  the  Polk  presidential  cam[>aign, 
and  still  cherished  radical  sentiments  in  regard  to  the 
rights  of  the  English  occupants  of  the  country.*  He  wa.s, 
in  short,  of  that  order  of  men  who  fought  and  prayed 
with  an  equal  degree  of  earnestness, —  the  Oliver  Crom  wells 
of  the  frontier  states, —  and  was  quite  capable  of  believing 
the  English  fur  company  guilty  of  cherishing  heinous 
designs  towards  the  American  colony. 

Just  when  public  feeling  was  most  sensitive,  thero  had 
come  to  Oregon  City  the  captives,  with  their  wild  conjec- 
tures as  to  the  cause  of  their  fearful  wrongs.  Naturally, 
having  a  high  respect  and  regard  for  Dr.  Whitman  and 
his  calling  as  a  missionary  teacher,  and  feeling  the  deepest 
sorrow  for  his  fate  and  that  of  Mrs.  Whitman,  they  re- 
called as  "confirmation  strong  as  proof  of  holy  writ," 
every  chance  expression  of  sectarian  aversion  to,  or  sus- 
picion of  the  ('atholics  which  had  been  let  fall  in  their 
Iiearing,  and  with  Mr.  Spalding's  assistance,  who  had 
quickly  forgotten  his  obligations  to  Rev.  Brouillet,  and 
the  suggestions  of  other  even  more  intolerant  sectarians 
in  the  Wallamet,  had  convinced  themselves  that  religious 
Ijigotry  had  led  the  Catholics  to  instigate  the  crime  of  the 
massacre. 

One  of  the  strongest  proofs  in  their  view,  was  that  none 
of  the  Catholics  about  the  mission,  or  in  the  Cay  use  coun- 
try, were  included  in  the  slaughter;  entirely  ignoring  the 


oCorneliui  Gilliam  wag  forty-nine  yean  of  age,  and  by  birth  a  North  Carolinian, 
thouKb  he  bad  removed  to  MiHouri  while  still  a  child.  In  1830  he  was commiuioned 
Bheriff  of  Clay  county  In  that  state.  He  served  in  the  Black  Hawk  Indian  war,  begun 
in  1SS:2,  and  in  the  Seminole  war  in  Florida  in  1836.  In  the  campaign  of  1817-9,  under 
General  Taylor,  he  served  as  captain  of  a  company,  and  was  captain  in  the  state 
militia  used  to  expel  the  Mormons  from  Missouri,  being  raised  to  a  colonelcy  for 
meritorious  conduct.  Soon  after  he  was  elected  to  the  legislature  fh>m'  .\ndrow 
county.  In  1844  he  led  a  large  company  of  immigrants  to  Oregon.  Having  been 
ordained  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  the  Freewill  Baptist  denomination,  on  set- 
tling in  I'olk  county,  he  organized  a  church  In  the  Gage  settlement  on  the  North 
Luckiamute,  and  officiated  ai  Its  minister. 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


fact  that  the  war  was  against  Americans  only,  and  that 
the  ('atholics  were  not  only  foreigners,  but  French-Cana- 
dians, with  whom  the  Indians  had  no  quarrel  whatever; 
and  also  overlooking  the  fact  that  all  the  help  which  had 
come  to  them  in  their  distress,  had  been  rendered  by  these 
same  Catholic  foreigners,  whose  only  offense  was  that  they 
knew  the  Indians  well  enough  xui  to  offend  them  by  too 
open  sympathy  with  their  prisDners.  To  have  provoked 
their  re.wntm.ont  in  this  crisis,  would  have  only  had  the 
effect  to  bring  on  a  second  massacre,  in  which  none  would 
have  been  spared. 

Again,  the  Hudson'y  Bay  Company  was  denounced  as 
Catholic,  its  employes  being  French-Canadians,  and  its 
former  head,  Dr.  Mcf^-oughlin  (who  about  this  time  had 
retired  from  the  service  to  settle  among  the  Americans  at 
Oregon  City),  having  been  converted  to  Catholicism  soon 
after  the  coming  of  Blanchet  to  Oregon.  It  counted  as 
n  'tlung  against  these  prejudices  that  Mr.  Douglas,  Mc- 
I.oughlin's  successor,  Mr.  Ogden,  Mr.  McKinlay,  Mr.  Erma- 
tinger,  and  many  other  officers  and  clerks  of  th  ^  company 
were  Protestants — r.ll  were  under  condemnation. 

It  ip  n^oessary  to  recall  this  condition  of  the  public  mind 
in  Oregon  at  this  time  in  order  to  make  clear  all  that  fol- 
lowed. It  should  at  the  same  time  be  remembered  that 
the  period  at  which  the  events  here  recorded  occurred,  was 
one  of  great  religious  feeling;  that  the  average  Christian 
of  that  day  was  pledged  in  his  own  conscience  to  be  a 
bigot;  and  that  the  sensibilities  of  the  Protestant  world 
had  been  shocked  only  a  few  years  before  bj'  the  burning 
nf  bibleg  in  New  York  City  by  Catholics.  Under  these 
circumstance.",  and  influences  a  large  degree  of  intolerance 
was  to  be  expe^ed.  It  would  be  well  to  remember  at  the 
same  time  that  one  of  the  valued  qualities  of  a  strong  man 
is  to  be  a  good  hater.  In  this  respect  Colonel  vjidiam  aiul 
a  number  of  the  religious  men  in  tiie  country  were  un- 
usually strong. 

The  politics  of  the  Methodist  mission,  of  which  Gov- 


ernor 


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THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


161 


ernor  Abernethy  was  financial  agent,  were  decidedly  anti- 
Hudson's  bay,  as  its  religion  was  anti-Catholic.  It  hap- 
pened then  that  when  all  the  documents  relating  to  the 
council  with  the  Nez  Perces,  and  Mr  'Spalding's  letter  to 
the  bishop  of  Walla  Walla,  in  which  iie  said,  "  My  object 
in  writing  is  principally  to  give  information  through  you 
to  the  Cayuses  that  it  is  our  wish  to  have  peace,  that  we 
do  not  wish  the  Americans  to  come  from  below  to  avenge 
tlie  wrong;  we  hope  the  Cayuses  and  Americans  will  be 
on  friendly  terms;  that  Americans  will  no  more  come  in 
their  country  unless  they  wish  it.  As  soon  as  these  men 
return,  I  hope,  if  alive,  to  send  them  to  the  governor  to 
})revent  AraericAns  from  coming  up  to  molest  tlie  Cayuses 
for  what  is  done.  *  *  *  Our  help,  under  (xod,  is  in 
your  hands  p.nd  in  the  hands  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Com- 
pany " —  were  given  into  the  governor's  hands  by  Mr.  Og- 
den,  he  desired  to  suppress  those  portions  of  it  which 
revealed  the  duplicity  of  the  author,  pardonable  perhaps 
under  the  circumstances,  but  Mr.  Ggden  would  not  con- 
sent, saying  that  if  any  part  were  to  be  published  the 
whole  must  be,  in  justice  to  all  concerned. 

This  position  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  —  for  Og- 
den  was  second  in  command  at  Vancouver — though  emi- 
nently just,  was  offensive  to  tiie  ultra  anti-British  and 
anti-Catholic  party,  and  most  of  all  to  Colo  .;i  Gilliam, 
who  before  setting  out  for  The  Dalles,  was  siid  to  have 
declared  his  intention  of  pulling  down  Fort  \'ancouver 
about  the  ears  of  its  inmates. 

There  is  a  humorous  side  to  this  eflFervi-sconce  of  national 
dislike,  iiamely,  that  many  believed  he  could  carry  out  this 
threat;  and  that  the  company  believed  that  he  would,  or 
at  least  that  he  might  attempt  it;  wherefore,  under  pre- 
tense of  being  afraid  of  the  Indians,  it  proceeded  to 
strengthen  its  walls^  and  mount  its  unused  ordnance. 

The  following  correspondence  remains  in  evidence  of 
how   near  the   provisional    government  of  Oregon   was 
brought  to  a  v/ar  with  Great  Britain: — 
u 


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INDIAN  WAIiS   OF   OUEGON. 


Fort  Vancouver,  December  3],  1«47. 
7'n  (iovcrnor  George  Ahrrnethij,  Knq.: 

8iK  :  A  rumor  having  been  in  cirei;lntion  for  some  days  past, 
that  it  is  (Jeuerul  Oilliam's  intention  to  levy  contributions  on  tlie 
Hudnon's  Bay  ("ompuny's  property,  lor  the  i)urpose  of  completing 
the  equipment  of  the  tr(X)p8  ordered  out  in  your  lute  proclamation 
for  the  intended  operationw  against  the  Indians,  I  feel  it  my  duty  to 
communicate  with  you  frankly  on  the  subject,  as  it  is  most  import- 
ant In  the  present  critical  state  of  our  Indian  relations  that  there 
should  be  an  entire  absence  of  distrust,  and  that  the  mosc  perfect 
unanimity  should  exist  among  the  whites  of  every  class.  From  my 
l)ersoual  knowledge  of  General  QlUiam,  and  his  highly  respectable 
character,  I  should  be  the  last  person  to  believe  him  capable  of  com- 
mitting an  outrage  which  may  prove  so  disastrous  in  the  immediate 
and  remoter  consequences  to  the  j)eace  and  best  interests  of  this 
country  ;  at  the  same  time,  as  the  representative  of  a  powerful 
Eritish  association,  it  becomes  my  duty  to  take  instant  measures 
for  the  pr<)tecti9n  of  their  property,  until  I  receive  through  you  a 
distinct  disavowal  of  any  such  Intention  us  herein  stated.  Difficul- 
ties of  that  nature  were  certainly  not  contemplated  Vy  us  when  we 
dlspntched  a  large  part  of  our  effective  force  into  thf  interior  for  the 
j>urp'»se  of  receiving  the  unfortunate  women  and  children,  the  sur- 
vivors of  the  massacre  at  Waiilatpu,  who  remained  in  the  hands  of 
tlie  Indians.  It  was  never  supposed  that  our  ectablishmeiit  would 
lie  exposed  to  insult  or  injury  from  American  citizens,  wliile  we 
were  braving  the  fury  of  the  Indians  for  their  protection. 

Such  a  proceeding  wouW,  in  fact,  b«'  so  inconsistent  with  every 
principle  of  honor  and  sound  policy,  that  I  cannot  believe  any 
attempt  of  the  kind  will  bt-  made  ;  but  I  trust  this  expUiuation  will 
satisfactorily  account  for  any  unusual  precaution  observed  In  the 
present  arrangement  of  this  establishment. 

Trusting  that  this  not<!  will  be  observed  at  your  earliest  conven- 
ience, I  have  (he  honor  to  l)e  your  most  obedient  servant, 

.l.VMKS  Doi'ur,AS, 
Chief  Factor  Hud.son's  Bay  Company. 

To  '.vliJcfi  letter  Governor  Abertiethy  replied  : — 

Oregon  Cit'/,  January  3,  lM4>t. 
8jr  :  1  received  yoir  favor  of  the  thlrty-tlrst  ultimo  yesterday 
evening,  and  In  answering  it  would  thanik  you  for  your  frankness 
in  communicating  with  me  on  the  subject.  Having  had  conversa- 
tion with  Colonel  Uilliam  on  this  subject,  he  has  no  intention  i/f 
levying  contributions  on  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  proper*/ 
for  any  purpose  whatever.  H^'  will  probably  cross  tlie  ColuujblM 
river  at  the  mouth  of  the  Handy.     I  trust  that  nothing  will  ow;uf 


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168 


that  will  in  any  way  cause  distrunt  among  the  whiten  diirinp;  this 
crisis.    *    *    *    I  tniBt  the  disavowal  in  this  letter  will  prove  satis- 

factt)ry  to  you. 

Ueokoe  Abkknkthy, 
( f overnor  of  Oregon  Territory. 

Hut  the  commander  of  the  Oregon  army  did  not  cross 
at  the  Sandy.  Starting  with  two  hundred  and  twenty 
men  ho  arrived  at  Vancouver  the  same  day  in  company 
with  Commissary-Cieneral  Pahner,  where  together  they  pur- 
chaHed,  on  their  own  credit,  eight  hundred  dollars'  worth  of 
goods  necessary  to  complete  the  outfit  of  the  companies. 
The  men  were  mounted  but  had  no  pack  horses,  and  the 
provisions  were  conveyed  in  boats,  which,  owing  to  their 
slow  movements,  delayed  the  progress  of  the  troops.  On 
arriving  at  the  cascades  a  portage  of  several  miles  was  nec- 
essary to  reach  Fort  <  JiUiam.and  the  ferry  there  established. 
The  wind  blowing  through  the  gorge  of  the  mountains 
made  cros.sing  to  the  Oregon  side  very  difllicult.  A  road 
from  the  lower  to  the  upper  end  of  the  portage  being  a 
necessity  in  order  to  transport  the  cannon  and  other  heavy 
material,  a  company  was  left  l)ehind  to  open  it. 

Colonel  (lilliam  was  met  at  "The  (.'abins"  by  a  c^ispatch 
from  The  Dalles  with  the  news  of  Lee'.s  first  skirmish  with 
the  Indians,  and  hastened  forward  as  rapidly  as  was  pos- 
-siblc,  without  waiting  for  the  cannon,  the  commissary-gen- 
eral, or  the  other  peace  commissioners. 

The  orders  issued  to  Colonel  (Jilliam,  January  29,  1848, 
wore  contained  in  the  following  letter. — 

Sir  :  r  rwielv  •'d  diHpatchcs  from  Major  f.ee,  under  date  twentietli 
instant,  in  which  he  InfonnK  nic  thai  lie  hud  had  u  slvirmish  witli  a 
urnali  party  of  Indians.  Or  receipt  of  this  yon  will  select  sonic  of 
your  best  MICH  and  horses  and  «c«»ur  the  Des  fhiites  river  country, 
if  you  hav('  an  i(iin»  that  friuian.s  iiostile  t/>  the  whites  are  in  that 
iicigliljorluKjd.  It  will  re<|tiirc  <;reat  caution  on  your  part,  as  com- 
niHndtT-in-<hie^  in  the  field,  to  distin^-iish  l»etwt>eM  friends  and 
foe.-i;  but  when  you  are  certain  tiiey  arc  eninhit^,  let  them  l<now  the 
Americans  are  not  women.  The  nine-pou»(der  lias  been  forwarded 
to  the  cascades.    If  the  Indians  fort  tiie  iiselves  u  will  t)e  of  ^reat 


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service  U)  you.  You  will  make  The  Dalles  headciuartei-s  until 
further  orders.  Companies  are  still  beinof  formed  throughout  the 
country,  and  will  lie  forwarded  on  to  join  you  at  The  Dalles  as  they 
come  in.  Perhaps  the  hostile  Indians  may  come  down  to  meet 
you.  Give  them  liberty  to  get  close  as  you  think  they  will  venture 
before  you  commence  operations.  If  you  think  there  is  any  danger 
of  a  party  of  Indians  attacking  Fort  Gilliam  at  the  cascades,  send 
as  many  men  to  protect  it  as  you  think  will  be  necessary. 
1  remain,  sir,  you  obedient  servant, 

Geokok  Abkrnki'hv, 
Governor  of  Oregon  Territory  and  Commander-in-Chief. 

Col.  C.  Gilli:m, 

Fi:«t  lU'giment  Oregon  Riflemen,  The  Dalles. 

A  little  later  the  following  letter  and  order  were  sent: — 

Dear  Sir  :  As  Ijieutenant  Ross  leaves  this  morning,  I  send  tne 
enclosed  order.  I  do  not  know  your  situation  with  regard  to  liie 
Indians,  and  must  leave  the  field  at  your  discretion,  to  act  as  you 
think  most  advisable.  M^'  reamms  for  retaining  you  at  The  Dalles 
is  that  tl.8  comnnwies  now  forming  and  expected  next  week  may 
join  you;  that,  the  commissioners  may  also  join  you,  and  that  you 
may  send  word  on  to  the  Indians  that  no  friendly  tribes  will  be 
attacked;  that  all  you  want  is  the  murderers,  and  a  restitution  of 
stolen  property.  If  they  will  bring  the  murderers  down  to  The 
Dalles,  and  agree  to  make  restitution  for  the  property  stolen  and 
destroyed,  let  them  know  that  our  operations  will  eease,  provided 
they,  the  chiefs,  enter  into  a  treaty  to  protect  American  citizens 
passing  through  their  country.  This,  in  substance,  you  might  say 
to  the  chiefs  every  opportunity.  I  hope  you  may  succeed  in  bring- 
ing this  serious  affair  to  a  a|)eedy,  and  to  yourself,  a  prai-"nvortliy 
end.  I  have  full  coniidencf-  that  yon  will  do  all  you  can  to  jirotect 
friendly  Indians.  Keep  a  sharp  lookout  for  Siletza  without  letting 
him  know  it. 

I  remain  youi«,  Georoe  Aubrnethv, 

Governor  of  Oregon  Territory. 
Col.  C.  Gilliam, 

First  Regiment  Oregon  Hifliinen. 


Oregon  City,  3d  February,  3848. 
Sir  :  I  have  appointed  Major  Lee  and  I^)bert  Newell  oommis- 
sioners  to  act  with  General  Palmer,  superintendent  of  Indian  ali'airh', 
for  the  purpose  of  settling  the  present  diftioullj(  with  the  Indians  in 
the  upper  (iountry.  I  have  ordered  them  to  hold  a  council  with  tlie 
flefd  ofHcers  of  the  army  to  decide  on  the  st^-ps  neeestiary  to  bv 
taken,  as  there  should  be  entire  unity  tn^tween  the  officers  and  the 


THE  GAYUSE  WAH. 


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cuniniiMsiuiierK.  If  you  think  it  best  to  proceed  at  once  witli  the 
main  body  of  the  urtny  to  Waiilatpu,  d«)  no  ;  selecting  immediately 
on  your  arrival  the  twHt  point,  in  your  judgment,  for  erecting  a 
fort.  Grass,  water,  and  wood  will  be  the  principal  objecta.  The 
Indians  have  no  cannon,  and  couid  not  annoy  a  fort  froui  a  dis- 
tance. Should  the  tribes  combine  and  refuse  to  comply  with  the 
requisitions  of  the  eoniniissiouers,  I  leave  the  field  in  your  bands, 
respecting,  iiowever,  (he  lives  and  property  of  all  friendly  Indians. 
I  sliall  wait  with  much  anxiety  to  hear  from  you,  uiftil  when,  I 

remain,  sir,  your  ol)edient  servant, 

George  Abernethy, 

Col.  C.  Gilliam,  Governor  of  Oregon  Territory. 

First  Regiment  Oregon  Riflemen.  t- 

About  the  last  of  January,  Colonel  Gilliam  led  one 
hundretl  and  thirty  men,—  all  that  could  be  mounted  and 
equipped, —  as  far  east  as  Des  Chutes  river,  with  the 
object  of  punishing  those  Indians  who  had  driven  oif  the 
immigrant  cattle.  Their  village  was  believed  to  bo  on 
the  iiigh  plain,  about  twenty  miles  above  the  Des  Chutes 
crossing,  on  the  east  side,  and  Lee,  who  had  received  his 
commission  as  major,  and  taken  the  oath  administered  by 
(iilliam,  was  sent  forward  to  discover  it.  The  Indians  had 
already  discovered  him,  and  were  pioving  their  families 
and  property  towards  the  mountains  when  overtaken. 
He  threw  his  little  force  again  t  them,  one  Indian  being 
killed,  and  two  (women)  captured,  with  a  number  of 
horses.  On  returning  to  camp  wiLh  the  news,  he  was 
attacked  wlule  passing  through  a  ravine  by  a  mounted 
and  well-armed  force,  which,  firing  upon  him,  compelled 
his  men  to  dismount  and  seek  shelter  among  rocks  and 
bushes,  where  the  detachment  remained  until  dark,  an- 
noyed by  avnlanches  of  stones  rolled  down  upon  them, 
but  sustaining  no  loss. 

On  the  day  following  the  whole  foice  went  in  pursuit  of 
the  enemy,  wliieli  was  found  and  attacked,  losing  several 
men  killed,  a  large  number  of  horses,  a  few  cattle,  and 
one  thousand  afid  four  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  stolen 
properly  which  was  found  cached  in  the  hills.  Their 
villag'e  was  destroyed.  1  r,i  the  old  peoj^lc  in  it  were  spared. 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


The  troops  had  one  man  wounded  in  the  hip.  Skirmish- 
ing with  the  troops  under  Major  Lee  continued  for  several 
days,  with  a  loss  to  the  army  of  three  men  killed  and 
one  mortally  wounded/  The  Indians  engaged  were  Des 
Chutes,  John  Days,  and  Cayuses.  Edward,  son  of  Tilou- 
kaikt,  was  among  the  latter,  and  received  a  wound.  It  is 
recorded  tby  Palmer  that  the  yelling  of  the  troops  so  far 
exceeded  that  of  the  Indiana,  the  latter  were  demoralized, 
and  fled  from  the  field.  Yells  were  certainly  cheaper  than 
ammunition,  if  not  so  jtatent  to  diminish  the  enemy's 
force. 

Apropos  of  fighting  material  at  this  time,  we  find  Wes- 
ley Shannon,  ordnance  officer,  writing  on  the  twenty-sixth 
of  January:  "The  regiment  made  a  heavy  draw  today 
V)efore  starting,  in  the  ammunition  line.  I  have  issued 
about  f)ne  thousand  rounds  today,  which  has  taken  nearly 
all  the  rifie  powder  and  lead;  percussion  caps  also  very 
scarce.  Out  of  fifteen  thousand  that  I  have  receipted  for, 
there  are  but  five  thousand  left.  Tlie  army  will  return  in 
a  few  days,  when,  I  havu  no  doubt,  there  will  be  a  demand 
for  more  ammunition  than  there  is  now  in  the  ordnance 
office." 

When  peace  commissioner  and  Commissary -General 
Palmer,  with  Newell,  arrived  at  Fort  (Jilliani  they  found 
many  things  to  trouble  them.  The  cannon  that  had  ar- 
rived at  the  lower  cascades  was  still  there.  The  boats 
above  tlie  falls  were  in  bad  condition;  there  was  need  of 
a  good  portage,  or  a  boat  that  could  be  run  up  the  laplds, 
with  a  crew  that  could  run  it.  "I  believe,"  says  Palmer, 
'that  a  system  of  smuggling  has  been  carried  on  by  those 
running  the  boats.  Numbers  of  Jews  come  up  as  passen- 
gers who  are  boarded  by  the  boat's  crew,  select  their  own 
property  and  return  with  it,  paying  the  captain  of  the  boat 
in  cash  or  otherwise.     Frequently  Hour  barrels  are  opened, 

'The  reports  say  William  Stillwell.sliot  In  the  hip  by  arrow;  ".lohn,  tbeSpaniurd,  " 
also  shut  In  the  lilp;  McHonaUi,  aecldeiitally  shot  by  the  giiar^l.  M  'llie  Ualles  two 
guards,  Jackwo  aud  Hackwooil,  were  deiuyed  I'rom  cauip  by  Itidiaus  aud  killed. 


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THK  CAYUSE  WAIi. 


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a  part  of  the  conlents  taken  out,  and  headed  up  again. 
This  is  all  wrong.  The  crew  .should  be  selected,  the  name 
taken  in  the  office,  and  none  others  should  he  allowed  to 
come  up  unless  by  special  contract,  and  then  to  supply 
theni-selves  with  provisions,  blankets,  etc.  Very  many  are 
going  up  to  attend  to  their  own  property,  relying  upon  the 
provisions  sent  up  to  the  troops  for  subsistence.  This  will 
not  do.  Hereafter  captains  will  be  required  to  take  an 
oath  faithfully  to  perform  their  duties  and  to  render  a 
strict  account  for  tlieir  expenses.'"*  Thus,  while  the  truly 
patriotic  men  of  the  country  were  straining  every  nerve  to 
carry  on  a  defensive  war  against  nearly  hopeles-s  embar- 
rassments, the  meaner  element  found  in  evory  society  had 
no  scruple  about  increasing  their  burdens, 

I'ursuing  the  .subject,  the  commissary-^  aneral  informs 
his  aide  that  after  all  he  has  learned  that  it  \-ul  "not  be 
possible  to  get  the  Pettygrove  boat  above  the  falls,"  and 
he  should  endeavor  to  make  some  other  arrangenic'iit  until 
the  two  Hatboats  could  be  repaired,  and  calls  Un-  a  few 
pounds  of  eight  or  ten-penny  nails.*  He  also  desires  Wait 
to  ask  McKinlay  to  have  constructed  for  him  two  clinker- 
built  boats,  the  lumber  to  bo  sawed  at  Oregon  City,  and 
suitable  persons  sent  with  it  to  put  it  together;  such  per- 
sons, he  understood,  were  to  l)e  found  at  Champoeg  —  the 
Canadian  settlement. 

.\s  to  other  matters  at  Fort  Gilliam,  Palmer  found  a 
crew  of  six  men  sent  down  by  the  colonel  to  bring  up  the 
cannon  still  lying  at  the  lower  cascades,  the  road  being 
constructed  for  a  portage  not  being  completed,  though  it 
was  expected  that  by  another  day  it  would  be.  With  re- 
gard to  aninninition,  he  says:  "I  have  bought,  the  powder 
and  lead  opposite  ^'ancouver.  You  must  try  to  raise  the 
money  to  meet  the  bill." 


•Letter  to  A.  K.  Wait :  Oreuon  Archicet,  MS.  S87, 

» A  letter  from  J.  I).  Crcwfoni  at  Fort  GlUiani,  February  niiilli,  calls  for  "  a  large 
padlock  for  this  fort,"  two  pounds  of  eight-penny  uiiils,  and  eJBhty  or  ouu  huudrcd 
feet  of  rope,  "  if  possible  ;"  aud  aslis  j"oi-  "  a  paper  wlicn  it  la  printed  ":  Orriiwx  Ar^ 
cMven,  »92. 


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After  assisting  to  bring  the  cannon  around  the  cascades 
in  a  violent  storm  of  rain  and  wind,  Captain  Thomas 
McKay's  company'"  arriving  just  in  time  to  be  of  service, 
Pahner  and  Newell  resumed  their  journey  to  The  Dalles, 
now  called  Fort  Lee,  and  often  Fort  Wascopan,  but  not 
before  the  commissary  had  the  vexation  to  see  the  best  of 
the  two  boats  above  the  falls  destroyed  by  the  storm,  and 
the  careleasness  of  those  having  it  in  charge."  They 
reached  The  Dalles  February  tenth,  having  seen  a  few 
Indians  on  the  way,  who  appeared  "downhearted."'^ 

The  army  having  returned  to  Fort  Lee,  a  council  was 
held  on  the  eleventh  by  the  field  officers  and  the  peace 
commissioners,  to  decide  upon  a  definite  plan  of  action. 
Nothing  was  agreed  upon  until  the  twelfth,  when  arrange- 
ments were  made  to  send  forward  one  hundred  men  under 
Major  Lee,  with  the  other  two  commissioners,  Captain  Mc- 


'"  When  the  governor's  proclamation  became  know  u  at  French  prairfe,  there  was 
a  called  meeting  of  Canadians  who  passed  the  rollo\<  iiig  resolntlons  : 

Whereas  It  is  believed  that  several  of  the  Indian  tribes  cast  of  iho  Cascade  moun- 
tains have  formed  an  alliance  for  the  purpose  of  oarryinx  on  homlitius  against  this 
colony  ;  and  whereas  tlie  ezii^ency  of  the  times  cilis  for  ))rompt  and  energetic  action 
on  the  part  of  tho  people  of  this  territory,  in  enlisting  and  mustering  into  service  the 
number  of  voln  iteers  required  by  the  excoutlve;  therefore. 

Hicsolved,  That  \vc  deem  It  highly  i'xpedicnt  to  raise,  arm.  and  equip  one  company 
of  I'itiemcn  to  proceed  immediately  to  Join  the  regiment  at  Portland. 

Kiigolved,  That  the  Canadian  citizeuh  of  Champoeg  county  feel  It  their  duty  to 
assist  our  adopted  country  in  ih«  prosecution  of  the  war  against  the  Caynse  Indians, 
fbr  the  horrible  massacre  committed  by  them  upon  American  citizens  nt  Waiilatpu. 

A  oall  for  volunteers  being  made,  thirty  names  were  •!  once  unrolled,  and 
ThoDias  McKay  was  chosen  captain:    Oregon  Spectator,  January  20.  IHts. 

Wh«:  th«  American  flag  was  presented  lo  McKay's  company,  ha  luldressed  to 
them  this  briel  sentence  :  '  This  is  the  Hag  >.)u  are  expected  to  defend  ;  nuil  defend 
It  you  must."    It  was  easy  to  understand  that. 

""  W«  have  a  small  flat  here,"  vrote  J.  D.  Ci    vvford, 


which  we  can  use  until  a  larger  one  is  made.    *    «    *    'rlitMioiit  Is  in  |iu  tblrty- 
by  tea  feet.    We  must  have  Ave  pounds  (lakiiiu,  twi    iliiseU  ( oilb  liiiil  iHo  iiicii ). 


'six  or  seven  feet  wide, 

^n  |iu  tblfty-livti 

one 

Jack  and  one  fore  plane,  and  also  one  small  grinds  oiie.  I'liuse  tools  we  mii«t  have, 
as  they  are  dally  nced'-d  "  :  Orciioti  Archwen,  M9.  Wl.  rainier  h.iiiHcIf  hail  written 
a  few  days  before  to  Wait,  In  lielnilf  of  the  men  employed  on  iine  ol  tl|i!  Iiiiitls  :  '  II 
possible  for  you  to  do  anything  for  them,  you  must  do  It.  Mr.  J,  f'.  I.ltlle  wlsties  a 
coat.  Jo.seplinK  Norton  wishes  a  roundabout.  You  uinst  eull  u|>on  l|ir  I'lllretis  |q 
aid  you  in  raising  an  amount  to  sutipl^  lliu  men  who  are  lumliiii!  up  the  BUpp|leR"t 
Vityon  Archives,  MS.  H02. 

I'Thls  Is  Newell'i  expreulon,  takeii  fl'oiu  a  ineniorandnin  of  the  luoldbiili  of  liti 
jouiaay.  lie  tUrtliur  says  that  only  three  men  weiu  lett  to  Kuanl  I'oit  liilliiiiu  ;  and 
three  to  run  the  boats betwi:en  that  plaice  hiu]  Port  l.ee.  "  I'he  men  have  volunteered 
to  tight  Indians,  not  to  run  boats,  "  said  then  otUcerii. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAH. 


105) 


Kay,  Captain  Philip  F.  Thompson,  and  J.  L.  Meek  and 
party — all  of  whom  were  familiar  with  the  ideas  and  cus- 
toms of,  and  personally  known  to  the  Indians. 

It  was  evident  notwitlistanding  this  agreement  thatC'ol- 
onel  Gilliam,  and  others  of  the  fighting  temper,  would 
have  preferred  offering  the  sword  rather  than  the  olive 
branch.  The  regiment  now  consisted  of  seven  companies, 
containing  from  forty-one  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-four 
men,  and  aggregating  five  hundred  and  thirty-seven.  The 
arrival  of  the  French  under  McKay,  and  another  company 
under  L.  N.  English,  with  the  cannon,  added  to  the  mili- 
tary ardor  of  the  troops,  who  expended  a  portion  of  their 
scanty  ammunition  in  firing  salutes  of  welcome  to  the  new 
arrivals,  which  were  promptly  returned  by  the  latter,  and 
the  regimental  Hag  hoisted. 

On  the  day  following.  Colonel  Gilliam  informed  the  com- 
missioners that  he  had  ordered  the  army  to  be  ready  to 
march  with  them  on  the  fourteenth.  Thi.s  order  was  ex- 
ceedingly repugnant  to  the  commissioners,  who  did  not 
doubt  that  the  Indians  with  whom  they  wished  to  commu- 
nicate—  the  Nez  Perces  —  would  be  frightened  away  by 
the  appearance  of  a  large  force,  and  a  council  with  them 
made  impossible. 

According  to  the  memornndum  kept  by  Newell,  the 
morale  of  the  army  was  bad,  as  naturally  it  would  be  in 
the  case  of  volunteer  troops  brought  together  in  a  wild 
country,  without  disciplining  under  proper  oHicers"  hav- 
ing some  experience.  Many  of  the  volunteers  were  irre- 
sponsible young  men  of  the  rece'  t  immigration,  who  had 
the  nio.st  unfavorable  opinion  concerning  the  natives, 
obtained  from  encounters  with  them  along  the  road. 
'They  were  rcmly  (o  pnni.sh  in  an  Indian  what  tliey  had 
no  hesitation   ab.  ut  doing  themselves.     These  lapses  in 

''Mll)rii  NeiU'll  All  IikIIum  wnx  sliol  liy  oiu- or  our  people,  II.  KiikHhIi,  while 
lillllllMU  liiiriH'ii  llilD  liny :  tt  iiKmt  nliHMiprul  lliliiK'  *  *  *  The  ciUlle  1)1'  till-  immi- 
HiHiil''  Hio  liihi'ii  mill  ninth'  uu- ol  I'or  tlie  tfovernmciit  —  linui'lt'il  ■'(».  1."  »  •  • 
^^«■verttl  wen  IchvIiik  fur  •''"  wltlenioutR.  ('Hptnin  Kiwn  reoigiieil.  Mmiy  aitipleased 
with  our  |>eople  111  cun!iequeuc«uf  bad  Uiiivipliuo."     < 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  ORKOON. 


discipline,  together  with  the  usuul  jealousies  of  new  organi- 
zations, and  the  hardships  unavoidable  under  the  circum- 
stances, were  already  creating  discontent  and  demoraliza- 
tion; hence,  the  policy  of  the  commander  to  put  the  army 
in  motion  was  perhaps  a  wise  one.  This,  at  nil  events, 
was  what  he  decided  to  do,  leaving  only  twenty  men  at 
The  Dalles,  under  ('orporal  William  Williams,  for  the  de- 
fense of  that  i)0.st,  having  first  removed  Silelza's  band  of 
Des  Chutes  Indians  below  The  Dalles  to  protect  them  from 
annoyance  by  tlie  C'ayuses,  as  also  to  remove  them  from 
temptation.  I  ' 

Having  no  boats  to  transport  supplies  up  the  ('oluml)in. 
The  Dalles  was  made  the  base  of  operations,  and  immi- 
grant wagons  and  ox  teams  left  there  for  the  winter  were 
pressed  into  the  service  of  the  army.  On  the  hind  wheels 
of  one  wagon  was  mounted  the  cannon,  a  long,  nim- 
pounder  left  in  the  country  from  some  ship,  and  on  the 
sixteenth  the  army  cro.ssed  De.s  Chutes  river.  The  follow- 
ing day  it  crossed  John  Day  river,  encamping  on  the  east 
side,  its  progress  being  slow.  I'revious  to  this,  the  peace 
commissioners  had  sent  a  Mag,  with  a  present  of  tobacco, 
to  the  disaffected  Columbia  river  Indians,  and  had  received 
information  that  all  the  tribes  above  The  Dalles  ^vere 
united  for  war  against  the  Americans. 

While  en  ro\de  Major  Lee,  having  made  a  reconnoissance, 
reported  the  camp  of  a  small  party  discovered,  which  had 
cached  its  property  and  retired  to  the  hills.  On  the  nine- 
teenth he  was  ordered  to  pursue  them  and  set  out  on  their 
trail.  From  camp  on  John  Day  river  the  commissioners 
had  sent  to  Fort  Walla  Walla  by  a  friendly  Indian  a 
packet  containing  a  letter  to  the  officer  in  charge,  witli 
flags  and  tobacco  for  the  Indians,  and  a  letter  from  Mr. 
Spalding  directed  to  the  head  men  of  the  Nez  I'erce.s, 
which  ran  as  follows: — 


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Wam.amkt,  February  3,  1848. 
Nez  Perce  Chief »: 

My  friuinlH,  KIIIh,  Kaiisnot,  JainuH,  VuHiiuiialakiti,  Jueob,  Puua- 
tatih,  Yuiuuinockiiiii,  Yiiiiitainilkiii,  Timothy,  Soluiiioii,  Isliloup- 
toupnin,  TrielHootalcliuekuiu,  Jonepli,  Kolmli,  Apuxiiavakuikt,  Uich- 
ar*J,  Heiiiinelpel)),  .Iiihoii,  AnataHhiii,  Totaiualuiii,  lloli(iHel|)i>lp, 
MetawaptoHli,  Noah  :  Quick,  meet  tliem  ;  witli  tlx-se  llaKH  meet 
them  ;  with  good  hearts  meet  tliem.  From  us,  from  tlic  AmericaiiH, 
ilve  go  to  meet  you  — Mr.  I'ulmer,  Dr.  Newell,  Mr.  McKay,  Mr. 
liCe,  Mr.  Gilliam.  These  meet  you  ;  with  good  hearts  tliey  meet 
you.  Tliey  bear  a  message  (proposals,  law,  or  a  talk);  from  the 
great  chief  they  bear  it.    Therefore  they  call  you  to  meet  them. 

Keep  quiet,  ye  young  men  !  do  not  go  over  to  the  (jayuses.  Wail 
till  the  conimisHloners  speak  clearly  with  you.  The  good  are  not  to 
l)e  punished.  Only  the  bad  are  to  be  punished.  Tlie  Nez  Ferci"* 
and  the  Americans  are  one;  therefore  do  you  not  dejiart  from  us. 
Very  many  Americans  are  going  to  seek  the  bad  Cayuses,  and  the 
bad  only.  There  will  soon  be  large  ships  from  California,  therefore 
they  otl'er  to  you  a  message  (  proposals  of  peace). 

Tliey  send  you  tobacco,  therefore  meet  them  without  delay.  My 
youngest  <*hlld  is  sick,  therefore  I  cannot  meet  you.  When  my 
cliild  is  well,  1  will  see  you,  by  the  blessing  of  God.  Ever  make  to 
yourst'lves  g(K)d  hearts.  IJy  the  bleKsing  of  God  we  may  see  each 
oilier. 

•  H.   H.   8PAI.DlN(i. 


The  uicssonger  fell  in  with  the  liostilo  Indians  and  was 
taken  prisoner,  the  Hags  and  tobacco  being  appropriated 
to  the  enemy's  use;  but  the  packet  being  addressed  to  Mr. 
McBean,  the  written  part  of  it  was  forwarded  to  him,  and 
arrived  while  Timothy  and  Richard,  two  of  the  chiefs  ad- 
dressed by  Spalding,  were  at  the  fort,  who  hastened  to  carry 
it  to  their  people,  with  other  news  of  the  intentions  of  the 
Americans  learned  tVf>m  the  letter  sent  to  McBean.  To 
this  fortunate  c  rcnii)  tance  was  to  be  attributed  the  sub- 
sequent neutralit;  of    he  Nez  Perces. 

On  coming  to  cump  on  the  night  of  the  twentieth  of 
Februaiy,  Major  Lee  reported  having  on  that  day  followed 
the  trail  of  a  party  of  Indians  going  towards  the  Blue 
mountains,  but  without  overtaking  them.  The  following 
day,  after  a  liard  march  of  twenty  miles,  tlie  army  en- 
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men  half  starved,  wholly  out  of  humor,  and  the  camp  in 
a  state  of  confusion,  if  not  absolute  revolt. 

The  regiment  was  now  almost  two  hundred  miles  from 
home,  ill-fed,  ill-clad,  with  the  enemy  retiring  before  them, 
and  peace  commissioners  going  after  them  to  "Lurn  the  war 
into  a  farce !  If  the  long  march  was  only  to  escort  peace 
commissioners,  they  were  inclined  to  turn  back;  and,  in 
fact,  Captain  Maxon's  company  took  a  vote  on  the  pro- 
priety of  returning  should  not  all  the  flour  remaining  be 
issued  at  once." 

On  the  following  day.  Colonel  Gilliam  thought  it  wise  to 
remain  in  camp  and  cultivate  a  better  spirit  in  the  troops. 
He  paraded  the  regiment,  after  which  he  mounted  a  wagon 
and  addressed  them  in  the  language  of  a  soldier  loving 
his  country,  and  feeling  that  no  honorable  or  brave  man 
could  desert  his  duty;  declaring,  too,  that  the  movers  in 
the  mutiny  would  be  remembered  by  the  people.  This 
address,  though  provoking  the  criticism  of  some,  had  the 
effect  to  secure  somewhat  better  discipline  for  the  time, 
although  the  nen  still  wasted  their  small  store  of  ammu- 
nition in  a  useless  discharge  of  their  guns. 

On  the  morning  of  the  twenty-third  a  party  of  thirteen 
Des  Chutes  Indians  came  into  camp,  bearing  the  flag  sent 
to  them  from  The  Dalles,  and  saying  they  had  come  in 
obedience  to  that  summons.  The  army  moved  on,  but 
the  commissioners  remained  for  a  "talk."  The  chief, 
Beardy,  alleged  that  his  reason  for  not  coming  on  the 
receipt  of  the  message  was  that  the  soldiers  had  fired  upon 
his  people,  compelling  them  to  run  away.  He  declared 
his  willingness  to  go  to  war  against  the  Cayuses,  and  his 
desire  always  to  retain  the  friendship  of  Ihe  Americans; 


'1"  Most  nhocking  was  thl8  to  witness,"  says  Newell  in  his  Mwnoranda.  "Some 
few  had  bought  a  little  tea  and  sugar  in  the  settlements  to  use  on  the  rofcrl,  and  many 
were  displeased  that  they  did  not  share  these  luxuries  with  the  rest,  and  objected  t-t 
their  being  carried  in  the  public  wagons;  but  the  officers  set  their  faces  against  ail 
such  unreasonable  objections."  Previous  to  this,  on  the  seventeenth,  this  mutinous 
spirit  had  shown  itself  in  camp,  the  men  breaking  open  bread,  Hour,  and  pork  bar 
rels,  until  the  rulonel  was  forced  to  ask  the  commissary-general  to  take  charge  of  the 
provisious.  Perhaps  the  men  also  resented  this :  at  all  events  they  gave  their  otliceni 
much  trouble  during  the  first  few  days  on  the  march. 


THE  GAYUSE  WAR. 


173 


showing  his  confidence  in  them  by  accompanying  the 
commissioners  to  the  camp  of  the  army,  where  a  council 
was  held,  and  the  Indians  instructed  to  return  to  The 
Dalles,  there  to  remain  until  joined  by  the  commissioners 
and  the  chiefs  of  other  bands,  Colonel  Gilliam  giving 
Beardy  a  letter  to  the  officer  in  command  at  that  post. 
Beardy,  also  sometimes  called  Sue,  presented  Thomas 
McKay  a  fine  horse  from  Welaptulekt-,  head  chief  of  the 
Des  Chutes  tribe,  who  sent  word  that  he  would  bring  in 
all  the  stolen  immigrant  property,  if  by  so  doing  he  could 
secure  the  friendship  of  the  Americans.'*  Newell,  in  his 
memoranda  of  the  journey,  states  that  Gilliam  was  reluc- 
tant to  condone  the  previous  conduct  of  these  Indians,  and 
would  have  preferred  to  fight  them. 

Before  starting  for  the  Umatilla  on  the  twenty-fourth, 
two  Yakima  Indians  came  to  camp,  carrying  a  message 
from  the  Cathoiic  missionaries,  who  had  settled  among 
that  people  in  the  preceding  December,  informing  the 
commissioners  that  the  Yakimas  had  taken  their  advice, 
and  determined  not  to  go  to  war  in  aid  of  the  Cayuses,  as 
they  liad  no  cause  of  war  against  Americans,  who  did  not 
travel  through  their  country,  and  as  they  had  been 
informed  the  hostilities  did  not  include  them.  They 
brought  to  Colonel  Gilliam  a  letter  from  one  of  the  priests, 
which,  being  translated,  agreed  with  the  statement  of  the 
messengers: — 

Camp  of  Ciaies,  February  16,  1848. 
M.  Commander: 

The  Yakima  chiefs,  Ciaies  and  Sliloo,  have  just  presented  me  a 
letter  signed  by  Messrs.  Joel  Palmer,  Robert  Newell,  and  K.  A.  G. 
liCe  which  I  have  read,  and  a  young  Indian,  son  of  one  of  the  chief- 
translated  it  to  them  in  Yakima  language.  The  chiefs  above  men- 
tioned charged  me  to  say  to  you  in  their  name,  in  those  of  Car- 
naiareum  and  of  Chananaie,  that  they  accept,  with  acknowledg- 
ments, the  tobacco  and  the  banner  which  you  sent  them.  They 
have  r*'solved  to  follow  your  counsel,  and  not  unite  themselves  with 
the  Cayuses,  but  to  remain  at  rest  upon  their  lands.  On  ray  arrival 
at  the  camp  of  (Males,  that  chief  assured  me  that  he  would  not  join 


'» Uiigon  Sptdalor,  April  tl,  1848. 


174 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


the  Cayusep.  V  could  but  see,  with  the  greatest  of  plenaure,  disposi- 
tions which  will  prevent  the  spilling  of  blood,  and  which  will  facili- 
tate the  means  of  instructing  those  Indians. 

Your  humble  servant,  G.  BijANCHET. 

Word  had  been  sent  to  the  mission  on  the  Umatilla,  but 
no  answer  being  returned  in  four  days,^^  the  commander 
determined  upon  pushing  on  his  army  to  Waiilatpu,  with- 
out regard  to  the  peace  commission,  and  a  courier  was 
sent  back  to  inform  the  governor  of  this  decision. 

The  march  was  begun  about  the  middle  of  the  forenoon, 
the  commissioners  being  in  the  advance,  carrying  a  white 
flag.  They  soon  discovered  two  Indian  spies  whom  they  en- 
deavored to  approach,  but  who  avoided  them.  About  noon 
a  large  number  were  seen  on  the  hills  making  signals  de- 
noting war,  and  when  the  commissioners  advanced  they 
were  ordered  off.  They  then  retreated,  while  the  Indians 
collected,  coming  from  all  directions,  and  placing  them- 
selves along  the  path  of  the  army.  The  first  act  of  hos- 
tility was  the  shooting  of  a  dog  belonging  to  the  volunteers, 
and  then  the  battle  proceeded  as  only  Indian  battles  do. 

The  i<icture  already  given  of  the  brave  display  made  by 
Indians  in  their  military  parades  and  mock  battles  for  the 
entertainment  of  guests,  was  not  fully  reproduced  in  actual 
combat.  The  bronzed  and  bedecked  warriors,  with  their 
painted  and  tasseled  steeds,  the  splendid  riding  in  charges, 
the  furious  din  of  drum  and  rattle,  mingled  with  yells, 
and  the  stentorian  voice  of  command  making  itself  heard 
above  all  the  uproar,  creating  a  scene  only  matched  on 
the  plains  of  Troy  in  the  days  of  Agamemnon  —  this 

i«  BroulUet  explain*  this  in  hi'i  "  Auihaitic  Account  of  the  Murder  of  Dr.  Whitman," 
p.  6).  The  mission  had  been  abandoned  on  the  nineteenth,  when  the  Cayuses  had 
announced  to  Brouillet  and  Lecla're  their  detirmination  to  go  to  war.  Urouillct 
further  ways  that  Ogden  promised  the  Cayuses  to  endeavor  to  prevent  a  war,  and  to 
send  an  express  to  Walla  Walla  to  apprise  them  of  the  result ;  hut  that  no  such  ex- 
press arriving  before  the  troops  were  there,  they  suspected  Ogden  of  betraying  them. 
Brouillet  thought  that  had  his  letter  arrived  in  time  the  Cayuses  might  have  accepted 
the  terms  of  the  government,  namely,  the  relinquishment  of  the  murderers.  But  it 
will  be  remembered  that  troops  were  already  at  The  Dalles  when  Ogden  passed  down 
with  the  captives. 


THE   CAY  USE  WAR. 


175 


proud  style  of  fighting  is  not  maintained  in  actual  Indian 
tactics,  but  the  painted  brave  soon  seeks  cover,  and  shoots 
from  behind  rocks  or  other  defenses — a  mode  of  warfare 
in  which  a  good  deal  of  powder  is  wasted. 

The  numbers  on  the  field  were  about  equal  on  both 
sides,  although  not  more  than  three -fourths  of  the  Indians 
were  engaged,  the  remainder  being  spectators  or  Indian 
women,  waiting  for  victory  and  their  horrible  part  in  the 
sanguinary  business — the  mutilation  of  the  dead  and 
wounded.  The  Cayuses  had  chosen  their  ground,  but  the 
volunteers  advanced  steadily,  and  the  battle  raged  all 
along  the  lines,  which  were  thrown  out  to  enclose  the 
wagons  and  cattle.  On  the  northeast,  where  the  Indians 
seemed  to  push  the  strongest,  an  advance  was  ordered  in 
double  quick.  The  Indians  seemed  surprised,  and  the 
yell  of  the  volunteers  dismayed  them.  After  one  volley 
poured  in  the  face  of  the  advancing  column  they  retired 
to  an  eminence  further  away.  This  was  several  times 
repeated  when  they  made  a  disorderly  retreat  leaving 
their  dead  and  wouuded.  The  troops  went  into  camp 
about  dark,  without  water  or  wood. 

The  loss  of  the  volunteers  was  five  wounded,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Waters,  Green  McDonald  of  Linn  county,  and 
three  others.  The  loss  on  the  side  of  the  Cayuses  was 
eight  killed,  and  five  wounded.  At  the  commencement  of 
the  fighting  Gray  Eagle  and  Five  Crows  rode  up  near  the 
wagons,  as  if  boastful  of  their  prowess.  Gray  Eagle  exclaim- 
ing, "There's  Tom  McKay;  I  will  kill  him;"  but  before 
he  could  execute  his  threat,  Captain  McKay  had  shot  him 
dead.  At  the  same  time  Lieutenant  Charles  McKay  shot 
Five  Crows,  shattering  his  arm. 

This  outcome  of  the  day's  fir,hting  was  a  disappoint- 
ment to  the  Cayuses,  who  had  hitherto  held  no  high 
opinion  of  American  prowess,  having  seen  them  avoid 
fighting  when  weary  with  travel  and  encumbered  with 
families  and  herds.  They  had  boasted  among  themselves 
that  they  would  beat  the  Americans  to  death  with  clubs. 


176 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


and  going  down  to  the  Wallamet,  possess  themselves  of 
their  women  nnd  property.'^ 

■  Soon  after  camp  was  made  a  visit  was  received  from 
Nicholas  Finlay,  wlio  was  present  at  the  Wniilatpu  tragedy, 
and  who,  according  to  Newell,  "told  lies  and  showed 
mu"h  treachery."  He  brought  with  him  two  pretended 
brothers  who  were  believed  to  be  spies. 

The  troops  passed  an  uncomfortable  niglit,  and  were 
early  in  motion  on  the  twetity-fifth,  traveling  all  day  sur- 
rounded by  Indians,  and  without  water.  It  became  evi- 
dent that  there  was  a  division  among  the  Cayuses,  and 
that  those  who  liad  held  aloof  the  day  previous  were 
desirous  of  peace.  In  fact,  they  sent  messengers  to  signify 
their  desire,  even  some  of  the  murderers  asking  for  a  coun- 
cil; but  the  commissioners,  as  well  as  the  troops,  refused 
to  talk  until  they  came  to  water,  which  they  did  not  find 
until  they  reached  the  Umatilla  at  sunset,  by  which  time 
the  troops  were  in  a  bad  humor  from  the  tortures  of  hun- 
ger and  thirst.  •  '  '.         ' 

The  Indians  were  encamped  four  miles  above  the  army 
on  the  east  side  of  the  fiver,  which  they  had  boastfully 
said  the  Americans  should  never  cross,  but  which  was 
crossed  on  the  twenty-sixth,  when  camp  was  made  a  mile 
nearer  the  (^ayuses.  During  these  movements  the  Indians 
swarmed  along  the  hills,  many  showing  their  hostile  sen- 
timents in  many  ways,  while  others  refrained  from  warlike 
demonstrations,  but  all  exhibiting  alarm  at  the  presence 
of  troops  in  their  country.  After  the  army  had  encamped, 
the  chief,  Sticcas,  and  many  other  Cayuses  made  overtures 
of  peace,  and  were  told  by  the  commissioners  to  meet  them 
at  Waiilatpu.  From  these  visitors  it  was  learned  that  Five 
Crows  adjured  his  people,  should  he  die  of  his  wound,  to 
fight  the  Americans  without  end,  as  he  would  if  he  lived. 

One  reason  of  the  hesitancy  of  the  commissioners  to  en- 
tertain any  propositions  coming  from  the  Cayuses  at  this 
time  was  the  failure  to  establish  communication  with  Fort 

1'  Letter  ol  Charles  McKay  in  Oregon  Spectator,  March  il3, 1848. 


THE   OAVUSE  WAR.    ' 


177 


Walla  Walla,  it  has  already  been  mentioned  that  tiic 
bearer  of  the  letters  to  Mel  Jean  and  the  Nez  Perces  was 
intercepted,  the  packet  falling  into  the  hands  of  Tauitowo, 
who,  after  abstracting  the  Mag  and  tobacco,  sent  the  letters 
to  McBean.  The  answer  of  McBean,  however,  he  retained 
and  destroyed,  and  it  was  this  unexplained  silence  which 
made  them  hesitate. 

The  letter  to  McBean  was  an  explanation  of  the  pres- 
ence of  an  army  in  the  country,  not  for  the  purpose  of 
distracting  it  with  warfare,  but  to  bring  to  justice  the 
(J^yuse  murderers,  and  to  prevent  the  other  tribes  from 
combining  with  them.  He  was  not  asked  to  take  part  in 
any  way  to  disturb  the  friendly  relations  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company  to  the  Indians,  but,  if  possible,  to  aid  in 
bringing  about  peace.  Further  than  this  the  letter  ex- 
|)ressed  anxiety  lest  the  Catholic  mission  and  the  fort 
should  be  in  danger,  and  offered  a  detachment  to  protect 
them  if  necessary.  The  same  packet  contained  a  letter 
from  Colonel  Gilliam  to  Brouillet,  asking  him  to  furnish 
a  statement  of  the  jiarthe  had  taken  in  the  affairs  of  the 
-■  Waiilatpu  mission  before  and  after  the  massacre.  Brouil- 
let's  reply  went  the  same  way  with  McBean's,  but  it  is 
reproduced  in  his  Authentic  Account,  an  abstract  of  which 
has  been  given  in  a  previous  chapter. 

On  reaching  Walla  Walla  these  things  were  explained. 
-'Had  the  c  imissioners  received  the  letters  intercepted  by 
Tauitowe  tney  would  have  been  in  a  [)Osition  to  treat  witli 
the  Cayuses,  a  majority  of  whom  would  gladly  have  ac- 
cepted peace  on  the  governor's  terms  —  the  surrender  of 
the  murderers.  But  with  the  guilty  ones  striving  to  pre- 
vent a  peace  on  these  terms,  and  the  commissioners  coming 
with  an  army  and  hesitating  to  hold  a  council,  the  multi- 
tude were  alarmed  and  uncertain  to  a  degree  which  im- 
pelled them  to  self-defense,  if  not  to  aggressive  warfare. 

On  the  morning  of  the  twenty-seventh  not  an  Indian 
was  to  be  seen,  and  nothing  had  been  stolen  during  the 
night  —  proof  enough  that  none  were  near — and  it  was 

12 


m 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OllEGON. 


understood  that  they  had  gone  to  prepare  for  war.  The 
army  then  proceeded  on  its  march  toward  Waiilatpu. 

Newell  remarks,  in  his  Memoranda,  that  "for  the  last 
few  days  the  men  have  behaved  well,"  and  also  that 
"some  hope  is  entertained  that  our  mission  will  be  success- 
ful, though  we  lack  experience;"  and  further,  "we  have 
heard  of  Messrs.  Walker  and  Eells;  they  are  still  at  home, 
though  in  suspense  and  fear." 

On  the  twenty-eighth  the  troops  encamped  on  the  Walla 
Walla  river,  and  the  commissioners  had  an  interview  with 
McBean  and  the  Catholic  clergymen'^  at  the  fort,  learning 
that  much  alarm  had  been  felt  on  account  of  the  combi- 
nation between  the  Cay  uses  and  the  Columbia  ri\er 
Indians;  but  the  Walla  Walla  chief,  Peu-peu-mox-mox, 
being  in  favor  of  peace,  was  regarded  as  a  hopeful  sign. 
Colonel  Gilliam  seized  the  opportunity  of  obtaining  from 
Brouillet  an  account  of  the  events  of  November  twenty- 
ninth,  as  they  had  become  known  to  him.  On  the  follow- 
ing morning  the  troops  moved  six  miles  up  the  Walhi 
Walla  river  and  encamped,  when  Major  Lee,  with  twenty- 
five  men,  returned  to  the  fort  to  press  two  kegs  of  powder, 
which  were  secured.  Another  march  of  five  miles  on  the 
first  of  March  brought  the  army  to  the  camp  of  Peu-peu- 
niox-mox,  who  professed  friendship,  and  sold  several  beef 
cattle  to  the  commissary  of  subsistence.  Here  the  smoke 
and  dust  of  the  Cayuse  camp  in  mot  on  towards  Waiilatpu 
was  observed,  and  a  Nez  Perce  visited  the  commissioners 
to  take  observations.  On  the  second  camp  was  made  near 
the  site  of  Dr.  Whitman's  mission.  And  so  at  last  the 
whole  of  the  horrible  story  was  made  known,  for  it  should 


"1^.  .ItinniiigK,  acting  quartei master  at  Fort  Lee,  about  this  date,  wrote  a  letter  t(v 
A.  K.  Wait,  informing  him  that  Siletza,  the  Des  Chutes  chief  atwerted  that  "the  priest 
at  Walla  Walla,"  which  was  Brouillet,  had,  under  duress,  been  compelled  to  make 
shields  for  the  Cayuses,  who  flattered  themselves  with  a  certainty  of  success,  Intend- 
ing to  march  througii  thn  Yakima  country  and  punish  them  for  their  neutrality  by 
killing  thera  all  ofl',  after  which  they  proposed  to  march  down  th»  north  side  of  the 
Columbia,  and  felling  upon  the  American  settlements,  exterminate  the  white  peo- 
ple. "We  are  troubled  very  much,"  continues  .lennings,  "with  friendly  Indians. 
Our  force  being  so  weak  at  this  place  we  are  compelled  to  br  more  liberal  In  presents 
uf  meat  and  ilour  than  wc  would  if  our  situation  was  other <'ise.    Among  the  many 


THE   C^YUSE  WAR. 


179 


be  remembered  no  one  had  visited  the  mission  since  Iho 
rescue  of  the  captives,  whose  stories  contained  only  their 
personal  experiences,  colored  by  personal  prejudices. 

Colonel  Gilliam  with  two  companies  first  visited  the 
mission  grounds,  and  on  the  third  moved  his  camp  to  the 
ruins.  The  bodies  of  the  dead  had  been  unearthed  by 
wolves,  and  lay  about,  half  devoured.  Some  of  Mrs.  Whit- 
man's hair  was  cut  off  and  preserved  by  the  messengers  to 
Washington,  Meek,  Newell,  and  others,  and  the  remains 
rcVnterred.'"  Says  Newell,  "  papers,  books,  letters,  iron,  and 
many  other  things  lay  about  the  premises.  Wagon  wheels 
and  other  property  had  been  placed  in  the  house  before  it 
was  burned.  I  got  some  letters,  and  many  laid  about  in 
the  water."  That  these  letters,  which  would  have  thrown 
much  light  on  grave  questions,  were  not  religiously  pre- 
served, is  proof  of  a  want  of  proper  forethought  and  dis- 
cipline. They  were  carelessly  read,  discussed,  and  de- 
stroyed, the  only  scrap  of  information  that  floated  from 
them  to  the  public  ear  being  the  statement  that  proof  was 
found  in  them  that  Dr.  Wliitmau  was  fully  warned  and 
aware  of  his  danger. 

Colonel  Gilliam  called  a  council  of  his  army  officers  on 
the  third,  and  the  other  peace  commissioners  speedily  dis- 
covered that  the  military  spirit  in  their  associate  was  un- 
able to  brook  the  evidences  of  savage  malevolence  which 
the  scene  of  Waiilatpu  presented.  "The  commissioners," 
says  Newell,  "have  no  chance  to  arrange  with  the  In- 
dians; we  are  short  of  provisions  and  time;  our  colonel 
is  quite  hasty."  That  day  a  fortification  was  commenced, 
constructed  out  of  the  adobes  of  the  ruined  houses;  and 


lodges  in  our  vicinity  there  are  between  fifty  and  seventy  warriors,  and  I  am  not  oer- 
tain  of  their  entire  friendship;  In  fact,  thc>  cannot  be  relitd  upon.  They  are  daily 
a,sking  for  passes  to  go  to  Fort  Vancouver,  but  of  late  we  have  refused  thorn  any, 
believing  their  intentions  are  not  good  ":    Orepon  Archives,  lOIS. 

'"It  seoii>8  from  Newell's  journal,  that  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman  were  at  first  interred 
together,  "  with  a  paling  around  them,  nicely  done ; "  and  a  board  fence  around  the 
mound  which  held  the  other  dead.  These  enclosures  were  probably  constructed  by 
the  men  who  were  spared,  during  their  month  of  captivity.  The  mutilated  remains 
found  by  the  volunteers  were  hastily  placed  in  the  ground  a)l  toyother. 


180 


INDfAN  WAHS   OF  OliKaON. 


notwithstanding  that  a  few  No/,  Perces  nnd  I*cu-peu-mox- 
inox  made  friendly  overtures,  the  colonel  was  not  softcnoil 
and  declared  in  council  that  he  had  come  to  tight,  and 
fight  he  would. 

On  the  night  of  the  fourth  of  March,  more  than  thron 
months  after  the  massacre,  the  messenger  to  Washington 
made  a  final  start  for  the  states,  escorted  by  a  company  of 
one  hundred  men  as  far  as  the  Blue  mountains,  where  the 
little  party  of  nine  bade  their  friends  adieu,  and  set  out 
upon  their  mission,  depending  only  upon  their  own  sa- 
gacity, and  the  cap  and  capote  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Coni- 
})any  for  safety  from  the  diingers  of  the  journey.  The 
names  of  Meek's  companions  were:  (».  W.  Ebberts,  .John 
Owens,  Nathaniel  Bowman,  .lames  Steel,  Sanmel  Miller, 
Jacob  Leabo,  Dennis  JUiris,  and  David  Young.  Ebberts, 
like  Meek,  was  a  "mountain  man,"  or  trapper  for  the  lur 
companies  for  many  years.  The  others  were  chiefly  re- 
turning immigrants.-" 

The  fifth  being  Sunday,  the  order  to  work  on  the  fortifi- 
cation was  very  unwillingly  complied  with,  and  signs  of  a 
mutinous  spirit  were  scarcely  repressed.  During  the  d.ay 
William  Craig,  who  had  joined  the  army,  and  Joseph  (ier- 
vais,  from  French  Prairie  in  the  Waliamet,  went  to  meet 
a  large  body  of  the  Nez  Perces  whom,  rumor  said,  were 
coming  to  join  the  Cayuses,  and  to  bring  them  to  see  the 

*'Thc  party  experienced  the  uiiBvoi'Iable  hiirilsliips  of  mountain  travel  at  llli^ 
time  of  tiie  year,  the  snow  being  soft,  but  readied  Kort  BoisO  safely,  walking  most  of 
the  wt\y  and  leading  their  horses  luid  paok  animals.  'I'wo  of  the  immiKrauts 
remained  at  Iloiso,  discouraged  bylhe  trials  of  their  first  three  hundred  miles.  The 
remainder  of  the  party  proceeded  to  Fort  Hall,  traveling  day  and  night  for  fear  of  the 
Uaniiooks,  some  of  whom  had  been  met  on  tlie  road,  acting  stispiciously.  .^t  I'orl 
liar,  they  received  warm  fooJ  and  a  few  hours'  rest,  continuing  their  journey  with 
no  unnecessary  deloy,  but  having  to  abandon  their  horses  after  two  days'  of  slriig- 
gling  through  drift?  of  fresli  snow,  and  take  to  suowshoes  made  of  willow  W\p 
woven  in  shape.  With  only  a  blanket  and  a  ritle  apiece,  and  depending  upon  the 
latter  to  prooire  subsistance,  they  pushed  on  to  Bear  river,  where  they  came  upou 
the  camp  of  Peg-leg  Smith,  a  former  associate  of  Meek  and  Ebberts,  who  hail  uot 
abandoned  mountain  life,  and  who  received  them  with  a  liberal  hospitality,  which 
raised  their  strength  and  their  spirits  together.  Two  of  the  men  remained  at  thi.- 
camp.  Refreshed  ai.'d  jirovided  with  food,  the  party  again  set  out,  on  suow.shocs. 
and  reached  Fort  BriJger,  four  hundred  and  seventy  miles  beyond  Boise,  after  several 
days  of  hard  travel     .Iiimes  liridgcr  whs  another  old  aciiuaintance  of  Meek's,  uiid 


commi.ssi 
"much  di 
the  morr( 
different  \ 
Kiilly;  otl 
do  what  V 
tain  McK 
all  the  offi 

This  cri 
doubted  ly 
iirmy  in 
that  the  u 
patriotic  o 
imply  thai 
commande 
to  rememb 
expressly  i 
as  underst 
jority  of  th 
out  of  the 

Howevei 
as  threaten 
turned  witl 
Nez  Perces 
were  broug 

remlered  needc 
means  four  were 
sot  on  very  well 
At  Fort  Larami 
I'liplllion,  who 
Biiibush.  While 
to  conceal  the  r 
«iiU  to  his  great 
le Beau,  a  Frem 
escort  the  party 
"igbt  journey,  u 
neighborhood, 
migrants  to  Oreg 
other  members  o 
iteompiisijed,  a 
houses  of  congre 
Mei'k'a  mission  a 


THE   (JAY USE  WAR. 


181 


commissioners.  According  to  Newell,  Colonel  (Jilliiun  was 
"much  displeased,"  and  threatened  to  march  to  battle  on 
the  morrow.  "This  army,"  he  remarks,  "  is  composed  of 
ditlerent  kinds  of  men.  Some  have  come  to  behave  le- 
gally; others  to  plunder;  and  others  for  popularity.  To 
do  what  we  ought  is  easy,  if  we  could  act  together.  Cap- 
tain McKay  and  company  deserve  credit.  In  fact,  nearly 
all  the  officers  seem  to  wish  to  do  for  the  best." 

This  criticism,  confided  only  to  a  private  diary,  was  un- 
doubtedly lionest,  and  might  well  have  applied  to  any 
army  in  such  circumstances.  Yet  he  nowhere  implies 
that  the  men  of  Gilliam's  command,  as  a  whole,  were  un- 
patriotic or  disloyal  to  their  duty.  He  does,  however,  often 
imply  that  petulance  and  indiscretion  on  the  part  of  their 
commander  produced  discord  and  disorder.  Si  111  it  is  well 
to  remember  that  Newell  belonged  to  the  peace  commission 
expressly  in  his  character  of  a  friend  to  the  Indians,  and 
as  understanding  their  ideas,  which  CJilliam  and  the  ma- 
jority of  the  volunteers  were  unable  to  do.  It  was  natually 
out  of  the  question  for  Newell  and  Gilliam  to  agree. 

However,  the  colonel  did  not  march  to  battle  on  the  sixth 
as  threatened.  Instead,  about  noon,  (Jraig  and  Gervais  re- 
turned with  information  that  two  hundred  and  fifty  friendly 
Nez  Perces  and  Cay  uses  were  near,  who,  in  the  afternoon 
were  brought  to  camp,  the  army  saluting  and  cheering  in 


renilered  needeu  assistance,  providiiiK'  the  parly  with  four  go«l  mules,  by  which 
means  four  were  mounted  at  a  time,  so  tliat  by  tiiking  each  his  turn  in  wnllcing  tliey 
sot  on  very  well  to  the  Platte,  where  the  travel  was  improved,  but  subsistance  scarce. 
At  Fort  Laramie  fresh  mounts  were  ob-oined  from  the  Krench  trader  in  charge, 
I'lipillion,  who  warned  them  to  look  out  for  the  Sioux  at  Ash  Hollow,  a  favorite 
miibush.  While  attempting  to  poss  this  village  in  a  snowstorm,  which  he  relied  upon 
toconeeal  the  party.  Meek  heard  himself  hailed  by  his  familiar  title  of  "Major," 
and  to  his  great  satisfaction  found  himself  accepting  the  protlered  hospitalities  of 
l.e  Beau,  a  Frenchman  well  know  to  him  iu  his  trapper's  life.  Le  Ueau  otiered  to 
escort  the  party  beyou<l  the  village,  which  kindness  was  gladly  accepted,  and  one 
night  journey,  after  parting  with  their  iVietid,  brought  them  out  of  the  dangerous 
neighborhood.  Meek  arrived  on  the  fourth  of  Mny  at  the  Missouri  river,  where  im- 
migrants to  Oregon  and  California  were  then  crossing,  and  where  he  purled  from  the 
other  members  ol  his  party.  The  remainder  of  his  journey  to  Washington  was  soon 
Hccomplished,  and  on  the  twenty-ninth  of  May  President  Polk  laid  before  both 
houses  of  congress  a  special  message  on  Oregon  alTairs.  Many  amusing  iucidetits  of 
Mwks  mission  are  related  in  Mrs.  Victor's  Itiver  uj  The  Wed. 


182 


INDIAN  WAliS  OF  Oil  EG  ON. 


'•H: 


the  mo8t  hospitflblo  manner,  and  on  t'  >  seventli  n  general 
council  was  held. 

The  speeches  of  the  chiefs  are  interesting  at  this  date  as 
specimens  of  savage  oratory,  as  well  as  showing  their  atti- 
tude towards  the  Americans. 

In  the  absence  of  Ellis,  who  was  gone  on  a  buffalo  hunt, 
Joseph  acted  as  headman  » iovernor  Abernethy's  letter 
being  presented  to  them,  and  the  seal  broken,  it  was  handed 
to  an  interpreter  to  be  road.    .Joseph  said  : — 

Now  r  show  my  lu'urt.  Wlien  I  left  home  I  took  the  book  (tht- 
Kospels  hi  the  Nez  FercO  liuiKUPge)  In  my  hand,  and  brought  It  with 
me.  It  Ih  my  Ught.  I  heard  the  Americans  were  eomhig  on  to  kill 
me;  still  I  held  my  book  before  me  and  came  on.  I  have  heard  tlin 
wordH  of  your  chief.  T  speak  for  all  the  Cayuses  present,  and  for 
my  people.  I  do  not  want  my  children  engaged  in  this  war, 
although  my  brother  Ih  wounded.-'  You  npeak  of  the  murderers. 
I  shall  not  meddle  with  them.  \  bow  my  head.  This  much  I 
speak. 

•Jacob,"  who  was  wont  to  play  upon  the  superstitions  of 
his  people  to  gain  inHuence  among  them,  next  spoke.  lie 
said :  "  It  is  the  hiw  of  this  country  that  the  murderer 
shall  die.  That  law  I  keep  in  my  heart,  because  1  believe 
it  is  the  law  of  God  — the  first  law."  He  also  said  he  had 
heard  the  Americans  were  coming  to  kill  all  his  people, 
but  was  not  turned  back  by  the  report.  He  was  thankful 
for  the  assurances  contained  in  the  governor's  letter,  that 
only  the  guilty  should  suffer. 

James,  a  Catholic  Nez  Perce,  expressed  pleasure  at  the 
escape  of  Mr.  Spalding,  and  said  that  he  was  sure  all  the 
chiefs  present  desired  peace. 

lied  Wolf  related  that  on  hearing  of  the  massacre  ho 
had  gone  to  Waiilatpu  to  learn  the  truth,  and  had  been 
told  l)y  Tauitowe  that  the  young  men  had  committed  the 
murders,  but  that  not  all  the  chiefs  were  in  the  conspiracy. 


'•  His  hiiU-brothor,  Five  Crows,  Joseph's  motlier  being  a  Cayusc. 

'"  It  is  related  by  tlie  missionaries  that  Jacob,  liaviug  obtained  a  large  picture  of 
the  devil,  used  to  threaten  his  people  with  the  appearance  of  Satan,  and  carry  out 
his  threat  by  cuucealiug  hlmsell'  and  suddenly  thrusting  forth  the  fl-lghtfUl  picture. 


1'iJF!  (lAVVSK  WAR. 


t8:{ 


t 


He  luid  foturned  and  told  Spuldinj^  nil  he  knew  about  it, 
and  Spalding  had  said  he  would  go  to  the  Wallamet,  tell 
the  governor  the  Nez  I*erc6s  'lad  saved  his  life,  and  that 
theirs  must  be  Hoved. 

Timothy  preferred  not  to  talk.  He  said:  "You  hoar 
these  chiefs;  they  speak  for  all.  \  am  as  one  iu  the  air;  1 
do  not  meddle  with  these  things:  the  chiefs  speak;  we  are 
all  of  one  mind." 

Richard,  who  accompanied  Dr.  Whitman  to  the  biaf-es 
in  1835,  was  gbd  i'.e  governor  had  spoken  so  kindly.  His 
people  did  not  wish  to  go  to  war.  They  had  been  taught 
by  their  SA  chief,  Cut-nose,  to  take  no  bad  advice,  l)nt  to 
adhere  to  the  good.  As  for  Ellis,  he  was  in  the  buffalo 
country,  but  he  was  confident  he  would  be  for  peace. 

Kentuck,  the  Nez  Perce  who  had  conducted  Dr.  Parker 
through  the  Salmon  river  country  in  1835,  next  spoke, 
saying  that  he  had  been  much  with  the  Americans  and 
the  French,  and  nothing  could  be  said  injurious  of  him. 
He  had  fought  with  the  Americans  against  the  Blackfoot 
[)eople.  He  had  been  with  Fremont  in  California  the  year 
previous,  not  for  pay,  but  from  regard  for  the  Americans. 
It  had  been  falsely  said  that  he  was  with  the  Cayuses  in 
these  murders.  His  people  had  nevoc  shed  the  blood  of 
Americans,  and  he  was  glad  that  only  the  really  guilty 
were  to  be  punished. 

Camaspelo,  the  only  Cayuse  chief  present,  confessed  that 
his  nation  had  two  hearts.  Tttmsucky  had  consulted  him 
on  the  subject  of  the  massacre,  but  he  had  refused  to  have 
anything  to  do  with  it,  giving  as  a  reason  that  his  child 
was  sick  and  he  had  no  heart  for  murder;  but  Tamsucky 
had  returned  to  the  other  chiefs  and  told  them  lie  con- 
sented. 

Such  was  the  talk  of  these  chiefs.  Camaspelo  might 
have  further  said  that  at  the  very  time  he  was  being  con- 
sulted about  Dr.  Whitman's  murder,  the  doctor  had  ridden 
many  miles  to  visit  his  sick  child,  and  had  not  been  told 
of  the  danger  that  at  that  moment  overhung  him,  by  the 


y 


184 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREOON. 


child's  father.  But  the  commissioners  were  not  intent  on 
a  criticism  of  the  evidence;  they  were  only  glad  to  find 
that  a  part  of  the  Cayuses  would  refuse  to  take  up  arms 
in  defense  of  the  conspirators. 

General  x'almer  then  followed  wuth  an  address.  He 
gave  praise  to  the  Nez  Perces  for  their  good  behavior,  and 
furnished  them  a  motive  for  continuing  quiet  by  telling 
them  the  Cayuses  by  their  conduct  had  forfeited  their 
lands.  He  declared  the  Americans  did  not  want  their 
lands;  they  only  wanted  a  road  through  them  kept  open, 
and  for  that  purpose  a  fort  would  be  built,  and  troops  sta- 
tioned at  Waiilatpu.  It  would  be  futile  for  the  Cayuses 
to  oppose  this;  it  would  be  wiser  for  them  to  assist  in 
bringing  the  criminals  to  justice,  so  that  the  innocent 
might  be  at  peace.  The  Nez  Perces  were  advised  to  return 
to  their  homea  and  their  planting,  and  William  Craig,  with 
whom  they  were  well  acquainted,  was  appointed  agent  to 
reside  among  them,  with  the  authority  of  magistrate  to 
settle  all  differences.  A  teacher  and  a  blacksmith  were 
promised  them  wlien  peace  should  be  restored,  and  no 
white  men  were  to  be  allowed  to  settle  on  their  lands  ex- 
cept by  their  consent.  On  their  part  they  were  required 
to  refrain  from  molesting  the  missionaries  at  Chemekaije, 
or  interfering  with  travelers  passing  through  their  coun- 
try or  coming  to  trade  with  them,  to  all  of  which  they 
assented. 

The  other  commissioners  made  friendly  and  advisory 
addresses,  after  which  the  American  Hag,  with  tobacco, 
was  presented,  and  the  business  of  tho  council  was  fol- 
lowed in  the  evening  by  a  war  dance  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  convention  of  white  and  red  men.  ; 


Gilliam,  as  one  of  the  commissioners,  could  not  avoid 
acting  his  part;  but  as  commander  of  the  army  he  was 
ill  at  ease.  He  saw  the  Cayuses  passing  by  unharmed, 
going  to  the  Nez  Perce  country  in  the  hope  of  inducing 
their  relatives  and  former  allies  to  join  with  them  against 


THE   GAY  USE  WAR. 


•V/\ 


185 


the  Americans,  while  just  enough  of  them  lingvred  behind 
to  pick  up  the  news  about  camp  and  act  as  go-betweens. 
Still  the  influence  of  the  superintendent  was  such  that  on 
the  eighth  the  Nez  Perce  chiefs  were  encouraged  to  go  to 
the  Cay  use  camp,  then  twenty-five  miles  distant,  to  en- 
deavor to  persuade  the  nation  to  give  up  the  murderers, 
the  army  to  follow  on  the  next  day,  two  of  the  commis- 
sioners accomi)anying  it.  It  had  advanced  but  three  miles 
from  Waiilatpu  when  it  was  met  by  chief  Sticcas,  who  had 
in  charge  several  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  cattle,  prop- 
erty, and  money  belonging  to  the  mission  and  murdered 
immigrants,  which  the  ('ayuscs  had  given  up  in  the  hope 
of  thus  creating  a  favorable  sentiment  in  their  behalf. 

A  proposition  was  made  by  Sticcas  for  a  council,  Gilliam 
objecting  on  the  ground  that  it  was  an  artifice  to  gain 
time;  but  it  was  finally  agreed  to,  and  the  troops  en- 
camped for  the  purpose.  In  tlie  talk  with  Sticcas  it  was 
made  known  that  the  Cayuses  refused  to  surrender  Taui- 
towe  or  Tamsucky.  The  first,  indeed,  had  never  been  ac- 
cused, but  Tamsucky  was  undoubtedly  guilty,  and  by  thus 
classing  them  together  the  murderers  sought  to  retain  more 
influence  on  their  side.  In  this  council  Colonel  Gilliam 
offered  to  accept  Joe  Lewis  in  place  of  five  of  the  murder- 
ers, but  no  agreement  was  arrived  at,  neither  the  other 
commissioners  nor  the  Cayuses  being  pleased  to  consent.-' 
Still  a  certain  amount  of  success  had  attended  their  efforts. 
The  Nez  Perces  were  made  friendly  neutrals  and  the  Cay- 
uses were  di'ndeci,  so  that  ultimately  they  might  have 
come  to  the  terms  proposed. 

On  the  eleventh  the  army  made  a  fresh  start,  unen- 
cumbered by  a  peace  commission.  Palmer,  Lee,  and 
Newell,  with  McKay,  who  was  ill,  and  others,  leaving  for 
the  Wallamet.  those  remaining  in  the  Cay  use  country 
numberi;.^  only  two  hundred  and  sixty-eight  men  and 
officers.    The  departing  half  dozen  remained  one  night  at 


ffi 


-■'" Seeing  such  a  ii|iove,"  says,  Newell,  "I  concluded  to  be  off.' 


■-s"?"^" 


186 


jNt)tAM  WAMS  OF  dUFMOif. 


Fort  Walla  Walla,  where  those  wounded  on  the  tnatch  to 
Waiilatpu  had  been  left  to  recover.  Here  again  Peu-pen- 
mox-mox  was  seen,  professing  friendship  and  giving  the 
commission  much  information  concerning  the  events  of 
the  previous  November.  Here  also  they  found  some  sick 
of  measles,  that  disease  not  yet  having  abated.  The  party 
were  offered  an  escort  by  McBean,  which  was  accepted  as 
far  as  The  Dalles,  the  route  taken  being  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Columbia.  "Our  difficulties  with  the  Indians," 
says  Newell,  "places  this  fori  in  a  very  bad  position  with 
the  Indians,  as  they  desire  to  remain  neutral,  which  is  not 
so  easy  to  do." 

Palmer  arrived  at  The  Dalles  March  seventeenth,  and 
on  the  following  day  held  a  talk  with  the  Indians  who 
with  Beardy  had  been  sent  there  to  assist  his  returu,  and 
who  agreed  to  remain  friendly,  to  bring  in  the  property 
stolen,  and  steal  no  more.  On  the  twenty-fourth  the  com- 
missioners arrived  at  Oregon  City.  General  Palmer  re- 
sumed the  duties  of  the  commissary's  office,  and  Major 
Lee  made  his  report  to  the  governor. 


Freed  from  the  peace  commission  Colonel  Gilliam,  as 
has  been  said,  took  up  the  march  for  the  camp  of  the 
Cayuses  on  the  eleventh  of  March.  On  the  first  day  three 
Indians  presented  themselves  bearing  the  flag  of  peace, 
and  having  with  them  some  of  the  horses  stolen  on  the 
march  from  The  Dalles.  They  reported  that  Sticcas  had 
taken  .Joe  Lewis,  according  to  the  proposition  of  the  com- 
mander of  the  army,  but  that  his  prisoner  had  been 
rescued,  and  the  property  retaken  which  Sticcas  was 
bringing  ^o  deliver  up.  On  this  information  Gilliam 
quickened  his  march,  believing  that  Sticcas  was  endeavor- 
ing to  deceive  him ;  and  while  encamped  near  the  head  of 
the  Touchet  on  the  Nez  Perc6  trail,  received  a  message 
from  Tauitowe  professing  friendship,  and  his  intention  to 
forsake  the  company  of  the  hostile  Cayuses.  He  added 
that  his  camp  was  on  the  Ticannon  above  Gilliam's;  that 


THE   CAYUSE 


WAR 


18; 


Tainsucky  had  gone  to  Red  Wolf's  place  on  Snake  river, 
and  that  Tiloukaikt  had  gone  down  the  Tucannon  with 
his  following,  intending  to  cross  Snake  river  into  the 
Palouse  country. 

The  purpose  of  this  division  of  the  Cayuse  force  should 
have  been  apparent  to  the  commander,  and  perhaps  was 
so;  but  he  must  then  have  made  up  his  mind  to  place 
himself  where  he  was  liable  to  assault  from  three  direc- 
tions. He,  however,  made  a  night  march,  arriving  near 
the  Cayuse  camp  not  far  from  the  mouth  of  the  Tucannon 
before  dawn,  waiting  for  daylight  to  make  bis  presence 
known,  when  he  advanced  to  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile  of 
the  lodges.  Here  he  was  met  by  one  aged  Indian,  who 
with  liis  unarmed  hands  on  his  head  and  his  heart, 
assured  the  commander  that  he  was  in  error  —  that  this 
was  not  the  camp  of  Tiloukaikt,  but  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox, 
who  was  his  friend,  and  would  not  fight  the  Americans. 
Tiloukaikt  was  gone  he  said,  but  there  was  his  stock  feeding 
on  the  hills  about,  and  the  Americans  might  take  that  if 
they  chose.  On  entering  the  camp  only  a  few  warriors 
were  found,  who,  though  armed  and  painted,  appeared 
friendly. 

The  Tucannon  river  runs  through  a  cafion  with  high 
and  steep  walls,  and  Tiloukaikt's  cattle  were  on  the  further 
side.  No  sooner  had  the  volunteers,  with  much  fatiguing 
toil  for  both  men  and  horses,  reached  the  high  plain  than 
the  cattle  were  discovered  swimming  the  Snake  river  and 
escaping  into  the  Palouse  country.  The  trick  was  evident, 
!md  the  Americans  acknowledged  themselves  outwitted. 
Nothirg  now  appeared  feasible,  but  to  collect  what  few 
beef  cattle  remained,  with  several  hundred  head  of  horses, 
and  return  to  the  camp  on  the  Touchet. 

When  about  a  mile  on  their  retreat  they  were  attacked 
In  the  rear  by  a  force  of  four  hundred  Indians,  chiefly 
Palouses,  allies  of  the  Cayuses,  who  had  cunningly  left 
them  to  do  the  fighting,  while  the  guilty  among  them- 
selves van  away.    The  remainder  nf  the  day  was  passed 


188 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


in  a  painfully  slow  fighting  march,  the  troops  being  com- 
pelled to  pass  the  night  several  miles  from  camp,  without 
food  or  fire,  to  which  discomfort  was  added  the  fatigue  of 
the  previous  sleepless  night,  and  the  impossibility  of  catch- 
ing a  half  hours  rest,  with  almost  an  incessant  firing  into 
camp.  Unable  to  stand  the  strain,  the  order  was  given  to 
turn  out  the  captured  stock,  in  the  hope  that  the  Indians 
would  desist  from  their  annoyances  on  recovering  it.  But 
the  sacrifice  was  useless,  the  Indians  attacking  as  soon  as 
the  troops  were  upon  the  road,  which  was  as  soon  as  there 
was  light  enough  to  show  them  the  country  to  be  traveled 
over,  when  they  took  to  the  hills  on  the  west  side  of  the 
river  to  avoid  ambuscades,  "As  soon,"  says  one  report, "  as  • 
we  reached  the  top  of  the  hills  we  gave  a  regular  Indian 
yell  to  let  them  know  we  were  ready  for  the  fray.  It  came 
right  soon.  Captain  Halt's  company  from  Washington 
county,  and  Captain  Phil.  Thompson's  company  from 
Yamhill  county,  were  in  the  hottest  of  the  engagement, 
and  called  for  assistance,  which  was  rendered.  We  then 
moved  towards  the  Touchet,  and  as  we  had  beaten  them 
in  the  first  attack  we  began  to  fear  they  would  not  follow 
us  further.  The  interpreter  was  sent  to  the  top  of  a  hill 
to  challenge  them,  which  excited  them  somewhat.  As  we 
neared  the  Touchet,  Shaw  was  ordered  to  take  twenty 
picked  men  with  good  horses  and  cut  off  the  Indians  on 
the  left,"  they  having  been  hanging  all  the  morning  on 
the  column  in  bunches,  Ike  swarms  of  hornets. 

Shaw's  detachment  ran  their  horses  for  three-fourths  of 
a  mile  to  a  point  which  shut  the  Indians  off  from  the 
river;  but  they  pursued  a  shorter  route,  intending  to  come 
down  the  stream  before  the  volunteers  reached  the  timber, 
and  make  a  stand  there.  They  were  disappointed,  the 
volunteers  gaining  the  point  of  advantage.  The  bravery 
snd  determination  of  a  few  young  men  saved  the  Oregon 
army  on  this  occasion.  The  names  of  those  so  distin- 
guished, according  to  the  report  of  the  senior  captain,  were 
Captains  Hall,  Owens,  and  Thompson,  Sergeants  Burch 


TITE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


189 


and  Cooke,  QuarteriSiaster  Goohue,  Judge- Ad vocate  Rinear- 
son,  and  Paymaster  Magone.  Captain  English  had  been 
left  in  charge  of  Fort  Waters,  and  Captain  McKay  was  ill 
at  Fort  Walla  Walla.  Captain  Maxon  was,  by  an  accident, 
placed  in  a  position  where  he  was  compelled  to  conduct 
the  official  correspondence,  and  therefore  to  leave  his  own 
name  out  of  this  commendatory  mention  where  it  properly 
belonged.^* 

The  troops  on  the  right  had  also  a  warm  engagement  in 
passing  a  fortification  erected  and  manned  by  some  of  the 
best  warriors  among  the  Indians.  In  passing  this  point 
several  volunteers  were  wounded,  one  of  whom,  William 
Taylor,  died  soon  after  the  battle.  The  Indians  lost  four 
killed  and  fourteen  wounded.-"  Their  women  cried  and 
implored  them  to  cease  fighting,  which  they  did,  nor  could 
any  taunts  excite  them  to  renew  the  conflict. 

The  victory  was  with  the  volunteers,  the  Indians  not 
crossing  the  Touchet.  Their  yells  and  battle  cries  were 
changed  to  wailing;  the  sharp  war  rattle,  and  crack  and 
ping  of  musketry,  were  followed  by  the  nerve  thrilling 
death  song. 

Thirty  hours  of  fighting  without  rest  or  food^  had  left 
the  troops  in  a  condition  to  be  glad  of  a  respite.  They 
arrived  at  Fort  Waters  on  the  sixteenth,  with  a  better 
k  iedge  of  what  was  before  them  during  the  spring  and 
summer,  should  they  not  be  able  to  take  the  murderers, 
than  they  could  otherwise  have  obtained.  The  Yakimas 
might  remain  neutral,  the  Walla  Wallas  friendly,  and  the 
Nez  Perces  keep  their  promises,  still  there  were  renegades 
from  all  these  and  other  tribes,  and  all  the  Palouses,  who 
like  the  Hessians  of  history  were  over  ready  to  fight  on 
any  side  for  hire.     There  were  more  northern  tribes  who 


■Uhegon  SfiecUilof.  April  6,  1SI8.    Orajon  AKhivei>,  MS.  siw. 

■Jf'Thc  Catholic  MagiKiim,  volume  VII.,  p.  491,  gives  the  number  of  ludians  killed 
as  fifty.    It  is  an  error. 

•-'"In  a  Narrative  by  Peter  W.  Crawford  of  Cowecman,  Washington,  Is  the  state- 
ment that  all  the  army  ate  In  the  thirty  hours  was  one  small  eolt.  There  is  no  tripn- 
tlon  of  it  in  the  reports,  but  it  is  probable  enough. 


190 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


had  not  yet  declared  themselves,  aud  among  whom  were 
the  missionaries  Walker  and  Eells,  but  who  probably 
would  not  dare  to  remain  there  after  the  news  of  the  battle 
should  reach  the  Indians  in  their  vicinity. 

Colonel  Gilliam  was  fully  convinced  of  the  gravity  of  the 
situation,  aud  held  a  council  of  his  officers  on  the  eight- 
eenth, at  which  there  was  not  perfect  unanimity  of  opinion, 
iv  part  believing  it  necessary  to  raise  another  regiment,  and 
another  part  that  only  men  enough  to  hold  the  forts  in  the 
Indian  country  were  required.  In  any  case  provisions 
were  indispensable,  and  it  was  decided  to  proceed  with  half 
the  force  to  The  Dalles  to  escort  a  supply  train  to  Fort 
Waters,  Gilliam  himself  to  accompany  it  to  confer  with 
Governor  Abernethy  on  the  existing  condition  of  affairs, 
the  peace  commission  having  been  an  acknowledged 
failure. 

Agreeably  to  this  plan,  the  companies  of  Maxon  and 
McKaj^  with  their  officers  and  others,  left  Waiilatpu  on  the 
twentieth  of  March  with  a  wagon  train.  At  the  springs 
beyond  the  Umatilla,  where  they  encamped  for  the  night, 
as  the  colonel  was  drawing  a  rope  from  a  wagon  with 
which  to  tether  his  horse,  it  caught  upon  the  trigger  of  a 
gun  lying  on  the  bottom  of  the  wagon,  discharging  it,  the 
contents  entering  his  body  aud  causing  instant  death.  The 
expedition  hastened  forward  to  The  Dalles,  and  from  there 
Major  Lee  and  Captain  McKay,  who  was  retiring  from  the 
service  on  account  of  his  health,  conducted  the  remains  to 
the  Wallamet  valley,  and  at  the  same  time  conveyed  a 
report  by  Captain  Maxon  of  the  recent  battle,  and  the 
condition  of  the  army  for  the  information  of  Adjutant- 
General  Lovejoy  and  Governor  Abernethy. 


The  death  of  Colonel  Gilliam,  while  it  was  regretted 
throughout  Oregon,  tended  to  remov  some  causes  of  dis- 
.satisfaction  in  the  army  which  v  divided  in  its  alle- 
giance to  its  commander.  By  some  he  was  accused  of  too 
great  impetuosity,  too  little  regard  for  military  discipline, 


THE  CAYUSE  WAR, 


191 


and  of  injurious  favoritism,  even  of  ignoring  the  rights  of 
immigrants  to  their  property,  in  disregard  of  the  instruc- 
tions of  the  commander-in-chief,  Governor  Abernethy. 
These  complaints  were  made  by  officers,  while  the  privates 
were  not  inclined  to  quarrel  with  qualities  which  were 
likely  to  be  popular  in  the  ranks,  nor,  perhaps,  did  they 
always  sympathize  with  the  jealousies  of  their  superiors. 
Abernethy  himsalf  did  not  escape  the  criticism  of  officers 
in  the  field,  though  for  reasons  quite  opposite  to  those  for 
which  Colonel  Gilliam  was  censured. 

As  an  example  of  the  kind  of  insubordination  referred 
to,  the  following  letter  is  quoted: — 


t. 


WaiU/ATPU,  May  3,  1848, 
Adijutant-Oeneral  Love.}oy  : 

Dear  8ik  :  When  I  received  the  appointment  of  paymaster  1 
was  wholly  ignorant  of  the  duties  that  devolved  upon  me  by  virtue 
of  my  appointment,  further  than  that  set  forth  by  the  commanding 
officer,  whose  language  to  me  was  as  follows :  "Paymaster  Magoner 
whatever  may  be  taken  by  the  army  as  government  property,  yotf 
are  directed  to  lieep  a  correct  account  of,  and  whenever  I  order  » 
sale,  either  by  auction  or  otherwise,  you  will  appear  present  and' 
take  note  of  what  may  be  sold,  and  to  whom,  &c.,  &c.,  that  it  may 
appear  against  the  piu-chaser  on  the  day  of  settlement  with  the  gov- 
ernment." In  our  first  campaign  up  Des  Chutes  river  we  obtained 
some  property,  a  goodly  portion  of  which  I  then  viewed  as  imml- 
grant«',  having  seen  several  of  the  same  articles  on  the  thirty-first 
day  of  last  Deceraljer  in  their  wagons  at  Welaptulekt's,  to  which 
place  I  had  i)een  sent,  by  Captain  Lee  in  search  of  arms  and  ammu- 
nition, &c.,  <&c.  I  merely  mentioned  these  facts  to  the  colonel 
previous  to  a  sale  of  the  property,  for  which  I  received  a  warm 
reprimand  from  that  officer.  The  property  was  then  sold  to  the 
highest  bidder,  and  we  proceeded  on  our  way  to  The  Dalles.  One- 
gentleman  discovered,  after  packing  a  large  pot  for  miles,  that  it  hadi 
a  leg  broken  off,  was  cracked,  «&c.,  eith^er  by  accident  or  other  .vise, 
tis  the  case  might  be,  and  requested  m&  to  erase  his  name  fh)m  my 
Wat.  I  refused.  The  colonel  then  apprjared  In  person  and  requested 
me  to  do  it;  and  so  it  was,  on  all  occasions.  He  reserved  to  himself 
the  right  of  saying  when  a  man's  nume  should  or  should  not  be 
erased.  Several  of  the  horses  sold  at.  The  Dulles  were  given  up  to 
iViendiy  Indianb  who  claimed  them,  and  also  at  this  place.  After 
Colonel  Gilliam  left  there  was  a  neiw  leaf  turned  over  in  the  horse 
account.     They  were  all  appraised^  {\\\d,  those  w^l()  stood  wost  ii\ 


1.  / 


192 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


need  got  first  choice.  I  liave  kept  a  correct  account  of  everything 
tliat  has  come  into  my  hands  in  any  way,  but  at  the  same  time  it  ia 
impossible  for  me  to  send  you  a  correct  report,  for  if  all  the  horses 
claimed  by  friendly  (bless  the  mark!)  Indians  are  given  up,  there 
will  be  few,  if  any,  left.  I  have  at  present  two  thousand  three  hun- 
dred dollars  on  my  books,  besides  between  seventy-five  and  one 
hundred  names  of  persons  who  received  hoi'ses  as  gifts  from  Colonel 
Gilliam,  and  with  which  I  had  nothing  whatever  to  do,  as  they 
were  given  at  ditterent  times  and  places  without  reference  to  day, 
dale,  or  anything  of  the  kind.  On  the  twentieth  of  March  I  M'as 
chosen  to  fill  the  place  of  Major  Lee  until  the  return  of  that  officer, 
and  Mr.  Knox  was  appomted  in  my  place  by  Colonel  Gilliam. 
I  remain,  dear  sir,  with  respect,  your  obedient  humble  servj.nt, 

J.  Maoonk. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Waters  wrote  April  fourth: — 


Adjutant  Wilcox,  and  the  sergeant-major,  having  left  with  Col- 
onel Gilliam;  I  found  it  necessary  to  appoint  suitable  persons  to 
fill  the  vacancy  of  the  same  for  the  time  being.  I  also  pursued  the 
same  course  in  relation  to  the  judge-advocate.  *  *  *  There  Is  a 
deficiency  in  the  number  of  horses.  The  cause  of  this  is,  that  some 
have  been  killed  in  action,  as  was  my  own  ;  some  have  t»een  taken 
by  the  Indians;  and  others  have  failed,  and  we  have  left  them. 
The  exact  number  we  cannot  ascertain,  as  there  was  a  deficiency 
previous  to  Colonel  Gilliam's  departure.  I  would  mention  some- 
thing further  relative  to  our  situation,  but  as  you  will  have  all  the 
particulars  in  my  letter  to  the  governor,  and  from  others,  I  will 
drop  the  subject  for  the  present:    Oregon  Archives,  M8.  864. 

On  the  fourth  of  May,  S.  B.  Knox,  who  had  been  ap- 
pointed paymaster  when  Magone  left  for  The  Dalles,  wrote 
to  the  adjutant-general: — 

The  sale  of  horseti  at  this  place  to  diflerent  individuals,  after 
being  appraised,  and  taken  at  the  appraisement,  has  amounted  to 
one  thousand  and  twenty-four  dollars ;  but  several  of  those  horses 
have  since  boen  clairaer,  and  given  up  to  the  friendly  Indians  by 
order  of  Colonel  Waters,  and  others  claimed  that  are  not  given  up, 
and  will  not  be  given  up  unless  ordered  so  by  Colonel  Lee  upon  his 
taking  command.  ■'  *  *  It  is  my  opinion  that  there  will  be  but 
few  more  horses  given  up  to  the  so-called  friendly  Indians :  Ori- 
yon  Arvhlves,  MS.  1004. 

As  to  Gilliam  the  man,  the  community  of  his  fellows 
understanding  him,  and  generously  refusing  to  impute 


THE  CAY  USE  WAR. 


198 


blame  to  the  pivtriot  who  died  in  the  dischargo  of  liis 
duty,  the  legislature  of  1849  passed  a  resolution  declaiing 
that  it  entertained  "the  utmost  confidence  in  the  integrity 
of  the  said  Colonel  Gilliam,  and  that  the  stores  receipted 
for  by  him  to  the  commissary  department,  and  the  ])ro- 
ceeds  of  the  said  sale  of  horses,  were  by  him  faithfully  and 
properly  applied  to  the  public  service."  It  was  also 
further  resolved :  "  That  the  heirs  of  the  estate  of  Cornelius 
Gilliam,  deceased,  be  and  they  are  hereby  discharged 
from  all  responsibility  to  the  Oregon  government  for  the 
military  stores  distributed  to  the  army,  and  horses  sold  by 
his  order  for  the  benefit  of  the  Oregon  government.  And 
that  the  commissary-general  is  hereby  authorized  to 
transfer  the  said  military  stores  and  horses  to  the  credit 
of  their  proper  accounts."** 

The  death  of  Gilliam  left  Ijieutenant-Colonel  Waters  in 
command,  and  here  again  there  arose  discontent  because 
Governor  Abernethy  appointed  Major  Lee  to  the  command, 
leaving  Wafers  in  the  second  place.  His  action  was  both 
applauded  aid  blamed.  As  a  rule,  the  favorites  of  the 
governor  wero  not  those  of  the  western  people,  who  now 
formed  the  bulk  of  the  population;  but  the  letters  from 
the  army  on  ti:e  promotion  of  Lee  were  generally  con- 
gratulatory.^ 


by 
up, 
his 
but 
Oi-r- 


^Oir.fjmi  Archivef.  MS.  3014. 

'•"H.  A.  G.  Lee  was  a  VirKiniiiii,  a  denrendant  of  Richard  I,ee,  founder  of  the  Old 
r)otDinion  family  of  that  naue.  He  was  about  thirty-one  years  of  age,  well  educated 
and  conscientious,  having  iK^en  (rained  for  the  profp.'sion  of  theology.  But  not  being 
very  strong  in  hi.s  belief  in  the  inspiration  of  the  bible  he  occupied  himself  with 
travel,  and  in  IS4;?  came  to  Oregon,  spending  his  first  winter  at  Waiilatpu.  After  the 
Cayuse  war  he  went  to  the  California  gold  mines,  and  was  successful.  He  brought  a 
htock  of  goods  to  Oregon  City,  and  entered  into  a  partnership  with  S.  W.  Moss,  a 
daughter  of  whom  he  married  in  1850.  He  died  a  few  years  later  while  on  a  voyage 
to  New  York. 

13 


CHAPTER  VJII. 


ABEltNKTIlY'S   I.RTTEU  TO  (111, LIA.M  —  CONDITION  OK   THE   AKMV  —  APPKAI.   OK   MAXON 

—  Kfkouts  of  the  Women  ok  Oregon  City  — Compact  ok  FitTEEN  Yoi'nh 
Ladies  — (tOVEiiNOB's  Proclamation  — Lee's  Appeai-— Mork  Companies  Raimbd 

—  Difficulty  ov  Sending  Men  to  the  Front  Without  Money— Applehate's 
Letter  to  Palmer  — Letter  to  Lee  — Akkairs  at  The  Dalles  — En  Route  to 
Tort  Water^i— Condition  ok  the  Commissary  Stores-  Indians  More  Friendly 

—  Lee  Finds  the  Uegiment  Lmproved,  and  Rksk.ns  His  Commission— A(cei't> 
Another  — Instructions  ok  the  Governor  to  the  .Superintendent  ok  Indian 
Affairs  — Overtures  ok  the  Yakimas  and  Other  Trihes  — Lek's  CiURciE  to 
Them—  Fruitless  Pursuit  ok  the  Cavusbs  — Agreement  With  the  Nez  Percf.s 

—  Offer  of  a  Reward  kok  the  Caiture  of  the  CAvrsE.-,  — Rf^sui.ts  of  thf; 
Campaion  — Cavuse  Lands  Confiscated— Withdrawal  of  the  Army— FoRT^ 
Waters  and  Lee  Held  I'ntil  September— Army  Discharged  — Lke's  Resigna- 
tion and  Kxplanation— Suspected  Priests- Fourth  ok  July  at  Fort  Waters 

—  Raids  in  the  Wai.lamk.t  Vallkv. 


To  UNDERSTAND  why  Colonel  Gilliam  determined  to  re- 
turn to  the  seat  of  government,  the  following  letter  should 
be  taken  into  consideration: — 

Oregon  City,  March  17,  1848. 

I  received  your  comuiunicatiou  of  the  twenty-ninth  ultimo  on 
the  evening  of  the  fifteenth  instant.  I  regret  that  so  many  of  our 
volunteers  were  wounded,  and  sincerely  hope  they  may  all  recover. 
The  Indians  lia»'e  learned  by  this  time  that  the  Americans  are  not 
women,  and  1  think  their  feelings  will  change  with  their  opinioa. 
The  probability  is  that  the  warm  reception  they  intended  giving 
you,  having  been  returned  with  such  heavy  interest,  will  be  the 
means  of  concluding  a  peace  with  tlie  triljes.  Fear  will  deter  them 
from  uniting  against  the  whites.  I  am  put  in  possession  of  datti 
from  Walla  Walla  up  to  seventh  March,  by  which  letter  1  under- 
stand "that  all  that  could  be  done  will  be  accomplished  without 
further  bloodshed."  This  is  an  extract  from  General  Palmer's  letter 
to  Mr.  McBean.  Tlie  Walla  Walla  chief  remains  friendly.  This  is 
good  under  these  circumstances,  which  no  doubt  transpired  after 
your  letter  was  written.  I  have  made  no  requisition  for  more  men. 
The  fact  is,  it  is  impossible  to  get  men  without  money,  and  money 
you  know  we  have  not. 

I  expect  to  hear  further  from  you  in  a  few  days.  Your  next  letter 
will,  I  think,  determine  me  what  course  to  take.  If  more  men  are 
needed,  the  legislature  must  come  together,  and  a  direct  tax  be  levied 
on  property.    I  hope,  however,  this  may  be  avoided.     If  the  triiies 

(194) 


THE   CAY  USE  WAR. 


195 


do  not  unite,  your  force  can  hold  Walllatpu  until  we  get  nHHistance 
from  California.  I  think  the  Henry,  Captain  Kilborne,  will  be  thero 
in  ten  days  from  this,  and  I  hope  we  shall  iniinediutely  get  uid. 
Please  present  my  thanks  to  the  officers  und  lueu  under  your  com- 
mand. I  will  add  there  is  now  one  hundred  barrels  of  flour  at  the 
Cascades  and  Dalles.  Captain  Garrison  was  instructed  to  remain 
with  his  company  at  The  Dalles. 

I  remain,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

Geobgk  Abbknethy, 
Col.  C.  Gilliam,  Governor  of  Oregon  I'erritory. 

First  Begiment  Oregon  Riflemen,  Waiilatpu. 

Events  had  transpired  since  the  governor's  declaration 
that  no  more  men  could  be  enlisted  without  calling  an 
extra  session  of  the  legislature,  which  made  it  imperative, 
if  the  war  was  carried  on,  that  more  companies  should  be 
raised,  and  that  without  loss  of  time. 

Meanwhile  the  army  was  in  a  sorry  condition.  Captain 
Maxon,  immediately  on  arriving  at  The  Dalles,  where  he 
found  a  reenforcement  of  one  company  only,  under  Joseph 
M.  Garrison,  sent  his  report  below  to  the  adjutant- general. 
He  reminded  that  officer  that  there  remained  at  Fort 
Waters,  which  was  an  enclosure  of  but  a  few  feet  in  height, 
only  one  hundred  and  fifty  men,  almost  without  clothing 
or  ammunition,  and  wholly  without  bread.  He  appealed 
to  fathers  to  send  bread  to  their  sons,  who  were  keeping 
danger  away  from  their  hearthstones;  to  mothers  to  pro- 
vide clothing  to  protect  their  children  from  the  winter 
bhists;  to  young  women  to  frown  upon  every  young  man 
who  refused  to  volunteer  to  defend  their  honor  and  their 
common  country,  and  to  every  one  to  hasten  the  supplies 
for  which  he  was  waiting  at  Fort  Lee. 

This  picture  of  destitution,  which  was  true  in  every 
particular  when  Gilliam  set  out  for  The  Dalles,  was,  at  the 
time  Maxon's  report  was  written,  considerably  ameliorated, 
as  appears  from  a  letter  by  Jesse  Cadwaller,  a  private  in 
Thompson's  company,  on  the  fourth  of  April,  and  before 
the  news  of  the  colonel's  death  had  reached  Fort  Waters; 
for  this  correspondent  says  that  thirty  bushels  of  wheat, 
besides  peas  and  potatoes,  had  been  found,  and  the  mill 


196 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OHKGON. 


had  been  rei)aired  for  grinding.  Beef  also  was  plenty, 
which  tlie  men  busied  tlieniselves  in  slauglitering  and 
(h'ying,  in  preparation  for  a  campaign. 

However,  Captain  Maxon's  appeal  was  well  timed.  It 
had  the  effect  to  revive  volunteering,  and  to  awaken  a 
more  personal  sympathy  with  the  army.  The  matrons  of 
Oregon  City  set  on  foot  an  organized  effort  to  provide 
clothing  for  the  soldiers;'  while  the  young  women  entered 
into  a  compact  to  withhold  their  favor  from  any  young 
man  who  would  not  tight  in  defense  of  them  and  their 
country.  The  fear  of  losing  their  land  claims,  should 
they  long  absent  themselves,  had  kept  many  men  without 
families  at  home;  but  in  the  published  compact  the  young 
women  agreed  to  protect  the  claims  abandoned,  that  tlieir 
owners  might  go  to  the  war.  This  agreement  was  signed 
by  "fifteen  young  ladies  of  Oregon  City;"  nor  was  the 
protocol  without  effect. 

The  governor  also  issued  the  following  proclamation : — 


Recent  accounts  from  the  seut  of  war  show  that  the  Indians  arc 
in  pretty  strong  force,  and  determined  to  fight.  Many  of  the  trilios 
have  expressed  a  desire  to  remain  peaceful,  but  there  can  be  no 
(liH'stion  that  the  slightest  defeat  on  our  part  will  encourage  portions 
of  them  to  unite  against  us,  and  if  they  should  unfortunately  suc- 
ceed in  cutting  ofT  or  crippling  our  army,  it  would  be  a  signal  for  n 
general  union  among  them;  fear  is  the  only  thing  that  will  restrain 
them.  It  is  necessary  at  the  present  moment  to  keep  a  strong  force 
in  the  field  to  keep  those  friendly  that  have  manifested  a  desire  for 
peace,  and  to  keep  t  iC  hostile  Indians  l)U8y  in  their  own  countn-, 
for  the  war  must  now  either  be  carried  on  there,  or  in  our  valley. 
The  (|Uestion  is  Jiot  now  a  matter  of  dollars  and  cents  only  ;  but 
whether  exertions  will  be  mrde  on  the  part  of  citizens  of  the  territory 
to  reenforce  and  sustain  the  army  in  the  upper  country,  and  keep 
down  the  Indians  (which  our  men  are  able  and  willing  to  do  if 
supported ),  or  disband  the  army  and  fight  them  in  the  valley.  One 
of  the  two  must  be  done.  If  the  army  is  disbanded,  before  two 
months  roll  round  we  will  liear  of  depredations  on  our  frontiers, 
familiee  will  ha  cut  off",  and  the  murderers  on  their  fleet  horses  out 
of  our  reach  In  some  mountain  pass  before  we  hear  of  the  massacre. 


'  Tlie  president  ot'tliis  society  wus  MrH.  N.  M.  Tbornluu,  and  tlie  secretary  Mrs.  K. 
F.  Thurston.  Mrs.  Hood,  Mrs.  Robb,  Mrs.  Crawford,  Mrs.  Herford,  and  Krs,  Leslie 
were  active  members. 


77//-;   (J.l  YVSF.    WAIL 


lu; 


Many  .V<*ii»K  ■"('»  i"**'  >villiuK  (/<>  t^'uliHt  unci  proceed  to  the  Heut  of 
war,  but  are  unnble  t"  furnlwh  an  outfit;  let  their  neighbors  asHlst 
tlieni,  Ht  tliern  out  well,  and  Hend  them  on.  Ah  a  people  we  niUHt 
uMBist  and  curry  on  tli'.'  war.  I  hope  sincerely  that  the  Kovernmeut 
of  the  United  Stutcn  will  speedily  extend  its  protecting  care  over  us, 
but  in  the  meantime  we  nmst  protect  ourselves,  and  now  is  the 
time.  I  therefore  call  on  all  citizens  of  this  territory  to  furnish  three 
liundred  men  in  addition  to  the  number  now  in  the  Held.  Three 
new  companies  will  be  organized  and  attached  to  the  regiment  com- 
manded b"  Coloael  H.  A.  (i.  Lee ;  each  company  to  consist  of 
eighty-five  men,  rank  and  file  ;  the  reiiuiinder  will  l)e  distributed 
among  the  companies  already  organized  ;  the  enlistments  to  be  for 
six  months,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  proclamutlou  or  relieved 
by  the  troops  of  the  United  States.  Eacli  man  will  furnish  his  own 
horse,  arms,  clothing  and  blankets.  The  companies  will  bring  all 
(he  ammunition,  percussion  caps,  and  camp  equipage  they  can,  for 
which  they  will  receive  a  receipt  from  the  commissary-general. 

All  citizens  willing  to  enlist  will  form  themselves  into  detach- 
ments in  their  several  counties  and  be  ready  to  march  to  Portland, 
so  as  to  arrive  there  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  April,  on  which  day 
Colonel  liCe  will  be  there  to  organize  the  new  companies ;  after 
which  the  line  of  march  will  be  taken  up  for  Walllatpu.  If  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  men  to  form  a  foot  company  appear  on  the  ground, 
they  will  be  received  as  one  of  the  above  companies. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  signed  my  name  and  affixed  the  seal 
of  the  territory. 

Done  at  Oregon  City,  this  first  day  of  April,  1848. 

A  paper  in  Lee's  handwriting,  but  without  signature, 
seems  to  have  been  written  to  stimulate  enlistment,  as  fol- 
lows:— 


lory 


rs,  K. 

[■enlie 


He  asks  permission,  as  one  who  has  as  little  to  defend  In  Oregon 
!is  any  one,  to  make  "an  appeal  to  your  good  sense  and  v>atrlotisni, 
in  behalf  of  your  own  interests,  your  families,  your  prosperity,  your 
own  persL'onal  safety.  I  should  do  violence  to  my  own  sense  of  duty, 
as  well  as  Injustice  to  my  country,  were  I  to  suppress  the  conviction 
which  circumstances  and  facts  have  forced  upon  me  of  our  common 
danger,  and  of  the  absolute  necessity  of  an  immediate,  united,  and 
vigorous  action  on  your  part  to  secure  the  safety  of  the  settlements 
l)y  holding  the  enemy  in  check  abroad,  which  can  only  be  done  by 
reenforcing  and  sustaining  the  troops  now  in  the  field.  No  coimtr 
ever  furnished  a  volunteer  corprj  of  braver,  better  soldiers  than 
Oregon  has  done ;  but  these  men  feel  themselves  entitled  to,  at 
least,  the  means  of  defending  the  Uvea  and  property  t  you  who 
remain  in  quiet  and  ease  at  home,  as  long  as  you  have  the  power  to 
furnish  those  means.    *    *    *    It  is  ronfldently  believed  that  could 


198 


INDIAN  WAHS  OF  OREGON. 


you  see  the  present  condition  of  the  soldiers  now  in  the  field, —  a 
part  of  them  three  hundred  miles  from  their  homes  and  fumilies,  in 
the  heart  of  an  enemy's  country,— without  a  mouthful  of  bread, 
many  of  them  almost  naked,  and  the  whole  of  them  without  the 
powder  and  lead  to  defend  their  own  lives  against  the  attack  of 
hostile  forces  within  fifty  miles  of  them,  you  would  rise  up  to  a  man 
and  render  such  assistance  as  is  in  your  power  to  furnish  them  — 
the  absolute  necessaries  of  life,  more  than  which  they  do  not  ask  — 
without  which  they  must  return  to  the  settlements.  Let  this  truth 
tell  upon  the  good  sense  of  every  man  — we  must  conquer  the 
enemy  in  their  own  country  or  fight  them  in  our  midst.  Although 
many  of  the  tribes  profess  friendship  and  refrain  from  hostilities 
while  the  seat  of  war  is  kept  in  their  midst,  where  they  have  much 
to  lose,  that  friendship  will  only  last  while  it  serves  their  own 
interest,  the  very  principle  which  will  prompt  them  to  join  the 
enemy  the  moment  there  is  the  least  hope  of  victory  on  their  side 
—  for  then  it  would  be  as  necessary  for  them  to  be  friends  to  the 
enemy  a&  it  now  is  to  be  friends  to  us.  Whenever,  therefore,  the 
seat  of  war  is  moved  to  the  settlements  where  we  have  all  to  hjse 
and  they  to  gain,  we  will  have  ten  times  their  present  numbc^rs  to 
contend  with." 

The  combined  effort  of  the  regimental  officers,  the  gov- 
ernor, and  the  ladies,  had  the  effect  to  arouse  the  people  to 
fresh  activity.  Meetings  were  held  in  several  counties, 
and  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  men  enlisted.  Polk  and 
Clackamas  raised  one  company,  J.  W.  Nesmith,  captain; 
Linn,  one  company,  William  P.  Pugh,  captain;  Yamhill 
and  Tualatin,  one  company,  William  J.  Martin,  captain. 
Clatsop  county  sent  a  few  volunteers.  The  means  to  equip 
was  raised  by  subscription.'' 


Popular  as  was  the  war,  it  was  a  difficult  matter  putting 
another  battalion  in  the  field.  The  commissariat  had  at 
no  time  been  maintained  witliout  great  exertion  on  the 
part  of  its  oflBcers,  and  often  great  sacrifices  on  the  part  of 
the  people.    The  commissary-general's  sworn  and  bonded 


"The  muster  rolls  do  not  alwayc  show  where  credit  is  due.  H.  J.  Peterson  of  i,lnn 
raised  a  company,  which  proceeded  to  Portland,  in  April,  where  it  was  probably  ab- 
sorbed by  the  reorganization  or  the  battalion.  Granvillu  H.  Baber  raised  a  company 
also,  in  Linn.  As  first  organized,  he  wa.''  captain  ;  Jeremiah  Drlg^gx,  first  lieutenant 
J.  M.  McConnell  and  Isaac  Thompson,  sergeants.  The  men  froor.  Clatsop  were  .H. 
B.  Hall,  1).  II.  Kinder,  John  Klclicy,  R.  W.  Morrison,  and  N.  H.  i<;vorniau  :  Oreyun 
Spectatc'-.  May  4, 1848. 


■■  Orei 


THE   CAYUSE  WAIi. 


199 


agents  in  every  county  had  from  the  beginning  strained 
every  nerve  to  collect  arms,  ammunition,  and  clothing,  for 
which  they  paid  in  government  bonds  or  loan  comniisaon- 
ers'  scrip.  As  there  was  very  little  actual  cash  in  circula- 
tion,^ and  as  the  common  currency  of  Oregon  had  been 
wheat,  it  had  come  to  pass  that  "wheat  notes"  had  been 
received  in  place  of  cash  as  contributions  to  the  war  funds. 
The  wheat  thus  collected  could  be  sold  for  cash  or  its 
equivalent  at  Vancouver,  and  thus,  after  passing  through 
the  circumlocution  office,  this  awkward  currency,  which 
had  to  be  gathered  up,  stored  in  warehouses,  hauled  to  boat 
landings,  set  adrift  upon  the  Wallamet,  hauled  around  the 
falls  at  Oregon  City,  and  there  reloaded  for  Vancouver,  was 
there  at  length  exchang«'d  for  real  money  or  goods. 

The  collection  of  provisions  for  the  consumption  of  the 
army  was  another  matter,  and  not  less  burdens)me.  The 
agents  could  refuse  no  lot  of  provisions  because  it  was 
small  or  miscellaneous,  nor  reject  any  articles  of  use  to 
soldiers  because  they  were  not  of  the  best.^  Lead  was 
purchased  in  any  quantities  from  one  to  several  pounds, 
and  was  hard  to  find,''  all  that  was  in  the  country  being 
that  which  was  brought  across  the  plains  by  the  immi- 
grations for  use  upon  the  road.  Powder  and  percussion 
caps  were  obtained  in  the  same  way,  or  purchased  with 

•I  When  the  commissionei's  wen;  miikinr  collections  in  Yamhill  county,  Dr.  James 
MoBride  was  the  only  contriVmtor  of  money,  to  the  amount  of  two  and  a  half 
ilollare. 

<  James  Force,  commissary  agent  at  Salem,  In  a  letter  to  Palmer  in  January,  says 
he  has  succeeded  In  purchasing  but  six  saddles.  "The  tree  and  rigging  without 
s'.lrrups  Is  eight  dollars;  with  stirrups  and  leathers,  nine  dollars ;  trail-ropes,  throe 
dollars."  He  bought  four  hundred  and  eighty-nine  pounds  of  pork  at  eight  cents ; 
two  huudred  pounds  at  ten  cents  ior  pound  ;  five  hundred  and  seventy-two  pounds 
or'  bacon  at  twelve  and  a  half  cents :  ninety-nine  pounds  cheese  at  twenty  cents : 
■<eventy-four  bushels  of  wheat  at  one  dollar  per  bushel ,  five  bushels  of  wheat  at  one 
dollar  per  hushel ;  one  pack-saddle,  four  dollars ;  two  parflach??.  five  dollars .  six 
pairs  sadd.e-bags,  six  dollars.  He  paid  iour  dollars  per  day  for  teams  to  haul  four 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  each  to  Butteville,  where  the  goods  were  transferred  to 
boats :  Oreyon  Archives,  MS.  .S83.  In  another  letter  he  complains  that  the  only  cooper 
at  Salem  rel\ised  to  sell  barrels  for  any  fUnds  but  cash,  and  he  had  no  means  of 
getting  even  the  sixty  bushels  of  wheat  purchased  for  flouring,  to  the  mill,  as  the 
farmeri  had  no  sacks.  "  I  think,"  he  says,  "  1  can  raise  at  thi  <  point  one  hnndreil 
(lounds  of  flour,  and  some  por'  .  '    Oregon  Archiven,  MS  S8I. 

•'■'  Ortgon  Archives,  M8.  SGI. 


it 


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wheat  notes  at  Vaucouver.  As  commissiouers'  funds  grew 
scarce,  on  the  first  call,  some  of  the  agents  asked  leave  to 
"press"  the  wheat  of  certain  farmers  whose  granaries  were 
better  filled  than  their  neighbors;'*  and  on  the  second  call, 
leave  was  asked  to  press  seven  thousand  bushels,  equiva- 
lent to  seven  thousand  dollars,  from  the  granary  of  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Ojmpany  at  Champoeg,  because  "  the  means 
are  abcolutely  not  in  the  hands  of  the  American  citizens, 
and  without  sufficient  power  or  persuasion  to  raise  them 
from  that  source,  they  cannot  be  obtained.' 

On  the  commissary-general  fell  the  responsibility  of 
deciding  these  matters,  and  it  was  a  burden  hard  to  be 
borne  a.midst  a  multitude  of  advisors  and  critics.  Palmer 
was  a  man  of  extraordinary  resolve,  yet  he  was  not 
alw  ays  certain  of  the  wisdom  of  pursuing  the  only  methods 
left  him  to  feec^  and  furnish  the  army,  a'  1  just  at  this 
critical  time  he  was  led  to  abandon  the  wheat  loan  as  a 
means  of  raising  funds.  A  letter  written  to  him  by  Jesse 
Applegate  at  this  crisis  in  affairs  throws  a  Hood  of  light 
upon  the  subject,  and  for  this  reason  it  is  incorporated  in 
the  text: — 

Poi.K  County,  Oregon,  27th  April,  1848. 

Dkak  Sir:  T  havo  just  had  an  interview  with  Mr.  Fulkerson, 
who  inforaiH  me  that  you  have  become  (".Htruatful  of  the  policy  of 
the  wheat  loan,  and  have  instructed  him  to  cease  operations  in  that 
matter  whenever  he  had  raised  an  amount  sufficient  to  secure  to  mt; 
payment  for  the  beef  cattle  he  purchased  of  me  for  the  u.«e  c^f  the 
army.  As  I  do  not  wish  that  you  should  assume  a  responsibility  on 
my  account  that  you  deem  unsafe,  I  have  tal-U'ii  tliis  opportunity  to 
inforai  you  that  unless  the  plan  of  taking  up  wheat  notes  is  made  a 
gtaeral  practice,  I  do  not  wish  any  notes  taken  up  for  my  exclusi>e 
benefit. 

r  am  myself  in  favor  of  raising  a  revenue  by  direct  taxation,  as  1 


•A.  J.  Uembrce  of  Yumhill  county,  in  I'"t!l)ruary,  nientlon.s  huviug  pvessed  oue 
buudred  aud  eighty -seveu  and  oiif-half  bushels  of  wheat  belonging  to  Jesse  Apple- 
Kate  ;  also  eleven  bushels  from  Samuel  Campbell,  llftecu  bushels  from  Andrew 
Smith,  tiftcen  from  I'leasant  Armstrong,  seventeen  from  Ed.  Stone,  six  and  oue-bull 
from  A.  Biers,  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  busliols  from  Hen  Williams:  Oreyun 
Archiieg,  MS.  981. 

^C.  W.  Cooke,  April  10,  i848.  He  adds,  "Hembree  has  raised  some  powder,  lead, 
und  caps,  a  little  cash,  and  al^out  forty  uushels  of  wheat  ":    Oreyun  Aichivte,  MS.  *»B. 


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201 


consider  that  method  us  the  only  fair  and  equitable  plan  of  dis- 
tributing the  burden  of  this  unlucky  war  among  the  people  who  are 
equally  Interested  in  its  maintenance.  But  as  the  wheat  plan  lias 
been  partially  tried,  and  has  been  favorably  received  by  the  people, 
and  as  it  is  the  immediate  offspring  of  the  commander  in  the  field, 
and  has  the  approval  of  the  executive  and  the  loan  commissioners, 
T  do  not  think  it  should  Ije  lightly  abandoned.  Because  those  who 
have  given  notes  already  have  done  so  under  tlie  supposition  that 
all  would  be  called  to  do  the  same  ;  that  it  waii  actually  a  tax,  with- 
out the  odious  feature  of  compulsion,  and  they  are  the  more  willing 
to  contribute  in  tills  shape  to  the  wants  of  the  government,  as  it  is 
anticipated  by  the  people  generally  that  ultimately  a  tax  will  lie 
levied  upon  them  against  whicli  their  voluntary  contributions  will 
l)e  an  offset.  If  the  plan  is  now  abandoned  those  who  have  given 
notes  will  have  just  cause  to  complain  that  they  have  been  induced 
to  do  so  under  a  misunderstanding,  and  will  not  be  likely  to  incom- 
mode themselves  much  in  the  discharge  of  such  obligations. 

As  it  regards  the  increased  resiwusibilitj'  to  yourself  by  adhering 
to  this  plan  of  raising  means,  I  cannot  for  my  life  see  that  you  can 
any  more  suffer  in  pocket  or  character  than  from  any  other  which 
you  have  been  forced  to  adopt  in  the  successful  discharge  of  your 
duties.  You  know  that  a  rigid  construction  of  your  duties  as  com- 
missary-general limits  you  to  the  bare  investment  of  the  means 
placed  in  your  hands;  but  our  pecuniary  embarrassments  have  been 
such  that  you  have  been  forced  to  supply  the  army  without  means, 
and  while  your  opponents  cry  out  that  by  seizing  provisions,  bor- 
rowing money,  and  buying  property  as  commissary-general,  your 
acts  were  extra  official;  yet  by  taking  this  responsibility  alone,  you 
have  so  far  been  able  to  furnish  the  army  and  keep  them  in  the 
field;  and  by  your  great  exertions  and  perseverance  in  these  unlaw- 
ful ac(»  you  have  gained  that  good  will  of  the  people  they  so  nmch 
envy. 

The  ofHce-seekers,  of  course,  wish  your  downfall  and  will  com- 
pays  it  if  they  can;  not  because  they  have  discovered  faults  in  you, 
but  on  the  contrary,  they  fear  the  people  may  duly  appreciate  the 
ability  you  have  displayed,  and  the  great  personal  sacrifices  you 
have  made  In  their  service;  and  if  they  can,  by  alarming  your  fears, 
drive  you  to  abandon  a  policy  which  so  far  has  been  successful,  and 
obtain  for  you  the  character  of  vascillation  and  uncertainty,  they 
will  succeed  in  their  object,  which  is  to  deprive  you  of  the  confi- 
dence of  the  people,  and  which  once  lost  is  scarcely  ever  regained. 

If  you  have  the  right  to  make  purchases  and  receive  property, 
your  right  to  receive  money  or  property  of  any  kind  that  can  be 
made  available  to  the  use  of  the  army  is  certainly  unquestionable; 
so  I  think  tlie  only  question  with  you  to  decide  is  as  to  the  policy 
of  the  measure.  If  you  think  it  will  be  for  the  good  of  the  commu- 
nity to  adopt  it,  carry  it  out  to  the  fullest  exteut;  if  you  decide 


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against  its  utility  abandon  it  at  once,  and  undo,  if  you  can,  what 
has  been  done  in  the  matter.  For  my  part,  I  would  not  touch  a 
note  obtained  from  my  neighbor  for  my  exclusive  benefit,  and  at 
the  expense  of  the  disgrace  of  a  friend. 

Sincerely  your  well-wisher,  Jesse  AppiiEGATE." 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  enter  more  into  detail  concern- 
ing the  difficulties  that  beset  men  holding  office  under  a 
provisional  government  without  a  treasury,  or  the  material 
out  of  which  government  funds  might  grow ;  and  we  might 
go  far  to  find  a  nobler  expression  of  true  patriotism  or  sus- 
taining manly  friendship  than  Applegate's  letter.  Yet 
there  were  commissary  agents  and  men  in  the  army  who 
were  as  staunch  patriots,  if  not  as  able  statosm«n,  as  the 
author  of  this  document. 

Lee  was  not  ignorant  that  those  whom  Applegate  calls 
office-seekers  were  opposed  to  his  appointment,  as  his  cor- 
respondence with  the  governor  shows,  and  he  was  reluctant 
to  accept  it,  but  was  overruled  by  his  friends.  When  he 
had  accepted  he  was  in  danger  of  being  prevented  from 
doing  anything  by  the  ill  success  of  the  commissary's 
agents.  Again  the  watchful  Applegate  put  his  shoulder 
to  the  wheel.    He  says,  in  a  letter  to  Lee,  April  sixteenth : — 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  speak  three  words  to  you.  I  find  some 
of  the  friends  of  the  former  commander  will  do  everything  they  can 
to  injure  you.  Never  mind  them.  If  you  can  bring  the  Indians  to 
an  engagement,  and  make  a  short  campaign,  you  will  not  only  serve 
your  country  in  the  best  possible  manner,  but  place  yourself  beyond 
the  reach  of  envy.  To  enable  you  to  do  this  I  would  make  almost 
any  Hacrifice.  I  found  Fulkerson  had  got  but  one  beef  to  feed  you 
up,  and  you  know  Palmer  had  no  other  resource  for  it.  I  have  sent 
fifteen  beeves,  and  will  give  the  last  hoof  I  have  rather  than  your 
movements  should  be  crippled  for  want  of  means.  I  found  no 
money  at  home,  nor  could  get  any  at  O'Neil's.  I  have  sent  four 
beeves  by  Tetherow  to  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds,  except  ten  dol- 
lars and  twenty-five  cents,  to  be  given  to  you  on  my  private  ac- 
count.   *    *    *    It  is  needless  to  say  I  wish  you  success.* 

Lee's  trouble  did  not  end  when  he  finally  repaired  to 

•  Oregon  ArcMtva.  MS.  880. 

•  Oregon  Archives,  MB.  803. 


THE   CAYUSE  WAR. 


■  onn 


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The  Dalles  in  his  new  dignity  of  colonel.  Officers  were 
resigning  and  men  deserting;  the  former,  because  their 
private  interests  were  suffering,  or  because  they  had  some 
personal  grievance;  and  the  latter — a  small  number — to 
enrich  themselves  by  the  timely  appropriation  of  Indian 
horses,  which  they  stealthily  drove  into  the  Wallamet 
valley  over  the  Mount  Hood  road  as  soon  as  the  spring 
was  far  enough  advanced. 

The  company  under  Captain  Joseph  M.  Garrison,  which 
was  enlisted  in  March  to  reenforce  Colonel  Gilliam,  had 
proceeded  as  far  as  The  Dalles  before  that  officer's  death 
became  known,  and  had  been  instructed  to  remain  at  that 
post  for  its  better  protection ;  but  owing  to  domestic  affairs 
Captain  Garrison  was  compelled  to  return  home,  leaving 
his  company  under  the  command  of  the  first  lieutenant, 
A.  E.  Garrison,  who  was  in  doubt  about  the  captain's  re- 
turn. Captain  William  Martin  resigned  his  command 
about'  the  last  of  April,  his  lieutenants  with  him,  and 
about  a  dozen  of  his  men.  An  election  for  new  officers 
resulted  in  the  choice  of  G.  W.  Burnett  for  captain. 

These  changes  so  soon  after  his  appointment  to  the  col- 
onelcy annoyed  Lee,  as  perhaps  they  were  in  some  in- 
stances intended  to  do.  He  reorganized  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  preparing  to  take  the  field,  leaving  Fort  Lee  un- 
der the  command  of  Brevv^t  Captain  R.  W.  Morrison,  who 
was  ordered  to  observe  the  most  strict  military  rules,  no 
Indian  being  permitted  to  enter  the  fort  after  sunset,  ex- 
cept upon  special  business,  and  under  guard.  AVli^n  chiefs 
came  or  sent  on  friendly  missions,  they  were  to  be  well 
treated,  but  not  given  any  information  which  could  be 
turned  to  the  prejudice  of  the  army.  He  was  to  remem- 
ber that  Indians  were  deceitful  and  treacherous  exceedingly; 
to  make  them  no  promise  he  could  not  meet  in  good  faith, 
nor  utter  any  threat  he  was  unable  to  execute.  He  was  to 
look  after  the  morals  as  well  as  the  military  improvement 
of  his  men,  and  "never  allow  the  soldiers  to  equalize  them- 
selves with  the  Indians.'"" 


i"  Oregon  Archive),  MS.  3009. 


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i 
ill 


On  the  second  of  May,  Lee  wrote  to  Adjutant-General 
Lovejoy:  "We  leave  tomorrow  for  Fort  Waters,  with  a 
pack  horse  to  each  mess,  and  five  provision  and  one  ord- 
nance wagon.  Des  Chutes  and  John  Day  rivers  are  both 
to  be  ferried  in  small  canoes,  which  will  greatly  retard  our 
progress."" 

On  the  fifth,  and  before  Lee's  arrival  at  Fort  Waters, 
Captain  Maxon  wrote  to  Lovejoy  that  he  liad  come  from 
The  Dalles  in  eight  days  without  any  serious  loss — one 
wagon  broken  down,  one  horse  lost  by  breaking  his  leg, 
and  one  by  running  away,  but  three  good  horses  belong- 
ing to  the  regiment  were  found  on  the  road,  "  The  signs 
for  a  fight  were  very  encouraging  after  passing  Willow 
creek,  but  the  devils  feared  to  attack  us,  so  we  lost  the 
glory.  *  =i=  *  We  are  here  doing  nothing.  I  have 
been  very  anxious  to  go  t'fter  the  Indians  for  several  days, 
but  am  overruled.  Some  think  we  are  not  able  to  cope 
with  them.  I  believe,  with  plenty  of  ammunition  w^e  can 
whip  a  thousand  easy,  and  am  willing  to  try  it  any  time, 
rather  than  the  murderers  should  get  away.  The  mur- 
derers are  on  Snake  river,  about  seventy-five  miles  away- 
We  have  already  lost  every  horse  almost,  and  I  fear  the 
consequences  now.  A  majority  seem  determined  to  await 
Colonel  Lee's  arrival.  I  am  for  walking  into  them  at  once.'"-' 
In  a  postscript  was  added  that  the  friendly  Cayuses  were 
"  mad  "  about  something ;  and  Peu-peu-mox-mox  "  very 
sulky  yet.  It  would  be  better  for  us  if  they  were  all  our 
open  enejnies." 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Waters,  about  the  same  date,  wrote 
to  the  adjutant-general  that  on  a  late  inspection  of  the 
commissary  department  he  had  discovered  fraud  of  tho 
basest  kind  had  been  practiced  upon  the  government  and 
the  army  by  citizens  of  the  Wallamet  valley.  Several 
barrels  of  flour,  so  laboriously  brought  there  by  Maxon's 
company,  proved  to  be  mixed  with  coarse  shorts  in  the 


"  Oregon  Archivct,  MS.  938. 
"  Oregon  Arcltivei,  MS,  868. 


■■■■  Yd 
not  be  I 


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205 


proportion  of  seven  pounds  of  shorts  to  five  of  flour,  "and 
red  as  a  fox  tail  at  that."  Other  barrels  had  good  tlour 
for  six  inches  at  either  end,  and  fine  shorts  all  the  way 
between.  The  volunteers  preferred,  he  said,  if  it  were 
necessary  for  them  to  accept  more  shorts  than  flour,  to 
have  them  put  up  in  separate  parcels."  And  the  wheat 
for  this  flour  had  been  subscribed  to  the  army  funds  by 
the  people,  and  ground  in  the  governor's  mills! 

Waters  also  wrote  to  Colonel  Lee,  May  flfth,  that  the 
Indians  had  recently  "changed  their  sentiments"  toward 
the  Americans.  Tauitowe,  Otter-skin  Shirt,  Sticcas,  Ca- 
raaspelo,  with  their  people,  had  returned  to  the  Umatilla, 
and  professed  friendship,  but  he  distrusted  them.  The 
plains  in  that  direction  were  covered  with  their  stock,  and 
among  them  he  believed  the  stock  of  the  murderers  was 
herded.  Welaptulekt,  whom  he  suspected  of  treachery, 
had  been  a  prisoner  at  the  fort  for  ten  days,  and  would 
be  detained  there  until  the  colonel's  arrival.  About  one 
hundred  Nez  Perces,  and  several  chiefs,  were  at  Waiilatpu 
awaiting  his  arrival.  They  desired  to  have  a  talk  with 
the  [iroper  authorities,  and  have  a  head  chief  appointed  in 
place  of  Ellis,  who,  with  sixty  of  his  people,  had  died  of 
the  measles  whiie  on  a  buffalo  hunt.  The  Cayuses  were 
angry  with  the  Nez  Perces,  and  only  the  night  previous 
had  threatened  one  of  them  with  death  at  the  fort  gate 
for  fighting  with  the  Bostons." 

This  was  the  state  of  affairs  when  Colonel  Lee  reached 
Waiilatpu  about  the  ninth  of  May.  Here,  as  might  have 
been  foreseen,  the  men  differed  in  their  choice  of  a  leader, 
and  Lee,  who  had  accepted  his  promotion  over  Waters 
conditionally,  hastened  to  return  his  commission,^*  and 
that  of  his  adjutant,  C.  W.  Cooke.  "I  find,"  .said  he,  "the 
regiment  greatly  improved  under  command  of  Lieutenant- 


m 


':i  Oregon  Archives,  MS.  910. 

'*  Oregon  Archivei,  MS.  1021. 

■'•'You  are  aware  of  the  mauner  in  which  I  accepted  the  appointment,  and  will 
not  be  surprised  to  sop  the  commission  ri  turned  ;    Orrgov  Archive*.  MS,  99*. 


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I* 


Colonel  Waters.  I  have  great  confidence  in  him,  ami 
doubt  not  the  troops  will  find  him  competent  to  the  task 
before  him.  To  prevent  any  discord  or  rupture  in  the 
regiment,  at  the  request  of  the  officers  and  men,  I  have 
consented  to  act  as  lieutenant-colonel  during  the  approach- 
ing campaign."  Waters  had  already  been  sworn  in,  as 
appears  from  his  letter  of  the  fifteenth  of  May  to  the 
adjutant-general,  in  which  he  says,  that  "on  Colonel  Lee's 
arrival  at  this  post  he  delivered  up  his  command  to  me. 
*  *  *  Colonel  Lee,  at  the  request  of  almost  every  man 
in  the  regiment,  has  consented  to  act  as  lieutenant-colonel. 
The  prospects  are  now  fair  before  us,  and  I  trust  we  will 
soon  be  on  our  way  to  the  valley.  I  intend  to  start  in 
pursuit  of  our  enemies  in  a  few  days,  and  doubt  not  that 
we  will  be  able  to  accomplish  our  end." 

Very  soon  after  his  return  from  Waiilatpu  in  March, 
Palmer  had  resigned  the  superintendency  of  Indian  affairs, 
as  being,  jointly  with  his  other  duties,  too  burdensome; 
and  Governor  Abernethy  when  he  made  Lee  colonel,  per- 
suaded him  to  act  also  as  Indian  superintendent,  a  duty 
for  which  he  was  well  prepared  by  acquaintance  with  its 
requirements,  having  assisted  both  Dr.  White  and  the 
governor  in  controlling  the  interior  tribes.  The  governor's 
instructions  to  Lee  in  this  capacity  ran  as  follows: — 


Executive  Office,  Oregon  City,  10th  April,  1848. 
Sir  :  I  would  refer  you  to  my  instructions  to  the  commissioners 
and  superintendent  of  Indian  uflTairs  under  date  of  third  February 
last.  The  adjutant-general  will  furnish  you  with  copies  of  instruc- 
tions sent  to  Colonel  Gilliam.  In  addition,  I  would  remark  should 
the  murderers  be  scattered,  and  you  think  it  unadvisable  to  follow 
them,  in  making  a  treaty  with  the  tribes  keep  in  view  the  safety  of 
the  jmraigrantfi  and  the  people  of  this  valley.  The  only  way  in 
which  this  can  be  done  will  be  by  binding  the  chiefs  to  protect 
them,  giving  them  to  underatand  that  if  Americans  are  molested  in 
liei"8on  or  property,  that  we  shall  hold  them  responsible.  Impress 
on  their  minds  the  fact  that  the  murderers  are  few,  and  their'*  people 
many.     V'ou  m'111  get  all  the  information  you  can  respecting  thf 

10  Our  people  appears  to  be  meant. 


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207 


murderere,  where  located,  and  their  prohabk*  iiitf  iilioiis.    I  thiuk 

Joe  Lewis  and  others  have  gone  to  tlie  Mormons.    A  few  men,  well 

selected,  might  follow  them,  and  by  sending  on  one  or  two  men 

into  the  city  accompanied  by  some  of  the  Fort  Hall  people,  they 

might  be  arrested.    I  leave  this,  however,  to  your  own  judgment. 

Hoping  that  you  may  be  successful  in  bringing  this  war  to  a 

close,  I  remain,  your  obedient  servant, 

Georob  Abernetiiy, 

Governor  of  Oregon  Territory. 
Colonel  H.  A.  G.  Leo, 

First  Regiment  Oregon  Riflenjen. 

Lee  learned  from  Maxon  at  The  Dalles  that  the  Yakima 
chiefs  had  paid  the  major  a  visit  to  express  their  friendly 
feelings.  They  said,  "  We  do  not  want  to  fight  the  Ameri- 
cans, nor  the  French ;  neither  do  the  Spokanes,  a  neigh- 
boring tribe  to  us.  Last  fall  the  (Jay  uses  told  us  they  were 
about  to  kill  the  whites  at  Dr.  Whitman's.  We  told  them 
that  was  wrong,  which  made  them  mad  at  us;  and  when 
they  killed  them  they  came  to  us  and  wished  us  to  fight 
the  whites,  which  we  refused.  We  love  the  whites ;  but  they 
say, '  if  you  do  not  help  us  to  fight  the  whites  when  we  have 
killed  them  we  will  come  and  kill  you.'  This  made  us  cry, 
but  we  told  them  we  would  not  fight,  but  if  they  desired 
to  kill  us  they  might.  We  should  feel  happy  to  know 
that  we  die  innocently."  To  these  friendly  professions 
Maxon  replied  with  the  assurance  of  the  American  pur- 
pose to  make  war  only  on  the  murderers  and  those  who 
harbored  them.  "We  that  fight,"  said  he,  "do  not  care 
how  many  bad  people  we  have  to  fight.  The  Americans 
and  Hudson's  bay  people  are  the  same  as  one,  and  you 
will  get  no  more  ammunition  until  the  war  is  at  a  close." 

The  news  of  a  change  in  the  superintendency  having 
reached  Fort  Waters  and  the  Indians  in  advance  of  the 
reijnforcement,  was  the  occasion  of  the  presence  at  Waii- 
latpu  of  a  large  body  of  Nez  Perces.  So  impatient  were 
they  that  an  express  was  sent  to  meet  Lee  at  John  Day 
river  with  a  request  for  a  council,  in  response  to  which  he 
linstened  forward,  arriving  at  the  fort  in  advance  of  the 


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new  coiiipanies.  Ricliard  was  appointed  higli  chief  on 
account  of  his  superior  nttainments  and  good  character; 
and  Meaway,  a  very  peaceable  man,  as  war  chief.  These 
appointments  were  not  objected  to  at  the  time,  only  quietly 
acquiesced  in;  but  later  Richard  was  assassinated,  as  it 
was  thought,  by  a  political  enemy,  and  another  high  chief 
elected. 

The  affairs  of  the  Nez  Perces  being  settled,  a  council 
was  held  with  the  Walla  Wallas  and  the  Cayuses  who 
had  returned  to  the  Umatilla.  They,  seeing  that  compa- 
nies of  armed  Americans  continued  to  come  from  the 
Wallamet,  and  being  informed  of  the  expected  arrival 
of  the  United  States  mounted  rifle  regiment,  on  its  way 
as  it  was  supposed,  from  Fort  Leavenworth,  were  humble 
accordingly.  "The  friendship  of  the  Indians,"  wrote  Col- 
onel Waters,  "increases  with  our  numbers."  Even  Peu- 
peu-mox-mox,  who  had  deeply  resented  the  act  of  the 
legislature  withholding  ammunition  from  the  Indians 
without  distinction  of  tribe  or  individual,  and  who  had 
threatened  to  join  the  murderers  in  retaliation,  confessed 
his  shame  at  having  done  so. 

"I  told  him,  and  all  that  were  present,"  wrote  Lee,  "that 
we  were  bound  to  hold  this  country  until  the  murderers 
were  punished,  the  stolen  property  returned,  and  that 
which  had  been  destroyed  paid  for;  and  then  asked  them 
what  they  were  going  to  do;  whether  they  would  try  to 
settle  the  matter  and  let  us  go  home  about  our  business, 
and  leave  them  to  theirs,  or  would  they  hold  off  as  they 
liad  done,  and  leave  us  here  to  hold  the  country  with  our 
guns?" 

It  was  certainly  not  an  easy  question  to  answer.  The 
conditions  were  as  hard  as  they  were  unavoidable,  for  if 
they  complied  with  the  demands  of  the  Americans  they 
should  have  to  fight  among  themselves,  and  if  they  refused 
they  would  be  compelled  to  fight  the  Americans  or  leave 
their  country.  Even  in  the  matter  of  property,  they  found 
they  were  likely  to  be  impoverished  by  an  attempt  to  pay 


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the  Cayuse  debt.  "I  showed  them,"  says  Lee,  "tlie  bill  of 
articles  taken  at  this  place,  and  those  taken  from  immi- 
grants along  the  road,  as  also  at  Barlow's  gate,  and  told 
them  we  would  forget  nothing."  Nothing  more  definite 
resulted  from  the  council  than  professions  of  a  desire  for 
peace  and  friendship. 

Meanwhile,  preparations  were  making  at  the  fort  for  a 
pursuit  of  the  murderers,  who  were  believed  to  have  taken 
refuge  in  the  Nez  Perce  country;  and  on  the  seventeenth 
of  May  over  four  hundred  men  set  out  upon  the  march  to 
the  Clearwater.  They  encamped  that  night  on  the  Coppei, 
and  on  the  following  morning  Lee  was  detached  with 
Captain  Thompson  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  men 
to  proceed  to  Red  Wolf's  camp  at  Snake  river  crossing  to 
be  ready  to  intercept  the  flight  of  the  fugitives  to  the 
mountains,  while  the  main  force  would  march  to  the  river 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Palouse,  and  crossing  there,  prevent 
them  from  escaping  down  to  the  Columbia. 

Several  Palouse  chiefs  had  offered  their  services  in  fer- 
rying the  army  across,  but  were  nowhere  to  be  found  when 
the  troops  arrived,  Major  Magono  with  four  men  being 
compelled  to  cross  Snake  river  on  a  raft  to  search  for  the 
means  of  transporting  men  and  baggage  to  the  north  side 
of  that  then  turbulent  stream.  A  day  was  spent  in  find- 
ing the  Indians,  and  a  day  and  a  half  more  in  effecting  a 
crossing,  swimming  the  horses  and  ferrying  the  troops. 
At  noon  on  the  twenty-first  they  were  once  more  under 
way,  being  piloted  by  an  Indian  who  promised  to  bring 
them  to  the  camp  of  Tiloukaikt. 

On  the  following  day  a  messenger  arrived  from  the 
Chemekane  mission,  bringing  a  letter  from  Mr.  Eells,  to 
whom  Colonel  Waters  had  written  to  inquire  as  to  the 
disposition  of  the  Spokane  tribe.  According  to  the  infor- 
mation thus  gained  they  were  not  altogether  in  harmony, 
although  they  did  not  pretend  to  excuse  the  murderers. 
Forty-three  of  the  tribe  accompanied  the  courier,  who 
pointed   out  to  Waters   where   Tiloukaikt's  cattle  were 

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INDIAN  WARS  OF  (JllKGON. 


jjruzinj^,  and  offered  to  bring  tliem  in.  With  the  latter 
came  two  Ne/  i'erces,  thought  to  be  spies,  who  informed 
him  that  Tiloukaiict  had  Hed  to  the  mountains,  but  that 
the  greater  portion  of  his  stock  was  being  herded  by  a  few 
Indians  near  Snake  river,  and  could  eapily  be  captured. 
Major  Magone  was  directed  to  bring  it  in,  and  to  cai)turu 
any  Indian  who  behaved  suspiciously. 

Probably  there  was  never  an  Indian  war  in  which, 
under  so  great  provocation,  the  men  behaved  with  more 
humanity  towards  the  enemy  than  in  the  war  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Oregon  with  the  C^ayuses.  Now  and  then,  how- 
ever, some  impetuous  or  revengeful  volunteer,  or  officer 
desiring  to  distinguish  himself,  construed  his  orders  to  suit 
his  sentiment  on  the  occasion,  and  this  seemed  to  have 
occurred  on  Major  Magone's  errand  after  Tiloukaikt's 
stock,  for  the  flight  of  a  frightened  savage,  running  away 
from  his  natural  enemy,  the  white  man,  caused  a  s(|uad  of 
troopers  to  pursue  him  to  kill,  rather  than  to  capture. 
According  to  Major  Magone's  report,  Baptiste  Dorion, 
himself  a  half-Indian,  son  of  the  Madam  Dorion  of  Irving's 
Antoria,  set  off  at  full  speed  without  orders,  followed  by 
several  others,  and  the  Htoinp  'ndian  was  killed  before 
the  major,  owing  to  his  havint»  a  poor  horse,  could  call  a 
halt.  The  fugitive  had  at  liusl  taken  refuge  in  a  canoe 
when  he  was  discovered  'A'V,  .iiot,  as  was  also  another 
Indian.  That  the  act  was  considered  unjustifiable,  is 
proven  by  the  notice  taken  of  the  incident  at  the  time. 

Magone  found  none  of  Tiloukaikt's  people,  but  only  a 
few  Columbia  river  Indians,  under  Beardy,  who  directed 
him  to  the  canip  of  Richard,  high  chief  of  the  Nez  Perces. 
Both  Beardy  and  Richard  assured  him  that  Tiloukaikt 
was  fur  out  of  the  country  towards  Fort  Hall. 

Richard,  at  the  same  time,  informed  the  major  that  an 
exi)ress  had  gone  from  Lee  at  Lapwai  to  ('olonel  Waters, 
carried  by  two  white  men  only,''^  a  piece  of  news  which 

'"The  liearers  of  this  express  through  an  ludian  country  wh. re  the  murderers 
were  still  supposed  to  be  lurking  were  C.  W.  Cooke  and  David  Guthrie. 


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caused  him  to  hasten  his  return  to  the  main  command, 
with  such  of  Tiloukaikt's  stock  as  could  l)o  gathered  up 
without  lost)  of  time,  and  much  to  the  dissatisfaction  of 
his  men,  who  were  out  of  all  patience  with  Indians  who 
professed  friendship,  yet  who  constantly  shielded  the  mur- 
derers, as  even  the  Nez  Perc6s  were  doing  by  allowing 
them  to  escape  througii  their  coutitry.  "I  would  have 
given  more  general  satisfaction  to  the  men  by  ordering 
them  to  wipe  from  the  face  of  existence  those  professed 
friendly  Indians,  without  distinction  or  mercy,"  he  said  in 
his  report,  and  hinted  that  only  obedience  to  orders  re- 
strained him  as  well  as  them. 

The  dispatch  from  Lee  stated  that  he  had  been  met  at 
Red  Wolf's  crossing  with  the  assurance  that  the  guilty 
Cayuses  had  fled,  leaving  behind  all  their  property,  some 
of  which  was  about  Lapwai;  that  he  had  gone  there  to 
collect  it  on  the  twenty-first,  and  had  remained  several 
days,  during  which  he  had  talked  with  the  Nez  Perces,  ex- 
plaining that  the  invasion  of  their  country  by  armed  men 
was  solely  with  the  object  of  arresting  the  Cayuses ;  but  that 
since  they  were  not  to  be  found  he  should  take  possession 
of  their  property.  If  the  Ncz  Perces  were  true  friends 
they  would  aid,  instead  of  concealing  anything  from  him 
which  would  forward  the  ends  of  justice.  To  this  they 
assented,  and  agreed  to  assist  in  driving  to  \Vaiilat|)u  '** 
the  Cayuse  stock,  which  amounted  to  one  hundred  and 
eighteen  horses  and  forty  head  of  neat  cattle.  Lee  desired 
further  orders,  and  was  directed  to  return  at  once  to  the 


"There  seems  to  have  l)eeii  a  treaty  with  the  Nez  I'ercos  drawn  up  at  the  time  of 
Palmer's  visit  to  Wftiilatpii  In  March,  which  promised  peace  and  friendsbip  towards 
the  Americana  ;  to  refrain  from  aidlnc;  the  Cayuses,  or  from  giving  them  refuge  in 
their  territory ;  to  aid  the  Americans,  as  far  as  they  could  without  bloodshed,  In 
imnlshlng  the  guilty  ;  and  to  respect  the  persons  and  property  of  such  white  men  as 
the  superintendent  should  send  to  reside  among  them. 

On  the  part  of  the  coramissioners,  It  was  agreed  to  permit  no  white  men  to  settle 
upon  the  Nez  I'erc*^  lands,  except  such  as  just  named,  but  the  superintendent  was  to 
hear  their  complaints,  and  protect  them.  The  right  to  pass  through  each  other's 
country  was  to  be  maintained,  and  finally,  the  Americans  and  Nez  Perces  were  to  be 
friends  and  brothers. 

Thii  treaty  is  not  mentioned  In  the  refwirt  of  the  proceedings  at  Walllatpu,  though 
the  unsigned  draft  of  it  is  among  the  papers  of  tne  provisional  government. 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


main  command,  which  he  proceeded  to  do,  crossing  Snake 
river  in  boats  made  of  the  skin  lodges  of  the  Cayuses, 
abandoned  in  their  flight,  and  arriving  at  camp  about  the 
twenty-fifth. 

Before  leaving  Lapwai,  Tree's  cctnmand  offered  a  reward 
of  several  hundred  dollars  for  the  apprehension  of  the 
murderers,  or  any  two  of  the  principal  men;  or  half  of  the 
whole  for  any  one  of  ihem,  and  ou'^-quarter  of  the  sum  for 
the  capture  and  delivery  of  certain  less  responsible  of  the 
murderers;  Lnt  this  offer  produced  no  effect,  although  the 
Nez  Perces  appeared  to  be  in  earnest  in  promising  their 
best  efforts  to  bring  the  criminals  to  justice.  This  docu- 
ment, which  is  preserved  in  the  Oregon  archives,  is  Inter- 
esting as  illustrating  the  poverty  and  patriotism  of  the 
volunteers : — 

.  Cleahwater  Camp,  23d  May,  1848. 

We,  the  undersigned,  promise  to  pay  to  the  Nez  Perces  or  otiier 
Indians,  or  their  agent,  the  articles,  sums,  and  amounts  annexed  to 
our  names,  respectively,  for  the  capture  and  delivery  to  the  authori- 
ties of  Oregon  territory,  any  two  of  the  following  named  Indians, 
viz.,  Teloukikt,  Tamsucy,  Tamahas,  Joe  Lewis,  or  Edward  Telou- 
kikt ;  or  half  the  amount  for  any  one  of  them.  We  also  promise 
to  pay  one-fourth  of  the  amount  as  specified  above  for  the  capture 
and  delivery  of  any  one  of  the  following,  viz.,  L!ou-Llou,  Pips, 
Frank  Escaloom,  Quiamashouskin,  Eutools,  Showshow,  Pahosh, 
C'upup-Cupup,  or  any  other  engaged  in  the  massacre.  The  same  to 
be  paid  whenever  the  service  is  rendered,  and  the  fact  that  it  has 
lH;en  rendered  est!»blished  :  Burrel  Davis,  two  blankets;  Edwin  F. 
Stone,  two  blankets,  four  ,;hirt'i;  P.  F.  Thompson,  fifty  dollaif  in 
goods;  Harrison  C.  Johnson,  two  blankets;  A.  R.  Fo.\,  (me  blanket; 
James  Etchei,  one  blanKet;  D.  JB,  Matheny,  one  blanket,  one  shirt; 
Jeptha  (irarrison,  two  shirts;  Wm.  A.  Culberson,  two  b'f  nkets;  Jesse 
<'adwaleder,  two  blankets;  Josiah  Nelcon,  one  blanket,  one  shirt; 
Martin  F.  Brown,  two  blankets;  Isaac  Walgamot,  one  blanket; 
John  Jiildridge,  one  blanket;  A.  B.  Wilton,  one  blanket;  J.  W. 
Downer,  one  blanket,  two  shirts;  Jacob  Grazer,  one  blanket;  Thos. 
J.  Jackson,  two  blankets,  two  shirts;  Clark  Rogers,  one  blanket; 
.lohn  Kcales,  one  blanket;  Hiram  Carnahan,  two  shirts;  John  Co- 
penhaver,  one  l)lanket,  two  shirts;  Isaiah  C.  Matheny,  one  blanket, 
one  shirt;  Benjamin  Taylor,  one  shirt;  M,  H.  Kiggs,  one  blanket, 
two  shirts;  E.  C.  Dice,  five  shirts;  8.  E.  Elkins,  one  blanket;  T.  W. 


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213 


Burch,  two  bUukt'ts,  *ive  shirts;  M.  A.  Ford,  four  shirts;  J.  Butler, 
four  shirts;  John  Orchard,  four  blankets;  C.  W.  Cooko,  twelve 
shirts;  J.  J.  Tonierson,  one  blanket,  one  shirt;  John  Doran,  two 
blankets;  William  Itogers,  one  blanket,  one  shirt;  D.  D.  Duskins, 
two  blankets,  two  shirts;  F.  T.  McLentick,  five  shirts;  \Vm.  Mc- 
Kee,  one  blanket;  John  McCc.-d,  one  blanket;  J.  L.  Snook,  two 
blankets;  J.  Scudder,  one  blanket,  one  shirt;  R.  Mendenhall,  one 
blanket,  one  shirt;  John  Carlin,  one  blanket;  Wra.  Olds,  one  blanket, 
one  shirt;  Phihp  Peters,  one  blanket,  one  shirt;  Laurence  Hall, 
fifty  dollars  in  goods;  A.  M.  Foe,  five  dollars  in  goods;  Jas.  R. 
Bean,  five  dollars  in  goods;  Jackson  Reynolds,  five  dollars  in  goods; 
Jason  Peters,  five  dollars  in  goods;  Franklin  Martin,  one  blanket; 
Robt.  Loughlin,  one  blanket;  Geo.  Frazier,  four  shirts;  James  M. 
Owen,  one  blanket,  one  shirt;  John  Menoia,  t\>  shirts;  Josiah 
Ijowre/,  two  shirt«;  J.  J.  Louk,  two  shirts;  J.  W.  Pibern,  two 
shirts.  R.  (Jhristman,  two  shirts;  Stephen  King,  one  blanket,  two 
shirts;  John  McLosky,  one  blanket,  one  shirt;  Aaron  Cone,  two  shirts; 
llol>ert  Harman,  two  shirts;  \Vm.  Hailey,  one  blanket,  two  shirts; 
Jas.  O.  Henderson,  one  blanket;  Fred.  Ketchum,  two  shirts;  Joel 
Welch,  four  shirts;  J.  O.  Fuller,  two  shirts;  J.  C.  Robinson,  two 
blankets;  F.  R.  Hill,  one  blanket;  Fred.  Paul,  wheat,  five  bushels; 
Peter  A.  Wice,  one  shirt;  Charles  Bolds,  one  blau'.".t;  Jas.  E.  Alsop, 
one  blanket,  one  shirt;  Daniel  P.  Barnes,  one  blanket,  one  shirt; 
Henry  Coleman,  one  blanket;  Wm.  W.  Portei,  one  blanket,  one 
shirt;  A.  M,  Peak,  one  blanliet;  W.  Holmau,  one  blanket,  one  shirt; 
I.  N.  (Jlilbert,  two  dollars;  Fales  Howard,  on*^  shirt;  O.  S.  Thomas, 
one  shirt;  John  Monroe,  two  shirts.  Total,  one  hundred  and  twentj'- 
tlve  dollars  in  goods  and  wheat;  blankets,  sixty-seven;  shirts,  one 
hundred  and  four. 

The  first  rough  draft  of  this  agreement  reads,  "We,  the  under- 
signed, pledge  ourselves  in  faith  and  hc^nor  to  pay  to  the  Nez  Percys  or 
any  other  Indians  who  will  deliver,  at  Oregon  City,  Tiloukaikt  and 

Tamsuekie, blankets, shirts,  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 

suiierintendent  of  Indian  affairs, —  for  the  prompt  payment  of  the 
sums  aftixed  t«  our  )iames  we  (sonsider  this  a  written  obligation.'^ 
On  the  back  of  the  same  paper,  in  i)encil,  is  tlie  result  of  a  vote  to 
sell  the  property  taken  from  the  Cayuses :  Yeas  —  Hall,  Owens, 
Maxon,  Martin,  Pugh,  Shaw,  Nesmith,  Burnett,  Waters.  Nays  — 
Thompson,  and  Lee.  The  vote  on  being  reconsidered  stood,  not  to 
sell:  Nesmith,  Hall,  Thompson,  Burnett,  Martin,  Pugh.  To  sell: 
Maxon.  It  is  easy  to  see  I^ee's  infiuence  in  the  matter.  !t  almost 
always  prevailed:    Set;  Oregon  Arc/iivrs,  MS.,  r)22. 

In  J.  Henri  Brown's  Politicnl  IfiHiori/  of  Orego))  —  a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  historical  literature  of.the  state,  he  is  led,  no 
tloubt,  by  the  failing  nu'iiiory  of  the  men  of  '47,  into  the  error  of 
placing  this  subscription  of  tlie  twenty-tliird  of  May,  at  Oregon 


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City,  whereas  it  was  gotten  up  in  the  regiment  when  it  was  on  the 
Clearwater,  as  an  inducenoent  to  the  Nez  Percys  to  pursue  the 
Cayuses,  which  they  failed  to  do. 

It  was  by  this  time  evident  that  the  campaign  would 
have  to  be  brought  to  a  close,  even  without  the  capture  of 
the  murderers.  Summer  was  close  at  hand  when  the 
h.arvest  in  the  \Vallamtt  valley  must  be  gathered.  In  the 
summer,  too,  the  Caynses  would  be  able  to  subsist  them- 
selves in  the  mountains,  scattering  to  every  point  of  the 
compass,  where  a  thousand  troops  could  not  overtake 
them.  Yet  the  campaign  had  not  been  without  results. 
As  long  as  only  a  few  men  remained  cooped  up  at  Fort 
Waters,  Tiloukaikt  made  bold  to  move  about  with  his 
herds  within  a  few  hours'  ride,  but  the  coming  of  the  last 
four  hundred  assured  him  that  the  Americans  wore  going 
to  carry  out  their  intentions  and  drove  him,  a  fugitive, 
and  poor,  far  away  I'rora  home. 

The  effect  upon  the  other  tribes  was  also  salutary.  The 
Nez  Percys  were  confirmed  in  their  friend!}'  disposition. 
The  Palouses,  although  treacherous  as  ever,  found  it  to 
their  interest  to  make  overtures  of  good  will;  and  the  chief 
of  the  Walla  Wallas  so  far  forgot  his  grievances  as  to  take 
upon  himself  to  hang  one  of  the  murderers  whom  he 
found  on  the  Yakima,  at  a  fishing  station ;  and  to  sund 
Vi'ord  to  McBean  that  he  was  in  pursuit  of  Thomas,  who 
murdered  the  miller  at  Dr.  Whitman's.  Although  these 
concessions  were  signs  of  fear  rather  than  of  love,  they 
were  accepted  by  the  commander-in-chief,  and  in  the  field, 
with  satisfaction. 

Having  become  convinced  that  to  remain  longer  in  the 
country  would  result  in  no  further  good,  and  was,  in  fact, 
becoming  daily  less  practicable  through  the  poverty  of  the 
commissary  department.  Colonel  Waters,  after  consulting 
with  his  officers,  decided  to  return  to  Wai'latpu,  Taj;  ::".ii  s 
Thompson  and  Nesmith  were  directed  to  proceta  to  Law  "i 
for  the  purpose  of  removing  the  family  and  property  oi 
the  Indian  agent,  ('raig,  who  felt  un.^afc  while  the  inur- 


uppe, 

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Forts 

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THE  CAYUSE  WAR. 


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derers  were  at  large.  These  arrived  at  camp  on  the 
twenty -ninth  of  May,  a  \d  at  Fort  Waters  on  the  third  of 
June. 

The  missionaries,  Walker  and  Eells,  still  remained  at 
Fort  Colville  whither  they  had  gone  when  fighting  began 
in  the  Cayuse  country,  and  it  was  the  general  verdict  of 
the  army  that  they  ought  to  be  conducted  out  of  it  before 
the  troops  disbanded ;  but  it  was  not  thought  quite  safe  to 
further  weaken  tha  garrison  by  oending  two  companies  to 
(volville.  Maiov  Magone  offered  to  go  with  fifty  men  should 
that  number  come  forward  for  this  service,  or  with  any 
number  down  to  ten  men.  On  the  call  for  volunteers,  over 
one  hundred  offered,  but  only  fifty-five  were  accepted. 
Witli  this  force  the  Messrs.  Walker  and  Eells,  with  their 
wives  and  childreu,  and  a  Miss  Bewley,  sister  of  the  cap- 
tive of  that  name,  were  taken  safely  to  The  Dalles,  to 
which  post  the  army  was  already  on  the  niarch,'^  having 
left  Waiilatpu  on  the  eighth  of  June.  On  reaching  that 
place  Colonel  Waters  found  a  letter  from  the  governor, 
dat-  i  the  fifteenth  of  June,  iu  which  he  was  directed  to 
V  \l  -'  (■  .uncil  with  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs, 
1''  •  .ii  •  to  a  decision  in  regard  to  remaining  in  the 
U()pe.  <  jUiitry,  and  recommending  that  one  company  of 
eighty-il'.w  men,  rank  and  file,  should  be  left  to  garrison 
Forts  Waters  and  Lee  until  the  arri\?ii  cf  the  expected 
United  States  regiment  of  mounted  rifiemen — sevrnty  at 
Waiilatpu,  and  fifteen  at  The  Dalles. 

But  this  matter  had  already  been  ar»"anged,  and,  as  usual, 
by  the  sagacity  of  the  lieutenent-colouel.  On  the  return 
i.i  Fort  Waters  a  council  of  the  officers  had  been  held,  to 
lif/iide  upon  the  question  of  holding  the  fort  through  the 
s.  ;>;rn  ir,  or  until  the  United  estates  troops  had  arrived,  or 


'"That  Major  Magone  was  pleased  to  perform  this  gallaut  duty  Is  evident  from  liis 
report.  Ue  relates  that  several  of  the  Spokaiies  shed  tears  on  parting  from  their 
teachers. 

.loseph  Magone  was  born  In  ORdensburg,  New  York,  February  10,  isal  ;  was  a 
miller  by  occupation,  lie  came  to  Oregon  a^  captain  of  a  company  iu  1847.  After 
the  Cayuse  war,  he  went  fo  the  Calilbrnia  mines  and  was  fortunate ;  was  married  in 
ISfjO,  his  wll'o  dying  in  18;.y.     lie  has  written  an  account  ol  his  life  for  piibliciiliou. 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


the  annual  immigration  had  passed.  Upon  putting  it  to 
vote  there  were  six  negatives  to  five  affirmatives.  Lee 
then  requested  that  a  call  should  be  made  for  volunteers, 
which  was  ordered,  but  later  countermanded.  "  Knowing," 
says  Lee,  "tha'  i  -^b  a  step  (as  abandoning  tlie  fort)  would 
be  yielding  up  I  tie  advantage  we  bad  gained  over 

the  enemy,  and  ht.  ng  it  would  be  not  only  a  violation 
of  general  orders,  but  a  matter  of  disappointment  to  tbe 
people  in  the  valley,  I  resolved  to  make  one  more  eflbrt, 
independent  of  the  voice  of  the  council.  To  make  this 
effort  successful,  I  found  it  necessary  to  pledge  myself  to 
some  responsible  men,  that  I  would  give  them  a  written 
authority  to  colonize  the  country  immediately,  securing 
them  as  far  as  in  my  power  against  future  treaty  stipula- 
tions prejudicial  to  their  interests.  This  pledge  was  ac- 
cordingly made  in  good  faith  to  Captain  Philip  F.  Tliomp- 
son  of  Yamhill,  Mr.  James  Taylor  of  Clatsop,  and  their 
associates.  A  caU  was  then  made  for  fifty  volunteers  to 
remain  until  September  fifteenth  next,  with  a  promise 
from  Captain  Thompson,  that  be  would  return  by  that 
time  with  families  to  settle  the  country." 

This  offer  proved  successful,  and  more  than  the  required 
number  of  volunteers  remained  under  Captain  Martin. 
Lee  took  care  in  reporting  bis  acts  to  the  governor,  to  en- 
close an  article  for  the  Spedaior,  intended  to  help  tbe 
colonization  of  the  country,  stating  that  there  were  then 
in  the  Cayuse  country  grist  and  sawmills,  blacksmith 
anvils,  bellows,  and  tools,  iron,  plows,  harrows,  hoes,  a 
crop  of  wheat,  pease,  potatoes,  and  corn,  with  almost  every 
convenience  for  forming  a  settlement;  that  the  country 
was  peculiarly  adapted  to  wool-growing  and  cattle-raisinf;, 
holding  out  greater  inducements  to  farmers  than  tbe 
Wallamet  valley,  and  that  the  beauty  of  the  country  and 
the  climate  was  unexcelled.  This  estimate  of  the  Walla 
Walla  valley,  then  hardly  credited  by  the  settlers  of 
western  Oregon,  has  since  been  more  than  verified. 

But  Lee  desired  the  governor's  approval,  and  assurance 


TEE   GAY  USE  WAR. 


017 


21 


of  the  legality  of  the  grant.  To  his  inquiries  Governor 
Abernethy  replied  that  the  organic  law  of  Oregon  did  not 
limit  settlement  to  any  part  of  the  territory,  and  although 
it  might  be  impolitic  to  occupy  the  lands  of  friendly 
Indians,  there  could  be  no  impropriety  in  occupying  those 
of  the  murderers,  provided  the  party  taking  possession 
were  strong  enough  to  hold  it  and  maintain  peace.  He 
desired,  in  case  this  plan  should  be  carried  out,  that  the 
lands  and  improvements  of  the  Presbyterian  missions 
should  be  reserved.  The  governor,  therefore,  approved 
the  scheme,^"  which,  indeed,  from  a  particular  point  of 
view  was  a  military  necessity.  Uut  it  certainly  conflicted 
with  the  statement  several  times  iterated  to  the  Cay  uses 
and  Nez  Perces  that  it  was  individuals  whom  the  govern- 
ment sought  to  punish,  and  not  the  nation.  It  was  true 
the  conduct  of  the  nation  in  sheltering  its  guilty  members 
gave  a  color  of  right  to  the  act;  but  such  nice  distinctions 
were  not  familiar  to  the  savage  mind.  The  very  thing 
was  about  to  happen  which  the  Cayuses  had  killed  Whit- 
man to  prevent,  namely,  the  settlement  of  their  lands  ])y 
white  people.  The  governor's  sanctioii  being  obtained,  a 
proclamation  appeared  in  the  Spectator  of  July  thirteenth, 
under  the  title  of  "Forfeiture  of  the  Cayuse  Lands,"  with 
a  eulogy  intended  to  promote  their  settlement. 

When  Lee  was  at  The  Dalles  he  gave  notice  to  the 
Catholic  missionaries  engaged  at  that  time  in  erecting 
buildings  for  a  mission,  that  none  should  be  established 
by  any  denomination  until  the  presence  of  the  United 
States  troops  in  the  country  should  make  it  safe  and 
proper.  They  desisted,  but  Rev.  Rosseau  remained,  and 
ci;"i,ivated  a  farm,  without  teaching  openly.  The  oblate 
father  returned  to  the  Yakima  countrv,  keeping  very 
quiet;  and  the  bishop  of  Walla  Walla  wandered  about 
the  country  with  the  unsettled  Cayuses.  In  this  manner 
they  held  their  ground. 

Kort  Lee  was  left  in  charge  of  Lieutenant  Alexander  T. 

"' Ore(70»t  ^miit'M.  MS.  936,  939.  '    ■ 


>«m 


218 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


f 


Rodgers,  one  uon-commissioned  officer,  and  thirteen  men.^' 
The  remainder  of  the  regiment  with  Colonel  Waters  was 
not  detained  to  await  Magoue's  arrival,  but  hurried  across 
the  mountains  or  down  the  river  to  their  homes,  many 
without  waiting  to  be  discharged  at  the  appointed  rendez- 
vous on  the  Clackamas  river. 

Colonel  Waters,  being  in  bad  health,  was  unable  to 
accompany  the  regiment  across  the  mountains,  and  took 
the  river  route  to  Oregon  City,  which  owing  to  adverse 
winds  proved  a  tedious  one,  so  that  he  was  unable  to  meet 
the  companies  on  the  Clackamas.  Lee  had  withdrawn 
from  any  connection  with  the  army  when  the  campaign 
closed  at  Fort  Waters;  and  although  he  crossed  the  moun- 
tains with  the  regiment,  Captain  Hall  was  in  command. 
On  arriving  at  the  rendezvous  Hall  was  compelled  to 
grant  furloughs  subject  to  the  order  of  the  governor. 
"This  step,"  wrote  W^aters,  "was  perhaps  objectionable, 
but  I  am  disposed  to  believe  the  best  that  could  have 
l)een  taken  under  the  circumstances."  Palmer  informed 
the  governor,  who  was  absent  from  Oregon  City,  that  the 
men  were  "perfectly  recklebs"  and  "regardless  of  conse- 
quences," on  getting  so  near  home.  Always  ready  to 
perform  their  duty  in  the  field,  they  cared  little  for  the 
conventionalities  of  army  life,  and  longing  for  a  sight  of 
beloved  faces,  risked  their  meager  and  doubtful  pay  to 
gratify  this  home  hunger. 

On  reaching  Oregon  City,  Lee,  who  must  always  be 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  figures  in  the 
history  of  the  war,  declined  his  commission,  and  with  it  of 
course  the  pay,  in  the  following  letter: —  , , 

"  Obkgon  City,  June  24,  1848. 

To  Qovernor  Abernethy : 

Dear  Sir  :  Having  fulttUed  my  proiriise  to  Colonel  Waters,  and 
tbe  officers  and  men  of  the  regiment,  in  acconipunying  them  through 


•■"  The  report  of  Lieutcnaut  Koilgers,  AuKUst  fourteenth ,  gives  the  strength  and 
condition  of  tbe  force  at  Fort  Lee  as  one  lieutenant,  one  orderly  sergeant,  thirteen 
privates,  j^cven  horses,  ten  saddles,  six  bridles,  eight  rifles,  four  musltets,  three  shot- 
guns,  fllteeu  shot  pi;„ch«H,  and  powder  horns.    No  lifcs,  drums,  or  colors. 


THE  OAYUSE  WAR. 


219 


the  late  canipaigu,  1  conskler  myself  released  from  any  further  mili- 
tary connection  with  the  regiment,  that  connection  having  expired 
by  limitation  on  our  return  to  Fort  Waters.  Consequently,  I  there 
withdraw  from  the  n     nient. 

On  the  road  from  tliut  place  to  P'ort  Wascopam,  I  met  a  commis- 
sion flUed  out  for  myself  as  lieutenant-colonel.  This  doubtless  grew 
out  of  a  misunderstanding  of  the  consenl  I  gave  to  act  a.i  sicch  fw 
the  time.  When  1  resigned  my  commission  as  colonel,  I  believe  I 
was  only  yielding  to  another  what  I  kn'  w  he  considered  his  rights, 
and  my  consent  to  fill  an  ofHce  under  liim  was  purely  from  a  wish 
to  preserve  peace,  friendship,  and  good  feeling  in  the  regiment  until 
a  last  effort  should  be  made  to  punish  the  enemy,  and  not  to  gratify 
any  ambition  to  1111  an  office.  In  resigning  the  former  office,  there 
was  no  sacrifice,  but  on  the  contrary  a  high  degree  of  plecuture.  In 
submitting  to  the  latter,  though  temporarily,  I  confess  there  was  a 
sacrifice  refiuired.  It  was  made,  as  long  as  neceasary  to  the  success 
of  the  campaign.  With  tlie  necessity  my  obligations  expired. 
With  high  sense  of  obligation  and  duty  to  the  community,  and 
a  sense  of  gratefulness  to  your  excellency,  I  beg  leave  to  decline  the 
proffered  honor.  You  are  aware  that  no  election  in  the  regiment  to . 
fill  that  office  could  be  legal,  while  there  was  no  vacancy,  even  if 
the  appointing  power  had  been  vested  in  the  regiment.  So  that  all 
I  did  in  tliat  (iapaiMty  was  by  nmtual  consent,  and  not  legal  au- 
thority. 

I  remain,  yours  truly,  H.  A.  G.  Lek. 

The  public  mind  was  beginning  to  settle  down  to  its 
ordinary  composure,  when  a  fresh  excitement  was  spread 
through  the  settlements  by  the  information  furnished  by 
Lieutenant  Rodgers  at  The  Dalles,  that  the  Catholics  at 
that  place  were  inflaming  the  Indians,  and  that  a  large 
quantity  of  ammunition  and  arms  were  being  taken  into 
the  Indian  country  by  the  Jesuit  fathers.  The  amounts 
were  so  much  larger  than  the  Oregon  army  had  at  any 
time  been  able  to  command  at  one  invoice  that  the  alarm 
occasioned  by  it  seems  justifiable.'"^  At  all  events  the 
packages  were  seized  by  Lieutenant  Rodgers,  and  sent  to 
Oregon  City  to  be  taken  charge  of  by  the  governor,  while 
the  superintendent  of  Indian   affairs   wrote  to  Rev.  M. 


"There  were  thirty-alx  guns,  oue  thousand  and  five  hundred  pounds  of  balls, 
three  hundred  pounds  of  buckshot,  and  one  thousand  and  eighty  pounds  of  powder. 
The  whole  Oregon  army  hud  l)een  able  to  obtain  no  more  than  live  hundred  pounds 
ol  poncliM  :    (hifjitn  Ainriicnii,  August  l(i,  1848:  Oirijon  Siieeltt/or,  September  C,  1848. 


220 


INDIAN  WAm  OF  OREO  ON. 


Acolti  for  an  explanation  of  the  matter.  Acolti  replied 
that  he  did  not  object  to  the  seizure  if  the  governor 
thought  it  prudent,  unless  it  was  the  intention  to  confis- 
cate it;  but  he  reminded  the  superintendent  that  there 
was  no  law  prohibiting  the  transportation  of  arms  through 
the  Indian  country,  but  only  the  distribution  of  them  to 
the  Indians.  His  explanation  of  the  incident  was,  that 
the  packages  seized  contained  the  annual  supply  of  the 
four  Jesuit  missions  of  the  Flatheads,  Pend  d'Oreilles, 
Coeur  d'Alenes,  and  Okanagons.  These  people  lived  by 
the  chase,  and  required  ammunition.  Indeed,  the  sub- 
sistence of  the  priests  themselves  depended  upon  a  proper 
supply.  Besides,  a  certain  amount  was  required  by  the 
white  men  and  half-breeds  about  the  missions;  and  a  part 
of  that  seized  was  destined  to  the  British  possessions, 
where  the  Jesuits  had  an  extensive  mission.  Dividing 
the  whole  amount  among  all  these  stations,  and  thou- 
sands of  Indians,  Acolti  held  that  the  amount  was  not  large 
enough  to  cause  any  alarm. 


"With  respect  to  the  advice  you  give  me,"  wrote  the  priest  to 
Lee,  "  that  there  is  more  excitement  and  bitter  feeling  against  the 
Catholics  as  a  body  than  ever  has  existed  in  Oregon  before,  I  believe 
the  fact.  Yet,  sir,  I  presume  that  you  who  hold  authority,  and  who 
have  had  an  opportunity  of  knowing  how  things  have  been,  and 
who  are  not  biased  by  prejudice  —  I  presume  that  you  and  all  sen- 
sible citizens  know  that  it  is  not  through  any  fault  of  the  Catholics 
.  ■  this  fact  exists,  that  the  Catholics  have  done  nothing  to  cause 
excitement  or  bitter  feeling  against  them,  and  that  the  fact  is  based 
onlj'  upon  unfounded  suspicions,  growing  out  of  unjust  prejudices 
and  a  groveling  jealousy.  I  tliank  you  for  your  frankness,  and  I 
will  not  fail  to  profit  by  your  advice  whenever  circumstances  shall 
allow  me;  and  I  can  assure  you  that  I,  as  well  as  all  the  priests,  will 
beware  of  doing  nothing '^^  that  may  be  incentives  to  violence  and 
disorder,  or  to  evade  or  circumvent  tlie  laws  of  the  laud.  I  hope 
you  will  give  me  credit  for  the  freedom  of  my  expressions,  and  that, 
content  with  the  purity  of  the  intentions  of  the  Catholic  priests,  you 
will  no  longer  be  surprised  at  my  'singular  proceedings,'  but  labor 

23 This  lapse  from  Graiumat,  as  well  as  the  use  of  the  word  "credit "  below  where 
"  pardon  "  was  meant,  is  to  be  cbarf;ed  to  the  translator.  Acolti  was  an  Italian.  He 
came  to  Oregon  by  sea  in  1.S41.  He  was  transferred  to  California  in  1855,  and  died 
at  San  Francisco  in  J878,  dislinfjuished  (or  learning  and  piety. 


THE   VAYUHE  WAll 


m 


with  all  benevolent  citizens  t«  anticipate  tiie  unfortunate  effects  of 
tlie  excitement  whlcli  is  so  unjustly  raised  against  the  Catholics,  is 
the  confidence  with  which  I  have  the  honor  to  remain,  sir. 
Your  obedient  servant, 

M.   ACOLTI." 

Governor  Abernethy  endeavored  to  quiet  the  excitement, 
and  in  a  letter  to  R.  W.  Ford,  who  had  published  an  article 
in  the  Oregon  American  and  Evangelical  Unionist,  edited  by 
J.  kS.  Grifl&n  of  Tualatin  plains,  said: — 

I  am  well  acquainted  with  the  Indian  character,  and  l^now  their 
disposition  to  carry  faN<"  reports  from  one  to  another,  sometimes 
merely  to  see  what  effect  a  report  unfavorable  to  the  person  they 
are  speaking  to  will  have.  I  am,  therefore,  satisfied  that  the  In- 
dians, in  making  the  statement  they  did  to  Mr.  Eodgers,  did  it  to 
mislead  him.  For  I  cannot  believe  that  the  priests  would  be  so 
remiss  as  to  say  anything  of  the  kind  to  the  Indians  while  there  is 
so  much  excitement  in  the  community. 

This  was,  it  is  true,  a  rather  weak  defense,  but  was  better 
than  the  inflammatory  articles  that  certain  anti-Romanists 
were  eager  to  place  before  the  public,  the  influence  of 
which  remains  to  thir  day  in  Oregon,  many  respectable 
persons  of  the  pioneers,  and  their  children,  firmly  believ- 
ing that  the  ammunition  which  was  intercepted,  and  sent 
to  Oregon  City  when  Fort  Lee  was  abandoned,  to  lie  for 
months  in  the  governor's  storehouse,  was  intended  by  the 
Catholics  to  exterminate  the  Protestants  in  Oregon.  No 
proof  of  any  such  intention  was  ever  apparent. 

In  December,  a  petition  was  presented  to  the  legislature 
to  expel  Catholics  from  the  country,  which  was  rejected. 
They  were  not  permitted  to  return  to  the  Umatilla,  but 
retained  possession  of  all  their  other  missions.  In  Febru- 
ary, 1849,  the  legislative  assembly  having  inquired  of  the 
governor  what  disposition  had  been  made  of  the  arms  and 
ammunition  of  the  priests,  he  replied  that  he  had  felt 
himself  justified  in  retaining  possession  of  them  until 
then ;  but  application  had  been  made  to  him  to  return  the 
property  to  A'^ancouver  to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  tLe 
Catholic  missions  on  the  com[)any's  books,  accompanied 


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222 


INDIAN  WARN  OF  OREGON. 


by  an  assurance  that  no  powder  should  bo  sent  to  the 
'upper  country  without  the  sanction  of  the  Oregon  govern- 
ment, and  that  he  had  done  so. 

The  proclamation  which  discharged  the  first  regiment 
of  Oregon  riflemen  was  dated  July  5,  1848,  the  only  por- 
tion excepted  being  the  men  left  at  Forts  Waters  and  Lee. 
On  the  twelfth,  the  com rriissary -general  wrote  to  the 
governor  that  the  men  thus  detailed  were  in  need  of 
clothing  and  provisions;  that  having  no  funds  on  hand 
in  his  department  to  supply  them,  he  had  called  on  the 
loan  commissioners  for  an  amount  barely  sufficient  to 
subsist  these  men  until  October  first,  when  their  term 
would  expire;  but  that  the  commissioners  had  replied 
that  they  had  no  funds,  and  believed  it  impossible  to 
raise  any;  and  as  the  decision  of  the  board  had  been  that 
they  were  not  authorized  to  execute  bonds  for  debts  he 
might  contract,  it  was  no  longer  in  his  power  to  supply 
the  troops." 

Meanwhile,  by  hook  or  by  crook,  the  volunteers  in  the 
Indian  country  got  on  very  well.  The  mill  had  been  re- 
])aired,  and  some  large  caches  of  grain  discovered.  They 
celebrated  the  fourth  of  July  in  due  form  with  a  feast  and 
])atriotic  toasts  drunk  in  water,  among  which  was:  "The 
American  flag,  the  onlv  thing  American  that  will  bear 


stripes,"  said  to  have  been  proposed  by  a  "young  Miss 
Wickliffe,"="  of  Oregon  City. 


'-■ralmer  asked  tho  commisRioners  for  one  thousand  dolIarB  for  subststcnre  ami 
fix  hundred  aud  eighty-eight  dolhirs  for  clothing :    Orerjon  Archive*,  MS.  1010. 

'•*The  following  letter  is  iuterestinRa-s  Ri>icture  of  the  times  in  the  interior  at  llii< 
(late.  It  is  written  July  Hfth  to  Lee  by  C.  W.  Cooke;  "As  the  Messrs.  Priests  will 
start  down  tomorrow,  altho'  1  have  nothing  important  to  communicate,  I  cannol 
forego  an  opportunity  of  informing  yon  of  some  things  that  h»'  e  transpired  In  this 
delightful  portion  of  God's  heritage,  vulgarly  known  as  middle  Oregon.  We  saw  not 
an  Indian,  and  heard  no  news  from  the  time  of  your  departure  »ip  to  the  twenty- 
eighth  proximo,  when  Moolpool  and  Tintinmitzie  came  from  the  Orand  Round  ami 
Informed  us  that  the  Kpyuses  /.ere  all  there,  and  the  mtirderers  high  up  on  Burnt 
riTcr.  The  most  of  the  Kayuses  will  he  back  here  in  a  few  weeks.  Richard  and  Red 
Wolf  took  supper  with  us  three  nights  gone,  and  told  us  that  the  Snakes  have  killed 
five  NezPercC-s,  and  that  they  are  making  preparations  to  go  immediately  against  the 
Snakes.  It  is  Indian  news,  and  you  know  the  reliability  of  the  information.  Being 
myself  very  skeptical,  and  knowing  Mr.  McBean's  superior  facilities  for  detecting' 


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The  volunteers  performed  the  dut}'  of  holding  the 
Cayuse  country,  and  patroling  the  immigrant  road  to  tlie 
satisfaction  of  the  Oregon  government  and  the  immigra- 
tion. Since  the  opening  of  the  road,  never  had  the  Indians 
behaved  so  well.  Tiie  murderers,  reduced  to  poverty,  and 
without  ammunition,  kept  out  of  the  way  of  both  volun- 
teers and  immigrants.  Thus  the  Cayuse  war  came  to  an 
end,  it  might  be  said,  for  want  of  powder.  The  murderers 
had  not  been  hung,  but  they  had  been  severely  punished, 
and  the  Cayuse  nation,  as  such,  had  lost  its  prestige 
forever. 

As  might  have  been  expected,  some  of  the  more  restless 
tribes  in  western  Oregon  were  affected  by  the  war  rumors, 
and  early  showed  signs  of  insurrection.  These  were  the 
Molallas  and  Klamaths,  who  ranged  about  the  head  of  the 
Wallamet  valley,  and  over  into  the  Klamath  basin.  Be- 
lieving that  the  warriors  among  the  white  men  had  all 
gone  to  give  battle  to  the  Cayuses,  these  Indians  made 
several  incursions  into  the  settlements,  committing  acts 


Indian  Talaehood  and  obtaining  truth,  I  came  here  ( to  Walla  Walla  fort)  to<lHy  to  .see 
him,  and  I  (Ind  that  ho  places  the  utmost  confidence  in  the  report.  He  is  also  of 
opinion  that  there  Is  a  prospect  of  serious  difliculty  between  Young  Chief  and  Yellow. 
Serpent,  owing  to  some  recent  misunderstanding.  I  give  it  to  you  as  I  hear  it.  I  am 
not  responsible  for  its  authenticity.  No  news  from  the  United  States.  I'm  becoming 
impatient.  I  am  looking  for  the  troops  every  day.  We  did  not  forget  that  yesterday 
was  the  fourth  of  July.  Indeed,  we  paid  to  it  all  the  deference  and  honor  of  which 
in  our  circumstances  we  were  capable,  with  guns,  songs,  hymns,  and  national  au- 
themt.  Kverything  pas.sed  oft"  quietly,  and  in  genteel  military  order.  I  have  sent 
Mr.  Walt  (editor  .Spectator)  some  scraps.  See  him  for  i)articulars.  lam  anxious  to 
know  what  will  be  done  by  the  United  States  government  in  relation  to  this  country. 
1  have  no  Interest  in  the  place  at  Fort  Waters,  and  so  many  have  taken  claims  already 
np  here,  that  I  deemed  it  not  improper  to  at  least  secure  that  place  for  Perrin  (  Whit- 
man ),  provided  it  be  lawful  to  take  claims  here  now,  and  yourself  nor  the  governor 
do  not  want  it  for  a  military  post,  or  agency,  and  the  missionaries  do  not  claim  it  for 
the  board  on  account  of  previous  occupancy.  Then,  if  you  think  it  expedient  to  enter 
it  for  Perrin  before  it  is  taken*  by  others,  you  will  call  for  n  beginning  stake  three- 
fourths  of  a  mile  southwest  of  the  old  buildings  ;  thence  north  one  mile  to  a  stake  ; 
thence  east  one  mile  to  a  stake ;  thence  south  one  mil«;  to  a  stake  ;  thence  west  one 
mile  to  the  beginning,  including  the  Improvements  of  the  late  Dr.  Whitman.  The 
corn  is  silking,  and  our  wheat  is  ripe  for  harvest.  The  boys  are  cutting  today.  I 
think  we  will  have  between  two  hundred  and  three  hundred  bushels.  I  tind  some 
Italf  dozen  commissions  among  the  waste  i)apers  in  the  loft  and  send  them  to  you 
for  disposition.  My  respects  to  the  governor  and  family,  and  General.  Palmer  and 
family,  Ac.  Three  of  McBean's  horses,  branded  "  H.  B.,"  have  been  taken  to  the 
valley.  Tell  the  quartermasters  to  please  see  to  it.  Dr.  Lydan,  tlie  poet,  and  all  the 
boys,  send  you  their  compliments  :"  ihtgon  Archives,  MS.  1009, 1020.  In  such  friendly 
and  unmllitary  fashion  did  the  whilom  adjutant  address  his  late  superior. 


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against  jjeace  and  order,  apparently  to  test  the  .:bihty  of 
tlie  settlers  to  protect  themselves. 

The  most  impudent  of  these  raids  were  the  rape  of  a 
young  girl  in  Lane  county,  some  cattle  thefts  in  Benton 
county,  and  an  attack  on  the  house  of  Richard  Miller  in 
Champoeg  ( now  Marion )  county.  It  happened  that  one 
Knox,  whose  home  was  in  Linn  county,  was  carrying  the 
first  United  States  mail  ever  delivered  in  this  part  of 
Oregon,  and  saw  a  man  running  from  Indians,  to  gain  the 
shelter  of  Miller's  house.  He  put  spurs  to  his  horse,  and 
notified  the  settlers  along  his  route  as  quickly  as  he  could. 
These  mounted  and  spread  the  alarm,  until  by  morning  a 
company  of  men  and  boys  numbering  one  hundred  and 
fifty  were  rendezvoused  at  Miller's  place,  from  which  the 
Indians  had  in  the  meantime  retired  with  threats  of  mis- 
chief. An  organization  of  this  force  was  at  once  effected, 
Daniel  Waldo  being  elected  colonel,  and  R.  C.  Geer,  Allen 
Davy,  Richard  Miller,  and  Samuel  Parker,  captains. 

The  Indian  encampment  was  on  the  Abiqua  creek  where 
it  comes  down  from  the  Cascades  to  the  valley,  and  towards 
this  the  volunteers  marched,  the  mounted  men  proceeding 
up  the  north  side,  and  the  foot  soldiers  up  the  south  side.'*'' 
When  the  Indians  discovered  the  horsemen,  they  began 
crossing  to  the  south  side  and  fell  into  an  ambuscade  of 
the  footmen  awaiting  them.  After  a  few  shots  had  been 
exchanged,  the  Indians  retreated  up  the  creek,  having  two 
killed.  As  the  day  was  nearly  spent,  those  who  had  fam- 
ilies to  protect  returned  home,  and  the  single  men  and 
boys  encamped  at  a  farmhouse  to  be  ready  for  an  early 
start  next  morning.  Those  who  coujd  do  so  rejoined  them 
at  daybreak,  and  they  overtook  the  Indians,  retreating  on 

^R.  V.  Geer  wrote  an  account  of  thi«afl'alr  In  the  Salcni, Oregon,. sVo/fumnn,  which 
was  copied  Into  the  San  Jos6  Pioneer  of  September  1,  1877,  from  whlcli  the  above  is 
taken,  lie  mentioiiB  the  foliowing  names:  William  I'arlter,  James  Harpole,  Wilbiini 
King,  James  Brown,  S.  I).  Maxon,  L.  A.  Bird,  Israel  Shaw,  Robert  Shaw,  King  Hib- 
bard.  William  Brisbane,  — .  Winchester,  Port.  Gilliam,  William  Howell,  Thomas 
Howell,  George  Howell,  William  Hendrlclcs,  Lcn.  Goff,  I.cander  Davis,  G.  W.  Hunt, 
James  Williams,  J.  Warnoclc,  J.  W.  .Schrum,  Thomas  Schrum,  Elias  Cox,  Cyrus  Smith 
T.  B.  Allen,  Henry  Schrum,  and  Jacob  Caplinger. 


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the  Klamath  trail  with  their  best  marksmen  apparently 
in  the  rear.  One  of  the  volunteers  was  hit  in  the  breast 
by  an  arrow  which  failed  to  penetrate,  but  the  balls  of  the 
frontier  riflemen  went  home.  The  Indians  were  driven  to 
bay  at  a  pass  of  the  stream  where  the  clifts  came  down 
precipitately  on  the  south  side,  and  the  current  would  not 
permit  them  to  cross.  Here,  fighting  the  best  they  could, 
seven  warriors  were  slain,  and  two  women  wounded  —  one 
of  the  warriors,  however,  being  a  woman  armed. 

When  the  battle  was  over  it  was  discovered  that  the 
actual  marauders  had  eluded  them,  and  those  who  1  ad 
suflered  were  their  families  and  camp  guards.  Ashjuned 
of  their  easy  victory,  the  volunteers  built  a  large  fire  in  a 
comfortable  camping  place,  and  left  the  wounded  women 
to  be  found  and  cnred  for  by  their  relatives.  So  .sensitive 
were  the  participants  in  the  "battle  of  the  Abiqua,"  that 
it  was  seldom  referred  to,  and  never  mentioned  as  among 
the  defensive  measures  of  the  colonists  in  1848.  Yet  the 
punishment  inflicted,  and  the  knowledge  imparted  on  and 
to  the  savages  on  the  southeastern  border,  proved  salutary, 
and  put  an  end  to  raids  from  that  quarter. 

On  the  west  side  of  the  valley  the  inhabitants  had  some 
trouble  with  the  Calapooias  and  Tillamooks,  who  mur- 
dered an  old  man,  and  stole  cattle  from  the  settlers.  A 
collision  occurred  in  March,  in  which  two  Indians  were 
killed,  and  ton  other  marauding  savages  taken  and 
whipped.  This  punishment  had  the  effect  to  intimidate 
them,  and  secure  order  in  that  quarter. 

On  the  tenth  of  April,  Superintendent  Lee  appointed 
Felix  Scott  sub-agent  of  Indian  affairs,  and  notified  him 
that  it  was  advisable  to  raise  a  company  for  the  defense  of 
the  southern  frontier,  and  asking  him  to  undertake  the 
duty.  This  he  did,  enrolling  a  company  of  less  than  half 
the  regulation  number.'^  He  was  commissioned  captain 
of  the  independent  rifle  rangers  May  11,  1848,  and  pro- 


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"  No  roll  of  Scott's  compnny  ezltts. 
Btrong. 


It  was  probably  never  more  tban  twenty-five 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


ceeded  up  the  valley,  finding  the  settlers  much  disturbed 
by  the  conduct  of  the  Indians,  and  rumors  of  attacks  upon 
travelers.^  Scott  found  but  few  of  the  predatory  natives 
in  the  Wallamet,  they  having  retired  through  the  moun- 
tain passes  to  places  of  safety.  On  the  seventh  of  July  he 
was  ordered  to  proceed  to  southeastern  Oregon  to  escort 
the  immigrants  by  the  southern  route,  a  duty  which  he 
performed  with  only  nineteen  men,  and  without  serious 
interference  by  the  natives.-'' 


!»  John  Saxtou,  who  wrotie  a  little  book  Hbout  Oregon,  was  ocmluu  fVom  Calirornia 
with  a  Imnd  of  one  hundred  horses  In  April.  His  party  conHisted  of  six  men,  and 
the  Klamath  and  Rogue  river  Indians  hanging  upon  thefr  trail  caused  thr  loss  of 
sixty-five  of  their  animals      Oregon  Spectator,  May  s:,  1848. 

■■"'Scott  wa.s  a  Virgin'an  by  birth,  and  had  been  liei'teiiaiit-governcr  of  Missouri. 
In  1816  he  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  coming  to  Oregon  in  the  spring  of  1846, 
and  settling  in  Yamhill  county.  In  184S  he  went  to  the  ^'old  ficlus  of  California,  and 
the  following  year  removed  to  Lane  county  in  this  state,  where  he  was  largely  inter- 
e.'<ted  in  stock-raising  and  lumbering.  In  1858  he  wer  t  by  sea  to  New  York,  thence  to 
Kentucky,  and  was  on  his  way  home  with  a  herd  of  tloodod  horses,  when  ho  was 
killed  by  the  Pit  river  Indians  near  Goose  lake,  and  his  horses  take ■•. 


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CHAPTER  IX. 


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COIUIESPONDKNCE  OK  ABEKNETiIV  WITH  UNITED  STATES  CPFICERS  AND  OTHERS  CON- 
CERNING THE  Condition  of  Oregon  —  Letters  to  Shubrick  —  Lettrr  of  Gov- 
ernor Mason  ro  Abernethy  — Abernethv  to  Mason— Ogden  to  Abeknethy, 
Owe  and  Two— abeknftiiy  to  Ogden  — AB£rnethy  to  Habdie  — Reply  of 
HakIiie— Abeunetuy  to  President  Poi.k- Appointment  of  Pickett  Indian 
Agent— United  States  Commissioner  at  Hawai'  Receives  a  Letter  — Muni- 
tions OP  War  Arrive  Aitl.  Peace  is  Restored— Gold  Discovered  — Mes- 
senger Meek  Ri:AciiEs  Washington,  and  the  Territorial  Act  is  Passed  — 
Lane  Appointed  Governor  and  Meek  Marshal  — Indian  Trouble  on  tub 
Sound— Arrival  of  the  Massachusetts  with  Two  Artillery  Companil.*— 
Sub-Indian  agent  Services  ok  Dr.  Tolmie— The  Mounted  Rifle  Regiment 
—  Desertion  of  the  Men— Surrender,  Trial,  and  Execution  of  the  Mur- 
derers- ]  ithful  Discharge  ok  Duty  by  the  Regimental  and  Accounting 
Officers  o:    the  Provisio!.al  Government— Reports  of  the  Loan  Commis- 

8V0NERS,   ADJUIANT-GBNERAL,   AND  COMMISSARY   AND  Q JARTERMASTER-GENERAL  — 

Settlement  ok  the  Cvause  War  Debt. 


TnK  events  narrated  in  the  foregoing  chapters,  of  so 
much  importance  to  the  Oregon  colony,  had  transpired 
without  the  knowledge  of  the  outside  world.  The  letter  of 
Mr.  Douglas  to  S.  N.  Castle  of  Honolulu,  was  not  received 
until  February,  and  was  productive  of  no  results.  The 
dispatches  for  California,  which  failed  as  has  been  nar- 
rated, to  get  over  the  m.  antains,  were  put  on  board  the 
brig  Henry,  which  left  the  Columbia  river  about  the 
middle  of  March,  arriving  p-t  San  Francisco  April  tv  Jfth, 
leaving  im'nodiately  for  Mazatlan  with  governmeji.  stores 
for  the  United  States  troops  in  Mexico. 

Such  was  the  isolation  of  Oregon  at  tliis  time  that  it 
was  not  known  to  its  legislature  or  governor  that  the 
United  States  had  taken  possession  of  California,  and  the 
communication  first  sent  was  addressed  to  the  commodore 
of  the  Pacific  s([uadron,  as  follows; — 

Orkgon  City,  December  28,  1847. 
To  W.  Bradford  Shubrick,  t'ommandcr  Paoiflc  Sfjuadron  : 

SiR  :  The  prt^ent  state  of  affairs  in  Oregon  induces  me  to  address 
you  on  the  au'oject.    I  inclose  herewith  two  papers  which  will  inform 


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you  of  our  situation,  and  the  necessity  there  is  of  sending  aid,  if  in 
your  pov/er,  as  soon  as  possible.  A  sloop-of-war  anchored  in  the 
Cohinibia  river  at  Vancouver,  or  near  »Mie  mouth  of  the  Willamette 
river,  would  exert  a  powerful  influence  in  our  behalf.  The  Indians 
would  be  led  to  believe  that  our  chief,  of  whom  they  have  often 
heard,  was  ready  to  examine  into  and  punish  any  wrongs  they 
might  inflict  on  American  citizens.  A  supply  of  ammunition  could 
be  furnished  to  repel  any  attacks  they  might  make  on  us,  and  would 
also  let  the  citizens  of  the  United  States  dwelling  in  this  distant 
land  know  they  were  not  neglected.  A  vessel  drawing  sixteen  feet 
of  water  can  enter  our  harbor  in  safety ;  one  drawing  fifteen  feet 
can,  I  believe,  get  up  the  Columbia  at  any  season  of  the  year  with 
proper  caution.  I  am  aware  that  the  present  season  is  not  the 
most  favorable  for  entering  our  river  and  ascending  it,  still  mer- 
chantmen enter  and  depart  at  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

Believing  that  you  will  do  all  you  can  to  render  us  assistance, 
I  have  the  honor  to  remain,  yours  truly, 

Geouqe  Abernethy, 
Governor  of  Oregon. 

By  the  Henry,  the  governor  wrote  again  the  following: — 

Oregon  City,  March  11,  1848. 
Commander  W.  Bradford  Shubrick  : 

Sir  :  I  have  written  you  under  date  of  December  twoutj'-eightli 
and  January  twenty-fifth  last,  both  of  which  failed  to  reach  yon. 
I  herewith  send  letters  and  the  Spectator,  from  which  you  can  see 
our  present  situation.  Captain  Kilburn,  of  the  brig  Henry,  can 
inform  you  on  any  subject  you  may  wish  t«  inquire  of  him.  I 
would  again  ca!l  your  attention  t<i  the  necessity  of  sending  us  one 
or  more  vessels  of  war  a.s  soon  as  possible.  Indians  are  restrain"(l 
by  fear;  they  have  a  dread  of  cannon  and  man-of-war  ships.  I  have 
told  them  a  ship  of  war  would  be  here  in  the  spring.  1  am  waiting 
with  anxiety  to  hear  from  ihe  commissioners  sent  up  to  treat  witii 
the  Indians.  Should  we  succeed  in  settling  this  afiair,  which  is 
uncertain,  the  presence  of  one  of  our  ships  at  this  juncture  would 
let  them  know  that  the  Americans  have  it  in  their  power  to  punish 
them,  and  would  probably  deter  tliem  from  further  aggressions.  I 
have  conveiBed  with  the  pilot  at  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia.  He 
says  tliat  he  can  bring  in  a  vessel  drawing  twenty-two  feet  of  water. 
Under  his  care  any  sloop-of-war  under  your  command  can  enter  our 
river.  Captain  Kilburn  says,  if  needed,  lie  will  come  up  in  any 
vessel  sent  by  you. 

Yours  truly,  Oeoroe  Abernethy, 

■  '   ''  Governor  of  Oregon. 


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Notwithstanding  all  this  writing  and  effort,  the  United 
States  transport  Anita,  commaided  by  acting  Captain 
Selim  C.  Wood  worth,  arrived  in  the  Columbia  March  six- 
teenth, without  being  at  all  aware  of  the  condition  of 
affairs  in  Oregon.  Instead  of  bringing  the  needed  assist- 
ance, the  Anita's  errand  was  to  raise  men  for  the  war  with 
Mexico,  as  the  following  correspondence  will  show: — 


Headquarter   Tenth  Military  Department.  \ 
MoNTERE\',  California,  January  28,  1848.  < 

To  His  Excellency,  George  Aherncthy,  Governor  of  Oregon: 

Sir:  From  intelligence  received  here  yesterday  from  ComUiO- 
dore  Shubrick,  commanding  the  United  States  naval  forces  oft" 
Mazatlan, —  a  copy  of  his  communication  is  enclosed  herewith, —  I 
deem  it  of  the  utmost  importance  to  raise  a  corps  of  one  thousand 
men  to  send  to  Lower  California  and  Mazatlan  as  early  as  practica- 
ble. I  shall  therefore  dispatch  an  officer,  Major  Hardie  of  the  army, 
to  confer  with  your  excellency,  and  if  possible  to  raise  in  Oregon  an 
infantry  battalion  of  four  companies,  to  be  mustered  ''  the  ser- 
vice of  the  United  States  to  serve  during  the  war,  nnle.-  Mcr  dis- 
charged ;  or,  if  it  be  impracticable  to  engage  them  for  tha;  ^jeriod, 
then  to  engage  them  for  twelve  months  from  the  time  of  Ixiin^r 
nmstered  into  service,  unless  sooner  discharged.  The  battalion  will 
consist  of  field  and  staff — one  major,  one  adjutant,  a  lieutenant 
of  one  of  the  companies,  but  not  in  addition.  Non-commissioned 
staff" — one  sergeant-major,  one  quartermaster-sergeant.  Four  com- 
panies (staff"),  of  which  to  consist  of  captain,  one  first  lieuten- 
ant, two  second  lieutenants,  four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  two 
musicians,  and  one  hundred  privates.  Should  the  number  of  pri- 
vates, on  being  mustered,  not  fall  below  sixty-four  effective  men  in 
a  company,  it  will  be  received.  In  the  United  States  the  volunteer 
officers  are  appointed  and  commissioned  in  accordance  with  the 
laws  of  the  state  from  which  they  are  taken.  The  officers  from 
Oregon  will  therefore,  of  course,  be  appointed  jjui-suant  to  the  laws 
of  Oregon,  if  there  are  any  on  that  sulyect ;  if  not,  in  such  mannei 
as  your  excellency  may  direct,  in  which  case  I  would  respectfully 
suggest  that  the  company  officers  be  elected  by  their  respective 
companies,  and  that  the  major  l)e  appointed  by  yourst^lf;  and  I 
would  further  n'spectfully  suggest  the  extreme  importance  to  the 
public  service,  'hat  the  officers  be  Judiciously  selected.  The  place 
of  rendezvous  for  the  several  companies,  a.s  fast  as  they  shall  bt* 
organised,  is  necessarily  left  to  yourself  and  Major  Hardie.  *  *  * 
I  do  not  know  how  this  call  for  volunteers  will  be  met  in  Oregon, 
but   I  flatter  myself  with  the  assurance  that  it  will  receive  the 


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cordial  support  of  your  excellency,  and  I  am  certain  will  show  that 
the  citizens  of   Oregon  have  loSt  i>o  patriotism  by  crossing  the 
mountains,  and  that  they  will  be  equally  prompt  in  coming  to  their 
country's  standard  as  their  brethren  in  tlie  United  States. 
Yours  respectfully, 

R,  B.  Mason, 
Colonel  First  Dragoons,  Governor  of  California. 

To  this  Governor  Abernethy  replied: — 


ExEcuxrvE  Depaktment,  Okeqon  City,  April  3,  1848. 
To  His  Exaellency,  Ji.  B.  Mason,  Oovernw  of  California, : 

8tr  :  I  received  your  letter  of  the  twenty-eighth  of  January  last, 
together  with  a  copy  of  Conmiodore  Shubrick's  letter  of  sixth  of 
December  last,  and  in  reply  would  beg  leave  to  state  that  in  the 
existing  stiite  of  affairs  in  tliis  territory,  I  do  not  think  it  would  be 
prudent  on  my  part  to  send  any  men  out  of  the  territory.  Before 
this  rei  ches  you,  my  letters  of  December  twenty-eighth,  January 
1  venty-stSxth,  and  March  eleventh,  together  with  copies  of  the  Specta- 
tor, will  ha.e  reached  you,  from  which  you  will  have  learned  oursitu- 
ation,  and  the  need  tliere  is  of  our  being  assisted  by  tlie  governmeni 
of  tlie  United  States.  I  have  in  these  letters  begged  that  a  sloop-of- 
war  might  be  sent  to  our  aid.  I  .should  liave  called  for  men,  as  we 
need  a  few  disciplined  troops  to  take  the  lead,  but  concluded  you 
could  not  spare  them.  We  need  very  much  a  few  tteld  pieces,  balls, 
and  powder;  a  quantity  of  rifle  powder  and  lead;  and,  in  fact, 
everything  that  is  really  needed  to  carry  on  a  war.  May  I  be  per- 
mitted to  ask  your  aid  in  furnisliing  us  with  these  necessary  articles  ? 
I  send  you  with  this  a  Spectator  of  Marcli  twenty-flfth,  also  an 
extra  issued  this  day,  and  a  copy  of  my  procltimation  calling  for 
three  hundred  men  in  addition  to  those  already  in  the  field;  and  it 
is  not  at  all  improbable  that  1  may  have  to  call  a  large  number  of 
men  into  the  field  to  protect  the  Willamette  val'ey.  I  am  glad  that 
we  have  been  visited  by  Major  Hardie,  as  he  uan  on  his  ieturn  in- 
form you  more  fully  of  our  situation  than  I  caa  by  letter.  I  regret 
that  circumstances  are  such  that  this  geutlemar  return.?  without  the 
aid  you  expected  to  receive  from  Oregon,  and  sincerely  tru^t  that 
you  will  not  lay  it  to  our  want  of  patriotism,  for  .  assure  you  that 
nothing  would  have  afforded  me  more  pleasure  t  lum  to  havt'  met 
the  call  of  your  excellency,  and  I  have  not  a  doubt  but  that  it  would 
have  l)een  cheerfully  responded  to  by  our  citizens.  ?, 

I  have  the  honor  to  l)e.  your bbedient seivant, 

George  Abernethy,  ' 
Governor  of  Oregoii. 


'Till 
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mouths 


""HE   GAYUSE  WAR. 


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In  evidence  of  the  interest  taken  by  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Company  in  the  affairs  of  the  Oregon  government,  the 
following  letter  of  Ogden  is  interesting.  It  refers,  prob- 
ably, to  a  letter  to  President  Polk : — 

Vancouver,  March  21, 1848. 
Mr.  Oeorge  Abernethy: 

My  Dear  Sir  :  I  duly  received  your  note,  with  the  letter  en- 
closed, which  has  been  duly  forwarded  to  the  states,  and  trust  it 
will  reach  its  destination  In  safety.  Our  express,  three  boats,  thirty 
men,  three  gentlemen,  and  our  bishop,  all  well  armed,  left  yesterday 
afternoon,  and  the  precaution  has  been  talten  to  have  thirty  horses 
'n  case  they  cannot  proceed  with  the  boats,  as  the  express  must  go 
on  to  its  destination.  Pray,  what  is  the  object  of  Wood  worth's 
visit?  For  volunteere,  in  numbers,  it  cannot  be!  —  his  ship  l)eing 
t*K)  small  —  nor  can  the  country  afford,  in  its  present  unsettled  state 
of  affairs  in  the  interior,  and  I  fear,  liliely  to  be,  in  the  upper  part 
of  the  Willamette,  if  reports  are  to  be  relied  upon,  to  spare  any.  I 
fear  it  will  require  all  to  protect  our  adopted  country.  Appearances 
have  a  gloomy  aspect ;  may  we  hope  it  will  soon  pass  away,  and 
that  brigliter  days  are  in  store  for  us.  l  have  written  to  my  friends 
on  the  east  side,  and  forwarded  those  you  sent.  On  the  arrival  of 
our  boats  at  Walla  Walla,  a  party  will  return  to  this  place,  and  if 
Newell  iloes  not  arrive  from  the  interior,  we  shall  then  have  no 
news  from  the  army.  Mr.  McBean  has  a  good  opinion  of  the  com- 
missioners, and  writes  me  they  acted  with  judgment,  but  fears  the 
general  will  commit  some  rash  act.  What  does  Campbell  report  in 
regard  to  the  intentions  of  the  American  government  in  regard  to 
Oregon?  Do  they  intend  to  let  it  stand  over  until  the  Mexican 
affairs  arvj  finally  settled  ?  I  hope  not.  It  is  now  more  than  full 
time  decisive  measures  should  be  adopted  for  the  safety  of  one  and 
all.  You  have  certainly  done  your  part  well,  and  if  the  government 
would  but  liberally  supply  the  sinews  of  war  —  money —  the  country 
can  well  be  defended  with  her  own  resources.  You  ought  to  have 
forwarded  a  duplicate  of  all  your  dispatches  by  our  express  in  July, 
and  they  would  be  in  Washington  ;  if  Meek  doen  escape,  they  will 
not  be  there  long  before  that.' 

Yours  truly,  Pfttek  Hkken  Oghen. 

On  learning  of  the  death  of  Colonel  Gilliam,  Ogden  pre- 
pared an  obituary  notice  for  the  Spectator,  wliich  he  sent 


'This  rather  blind  sentence  was  meant  to  say  that  Meek's  dispatches  would  not, 
even  If  he  escaped  the  nerllsof  his  journey,  net  to  Washington  long  before  the  letters 
by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  express.  He  whs.  however,  in  the  United  Stales  two 
mouths  before. 


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to  the  governor,  intending  doubtless  to  influence  the  people 
for  what  he  believed  to  be  for  their  good,  as  he  was  well 
informed  of  the  dissensions  in  the  army : — 

Vancouver,  April  1,  1848. 
Mr.  Oeorge  Abernethy  : 

Deaii  Sib  :  If,  after  ijerusal,  you  deem  the  enclosed  worthy  of 
insertion  in  the  Oregon  Spectator,  it  ia  at  your  service;  if  not,  send 
it  back.  I  am  not  aware  of  the  feelings  of  the  good  people  of  Ore. 
gon  in  regard  to  the  late  Colonel  Gilliam.  He  was  a  stranger  to  me, 
and  the  outline  of  his  character,  which  I  have  obtained  from  others, 
may,  perhaps,  tend  to  have  good  efTect. 

I  duly  received  your  favor  and  thank  you  for  your  news,  but  on 
some  tidings  I  leave  you  to  form  your  own  opinion  as  to  their  being 
good  or  bad.  Many  circumstances,  and  prudent  ones,  obliged  the 
army  to  retreat,  thus  stop  the  war.  But,  in  our  estimation,  bearing 
the  cares,  this  cannot  be  called  a  retreat,  or  even  a  defeat.  But  un- 
fortunately, the  Indians  will  take  a  different  view  of  it,  and  give  it 
a  different  construction  from  ( temporary )  weakness  of  the  army 
during  the  absence  of  so  many  men  to  The  Dalles.  Should  an 
attack  ue  made  on  the  army  I  dread  the  result,  but  not  if  the  officers 
and  men  were  united  ;  they  would  then  make  a  formidable  resist- 
ance. Captain  McKay  will  give  you  every  particular.  His  stay 
here  was  too  short  to  obtain  correct  information,  and  full  allowance 
must  be  made  for  his  news  ;  but  you  know  him  well.  He  speaks  in 
high  terms  of  the  bravery  of  the  volunteers  in  action,  but  not  so 
much  so  in  regard  to  their  discipline.  I  was  glad  to  hear  that  he 
intends  to  return,  and  the  sooner  the  better.  In  case  he  should 
change  his  mind,  knowing  his  character  so  well,  it  would  not  at 
all  surprise  me. 

This  day  we  have  a  report  here  in  circulation  of  a  war  nearer  our 
firesides.  Surely  one  is  more  than  sufficient  in  the  present  de- 
fenseless state  of  the  country,  and  more  than  sufficient  for  the 
resources  of  this  unfortunate  and  neglected  country.  In  making 
these  remarlcs,  I  consider  myself  perfectly  justified,  for  it  appeal's 
to  me,  and  must  also  to  many  others,  that  the  United  States  govern- 
ment has  been  more  remiss  in  not  sending,  if  not  forces,  the  means 
of  defending  it  —  money.  They  may  have  cause  to  regret  it  when 
too  late,  for  I  fear  blood  will  be  made  to  tlow  freely,  and  ere  I  leave 
this  subject,  let  me  add  that  present  appearances  have  a  gloomy 
aspect;  and  may  brighter  days  now  shine  on  us,  is  my  fervent  prayer. 

Major  Hardie  ha«  not  yet  hoHored  us  with  a  visit.    I  should  regret 
nt)t  seeing  him,  as  from  my  long  experience  in  this  country  I  might 
be  able  to  impress  on  his  mind  the  absolute  necessity  of  rendering 
us  speedy  assistance.    Palmer's  resignation  did  not  surprise  me. 
Yours  truly, 

.  Peteb  Skuen  Oodbn. 


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That  Ogden's  assertion  that  the  United  States  might 
have  to  regret  its  supineness  in  regard  to  Oregon  might 
be  construed  to  mean  more  than  defeat  at  the  hands  of 
th-^  Ind  ians,  the  governor's  answer  to  this  letter  of  Ogden's 
makes  apparent.  That  those  who  Lad  to  bear  the  heavy 
responsibilities  of  the  war  should  nave  thought  of  how 
they  were  to  bear  them,  in  case  the  federal  government 
remained  indifferent,  was  but  natural.  The  means  sug- 
gested are  hinted  at  in  the  reply  to  the  above : — 

Oregon  Citv,  April  4,  IS'IS. 
To  Peter  Skeen  Ogden : 

Dear  Sir  :  I  received  your  favor  of  the  first  instant.  I  handed 
the  obituary  notice  to  the  editor,  and  feel  very  much  obliged  to  you 
for  it,  and  hope  you  will  occasionally  favor  us  with  your  pen.  I 
regret  very  much  the  circumstances  that  caused  the  retreat  of  the 
army  to  Waiilatpu,  and  were  bringing  Colonel  Gilliam  to  this  place. 
I  have  heard  for  some  time  that  there  was  a  want  of  unison  in  the 
army,  and  really  hope  that  hereafter  this  feeling  will  be  done  away 
with.    I  have  appointed  H.  A.  G  ;olouel,  in  place  of  Colonel 

Gilliam,  deceased.  I  had  appoiitei  mm  superintendent  of  Indian 
affairs  before  I  heard  of  (iilllam's  death.  I  am  in  hopes  he  will 
succeed  in  establishing  peace  and  obtoining  the  murderers.  It  is 
uncertain  about  McKay's  returning ;  he  says  he  has  no  wheat  in 
the  ground.  I  have  heard  a  good  deal  about  the  Klamaths,  but 
nothing  official.  All  reports  I  receive  are  letters  from  one  of  the 
volunteer  captains,  that  incline  me  to  thinly  the  reports  (r.imors) 
are  much  exaggerated.  I  hope  they  are,  for  the  ci'edit  of  the  set- 
tlers ;  as  you  say,  "  one  war  is  enough."  I  hope  Major  Hardie  will 
visit  you  before  he  returns.  You  will  see  by  the  proclamation  what 
my  feelings  are  on  the  war  question.  We  are  into  it,  and  must  keep 
up  a  good  front  If  possible.  I  think  we  will  at  least  be  favored  by  a 
visit  from  an  American  sloop-of-war ;  if  we  are  not,  I  think  our 
government  is  determined  to  do  nothing  for  us.  Wonder  what  they 
would  do  if  we  should  apply  to  Great  Britain  for  a  loan  of  one  hun- 
dred thousand  pounds  to  carry  on  our  operations '.'  I  presume  we 
would  have  a  government  formed  in  double-quiok  time.  Report 
says  more  vessels  are  on  their  way.  I  have  had  application  as  fol- 
lows :  to  go  to  Washington,  to  Governor  Mason,  and  to  8alt  Lake 
for  assistance.  I  am  afraid  the  Mormons  might  be  us  bad  as  the 
Indians,  and  have  refused  all.' 

Very  respectfully,  OEOi^aE  Abernetuv. 

■-The  person  oft'ering  to  go  to  Salt  I-ake  for  assistance  was  Lauaford  W.  HaEtlngs, 
who  published  Tlie  JSmigranls  Guide  to  Oregon  and  California  in  lS4o.  He  wrote  to  f. 
W.  Pettygrove  of  Oregon  City  to  see  the  governor  about  it. 


I  ! 


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At  the  very  time  that  a  United  States  transport  was 
lying  in  the  Columbia  river,  the  authorities  of  Oregon 
were  making  application  to  the  British  tradtrs  for  sup- 
plies for  American  volunteers  in  the  service  of  their  coun- 
try. The  answers  received  occasioned  Governor  Abernethy 
to  write  the  following  letter  to  Major  Hardie: — 

Oreoon  City,  April  11,  1848. 
Major  J.  A.  Hardie,  United  States  Army : 

Dear  Sir  :  (ieiieral  Paliuer  intehds  leaving  this  morning  for  the 
Anita  to  pureha.se  a  few  blankets.  We  have  but  little  money.  We 
need  clothing  and  blankets  very  much.  The  men  in  the  field  are 
very  destitute.  I  am  certain  you  will  let  him  have  them  as  low  as 
you  >i&\\.  If  you  could,  by  any  possible  way,  give  a  small  portion 
of  the  United  States  property  under  your  care  to  this  territory  in 
the  present  distressed  caae,  it  would  be  gratefully  received.  Mr. 
McKinlay  said  to  a  gentleman  yesterday:  "  You  ask  for  clothing 
fnmi  us;  here  is  one  of  your  own  vessels  with  just  the  things  you 
want;  why  don't  they  help  you  ?"  You  mentioned  in  conversation 
that  perhaps  you  might  be  sent  up  to  muster  our  troops  into  the 
United  States  service  in  Oregon.  If  this  can  he  done,  use  your  in- 
tluence  with  Governor  Mason  to  ett'ect  it.  If  we  should  be  able  to 
withdraw  the  most  of  them,  we  must  still  garrison  the  posts,  and 
protect  the  immigration  as  far  as  possible. 

I  am  yours,  etc.,  George  Abernethy, 

Governor  of  Oregon. 

To  this  very  reasonable  appeal,  as  appeared  from  a 
civilian's  point  of  view,  Major  Hardie  replied : — 

Barque  Anita,  April  12,  1848. 
To  Governor  Abernethy  : 

Dear  Sir  :  I  have  received  by  General  Palmer  your  favor  of  the 
eleventh  instant,  and  take  advantage  of  General  Palmer's  return  to 
Oregon  City  to  send  you  a  line  in  answer.  I  have  no  clothing  of 
any  kind  on  board  the  vessel,  and  what  camp  equipage  I  have  on 
board  belongs  to  the  United  States  quartermaster's  department  and 
cannot  be  sold.  I  could  not  find  myself  authorized  to  issue  camp 
and  garrison  equipage  to  the  territory,  though  I  should  be  glad  to 
afford  any  assistance  to  the  war  in  my  power.  Had  I  powder  and 
lead,  or  other  ordnance  stores,  and  the  danger  to  the  territory  was 
imminent  without  such  stores  for  immediate  use,  I  should  not  hesi- 
tate to  take  the  responsibility  of  issuing  them  upon  your  requisition. 
I  brought  with  me  for  the  use  of  the  men  enlisted,  two  hundred 


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and  forty-tive  pairs  of  blankete  to  be  delivered  to  them  at  govern- 
ment prices.  They  were  put  on  board  the  baniue  at  the  sole  risk 
and  responsibility  of  Mr.  Edward  Cunningham,  a  supercargo  and 
merchant  on  the  coast  of  California,  but  at  my  request,  it  being  my 
impression  that  blankets  were  very  high  in  Oregon,  and  that  if  a 
volunteer  (receiving  an  advance  of  twenty-one  dollars  to  equip 
himself)  could  purchase  blankets  at  government  prices  instead  of 
the  high  rates  of  the  country,  it  would  be  of  great  assistance  to  him, 
and  he  would  come  into  the  service  better  equipped  than  under 
other  circumstances.  Getting  no  volunteers,  I  have  sold  for  Mr. 
Cunningham  (to  people  who  would  come  on  board  to  purchase)  a 
few  pairs  at  the  same  price  as  for  volunteers.  I  imagine  this  is  the 
onuse  of  the  impression  which  appears  to  exist  abroad,  that  govern- 
ment is  selling  or  disposing  of  its  stores,  clothing,  etc. 

Did  the^e  blankets  belong  to  government,  I  should  l)e  risking 
my  commission  did  I  sell  a  blanket,  except  it  be  under  Instruction 
to  that  effect.  General  Palmer  can  explain  the  circumstances  to 
you  fully.  I  have  sold  to  him  a  few  pairs  of  blankets  at  lower 
prices  than  the  invoice  which  Mr.  Cunningham  gave  me  warrants, 
and  would  gladly  do  more  to  forward  the  interests  of  the  territory 
were  I  at  liberty.  I  shall  proceed  immediately  to  Monterey  to  rep- 
resent to  Colonel  Mason  the  state  of  allairs  in  Oregon,  and  feel  con- 
fident that  he  will  be  disposed  to  send  amnmnition  and  arms  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  war.  I  need  not  say  that  [  will  ask  him  to  send 
any  assistance,  eitlior  in  supplies,  etc.,  or  in  officers  or  men,  that  can 
be  spared  in  California,  or  that  he  may  feel  authorized  to  send;  or 
that  he  may  give  what  immediate  relief  the  United  States  govern- 
ment can  furnish  on  this  side  of  the  continent  Men  cannot,  1 
suppose,  be  expected  by  you  in  the  recent  state  of  the  war  in  Mexico 
and  ('alifornia.  Supplies  can,  I  think,  be  spared. 
I  am  with  great  respect, 

Jamks  a.  Harihe. 


That  which  strikes  the  student  of  Oregon  history  is  the 
pathetic  patience  with  which  tlie  people,  and  the  provis- 
ional government,  bore  the  long-continued  neglect  of  the 
federal  government.  From  the  first  influx  of  immigration 
proper,  in  1842  and  1843,  congress  had  been  entreated  to 
make  some  provision  for  the  protection  of  travelers  to  Ore- 
gon from  Indian  attacks,  as  it  had  previously  been  urged 
to  insist  upon  the  rights  of  Americans  as  against  the 
British,  represented  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company.  But 
congress  had  equally  neglected  both.  The  people,  guided 
by  a  few  wise  minds,  had  hit  upon  the  plan  of  inducing 


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the  Britisli  residents  to  join  with  them  in  forming  a  joint 
organization,  which  both  parties  knew  to  be  temporary, 
and  only  to  be  maintained  by  mutual  concessions.  After 
much  petitioning,  congress  had  at  last  ordered  to  be  raised 
and  equipped  a  regiment  of  mounted  riflemen,  to  establish 
posts,  and  patrol  the  road  to  Oregon.  But  instead  of  being 
sent  at  once  to  this  country  it  was  ordered  to  duty  in 
Mexico,  from  there  sent  back  to  Fort  Leavenworth  at 
the  close  of  the  war  with  Mexico,  and  its  decimated  ranks 
filled  up  with  raw  recruits.  Of  these  movements  isolated 
Oregon  was  in  ignorance,  and  unable  to  account  for  the 
non-appearance  of  the  regiment  known  to  have  been  raised 
for  her  exclusive  benefit,  still  strained  her  eves  toward  the 
east,  always  looking  for  some  sign,  and  listening  for  some 
news  of  the  promised  aid.  For  this  Dr.  Whitman  was  wait- 
ing when  he  delayed  too  long  to  leave  the  Cayuse  country. 
For  this  the  volunteers  at  Fort  Waters  waited  until  Octo- 
ber, performing  the  duty  the  federal  government  had  been 
pledged  to  perform;  and  for  this  Oregon  was  still  waiting 
when  (jJovemor  Abernethy  was  called  upon  to  assist  the 
United  States. 

After  answering  Governor  Mason's  letter,  on  the  same 
day  the  governor  addressed  the  following  communication 
to  President  I 'oik: —  . 

Oregon  City,  April  3, 1848. 
Jamex  K.  Polk,  President  of  fuc  United  Staten  : 

Dear  Sir  :  I  am  aware  that  much  of  your  time  is  occupied,  and 
Hhall  be  brief  in  my  remarlcs,  lioping  tlie  importance  of  the  case 
will  excuse  tliis  liberty.  A  copy  of  the  memorial  passed  by  the  leg- 
islature ut  its  last  session,  together  with  pajjers  containing  the  ac- 
count of  the  mossacre  of  Dr.  Whitman  and  others  at  Waiilatpu  by 
the  Cayuse  Indians,  were  forwarded  to  congress  l)y  Mr.  J,  L.  Meelt. 
I  also  forwarded  an  application  via  California.  As  Mr.  Meek  left 
Walla  Walla  on  the  fourth  ultimo,  he  will,  no  doubt,  reach  you  in 
May.  I  send  with  this  a  file  of  the  &2)e(  tutor,  and  an  extra  issuetl 
today,  together  with  my  proclamation,  by  which  you  will  perceive 
that  we  are  carrying  on  a  war  with  the  Indians  of  the  interior. 
Sometime  since,  commissioners  were  sent  up  to  treat  with  the  dil- 
ferent  tribes  and  endeavor  to  detach  them  from  the  Cayuses.  They 
effected  a  great  deal;  the  Walla  Walla.'*,  Nez  Percfti,  and  other 


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237 


trilies  uccoptecl  presents  and  declared  they  would  reiniiin  friendly 
with  the  whites  ;  still  there  are  a  great  many  that  will  unite  M'itli 
the  murderers;  all  the  restUws  and  turbulent  spirits  among  the  dif- 
ferent tribes,  those  that  were  guilty  of  robbing  the  immigrants  last 
fall,  and  many  who  look  with  a  jealous  eye  on  the  inroads  of  the 
white  man.  Ho  that  it  is  to  be  feared  that  a  large  party  will  take  to 
the  field  against  us.  Our  settlers  are  scattered  through  the  different 
valleys,  many  of  them  isolated  and  lying  in  such  a  position  that 
they  could  be  swept  off  in  a  night,  and  the  Indians  Imj  in  the  moun- 
tains out  of  reach  next  morning.  Our  policy  is  to  keep  the  Indians 
busy  in  protecting  their  families  and  stock  in  their  own  country, 
and  by  this  means  keep  them  out  of  the  valley ;  and  we  hope 
we  shall  succeed,  but  we  have  no  money,  no  munitions  of  war. 
Our  patriotic  volunteers  are  destitute  of  clothing,  tents,  and  pro- 
visions, even  while  in  the  field;  still  they  are  in  good  spirits,  and 
determined  to  fight  to  the  last  Our  powder  is  gathered  up  in  half 
pounds  and  parcels,  as  the  settlers  have  brought  more  or  less  of  it. 
This  will  soon  give  out.  I  have  written  to  rjovernor  Mason  of  Cali- 
fornia for  a  supply  of  powder  and  lead,  which  I  hope  will  come  by 
first  opportunity.  I  have  also  written  to  Commodore  Shubrick  to 
send  us  a  sloop-of-war  to  lie  in  our  river  to  show  the  Indians  that 
we  have  force  that  can  be  brought  into  this  country  if  neces.sary. 
Fear,  and  fear  only,  rules  and  controls  Indians.  Knowing  this, 
they  have  been  informed  that  we  expect  a  man-of-war  this  summer, 
and  as  soon  as  our  great  chief  hears  that  his  people  have  been 
murdered  he  will  send  some  of  his  chiefs  to  punish  the  nmrderere. 
Should  this  pass  oft"  and  we  receive  no  visit  from  our  man-of-war, 
and  no  troops  are  sent  into  the  territory,  our  situation  will  not  be  an 
enviable  one.  The  Indians  will  say,  "  All  this  has  been  said  to 
frighten  us.  See,  their  ships  have  not  come ;  their  soldiers  have 
not  come ;  do  not  let  us  be  afraid  any  longer."  Probably  a  large 
immigration  will  be  on  their  way  to  this  territory  this  summer.  I 
hope  that  troops  will  accompany  them,  for  the  Indians  are  v.oll 
aware  of  their  route,  and  the  time  of  their  coming,  and  if  not  pro- 
tected, they  will  very  likely  go  on  to  meet  them,  and  rob,  pluntlir, 
and  murder  all  parties  not  strong  enough  to  resist  them.  Tl;  -v 
robbed  them  last  year  ;  they  will,  I  fear,  proceed  further  this  year. 
I  hope,  sincerely,  that  whether  congress  passes  a  bill  to  extend  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  over  us  or  not,  that  at  least  one 
regiment  will  be  sent  into  Oregon  to  protect  us  from  the  Indians, 
and  to  protect  immigration  on  their  way  hither.  Colonel  Gilliam, 
its  you  will  perceive  by  the  extra  Accompanying  this,  was  acciden- 
tally shot  on  his  way  from  Waiilatpu  to  The  Dalles.  The  colonel 
was  a  brave  man,  and  his  loss  is  much  regretted.  He  was  appointed 
by  your  excellency  to  the  office  of  "agent  of  the  postoflfice  depart- 
ment."   Nothing  was  ever  effected  in  that  department,  as  an  adver- 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OIIEGON 


listfinoul  wfM  put  ill  thi'  piiper  ufluriiiti;  to  let  contrnctH,  liut  lut  the 
contractor  was  only  to  get  his  pay  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  offlce, 
and  even  that  could  not  be  guaranteed  to  hhn  for  four  yearn,  no 
one  would  enter  intt)  a  contract  to  carry  the  mall,  couHecjuently 
no  mail  has  been  started  in  this  territory  under  the  authority  of  the 
United  States 

Keeling  conrtdent  tliat  you  will  aid  us  in  oui  present  difllculties, 
I  have  placed  before  you  briefly  our  situation,  merely  stating  in  con- 
clusion, we  have  told  the  Indians,  in  order  to  prevent  them  uniting 
against  us,  that  troops  and  vessels  of  war  wouUl  soon  be  here. 
1  have  the  honor  to  remain,  your  obedient  servant, 

Geokok  Amernkthv, 
Governor  of  Oregon. 


One  thing  which  the  president  had  done  was  to  api)oiut 
Charles  E.  Pickett  Indian  agent  for  Oregon  in  the  spring 
of  1847.  This  appointment  was  very  displeasing  to  Ore- 
gonians,  who  scoffed  at  the  idea  that  "the  govornmeut 
could  have  made  its  appearance  in  such  a  shape!" 

Pickett  was  not  even  in  Oregon  when  his  commission 
arrived,  but  was  at  the  Sandwich  Islands,  whence  he  went 
to  California.  He  did  not  seem,  either,  to  be  in  any  haste 
to  assume  his  duties,  when  he  heard  of  his  appointment, 
but  had  been  guilty  of  advising  travelers  to  California: 
"After  you  get  to  the  Siskiyou  mountains,  use  your  pleas- 
ure in  spilling  blood,  but  if  I  were  traveling  with  you, 
from  this  on  to  the  first  sight  of  the  Sacramento  valley, 
my  only  communication  with  these  treacherous,  cowardly, 
untamable  rascals  would  be  through  my  rifle.  The  char- 
acter of  their  country  precludes  the  idea  of  making  peace 
with  them,  or  ever  maintaining  treaties  if  made;  so  tliat 
philanthropy  must  be  set  aside  in  cases  of  necessity  while 
self-preservation  liere  dictates  these  savages  being  killed  off 
as  soon  as  possible."^ 

However  true  this  estimate  of  the  character  of  the  Shasta 
Indians  may  have  been,  it  was  ill  advice,  since  every 
death  inflicted  on  these  "rascals,"  even  in  self-defense, 
was  sure  to  be  avenged,  and  upon  any  person  of  the  white 


arms 


^Oregon  Spectator,  April  ai),  1&)7. 


Tilt:   (JAYVSK  WAR. 


239 


race,  however  innocent,'  who  might  come  in  their  wuy, 
and  not  once  only,  but  over  and  over.  This  fact  was  well 
understood  by  the  pioneers,  who  were  careful  not  to  spill 
Indian  blood  without  cause. 

To  Pickett,  Governor  Ahernethy  addressed  a  letter 
atk.ng  him  to  endeavor  to  procure  assistance  from  the 
commander  who  had  relieved  (Jommodore  Shubrick  — 
Thomas  Ap.  C.  Jones.  Jones  replied  that  had  he  any 
vessel  to  spare  he  would  gladly  send  it  to  the  Columbia 
river,  but  that  he  only  I'ad  three  in  his  command  with 
which  to  hold  the  Mexican  ports,  and  for  all  other  pur- 
poses on  the  coast,  the  others  being  sent  home;  but  if 
thope  expected  out  arrived,  he  would  send  one  to  Oregon. 
The  United  States  con)rnissioner  at  the  Sandwich  Islands, 
A.  Ten  Eyck,  Esq.,  on  June  fiftli,  also  addressed  a  letter  to 
Commodore  Jones  upon  the  subject,  'i'en  Eyck's  letter 
revealed  the  fact  that  a  communication  had  been  sent  to 
him  by  some  of  the  anti-British  and  anti-Hudson's  bay 
people  of  Oregon  representing  that  ill  feeling  existed 
between  the  Americans  and  the  fur  company,  which  had 
furnished  arms  and  ammunition  to  the  Indians,  and  other- 
wise aided  them  in  their  hostilities  against  the  settlers; 
that  an  angry  correspondence  had  taken  place  between 
Governor  Ahernethy  and  Mr.  Douglas;  that  the  volun- 
teers had  threatened  Vancouver,  and  that  Mr.  Douglas 
had  written  the  company's  agent  at  the  islands  to  send  an 
English  man-of-war  to  the  Columbia.  "Our  people," 
added  Ten  Eyck,  "are  very  poor,  and  are  much  in  need  of 
arms  and  ammunition,  and  are  much  alarmed.  Having 
good  reason  to  credit  these  rumors,  I  do  not  hesitate  to 
request  that  you  lose  no  time  in  dispatching  such  force  as 
you  can  spare  from  the  squadron,  and  as  the  exigencies  of 
the  case  may  seem  to  require  to  the  Columbia  river." 

A  copy  of  this   letter  having  been  sent  to  Governor 


♦Pickett  was  an  immigrant  of  IMS;  county  judge  of  Claclcamas  county  in  184fl, 
and  appointed  Indian  agent  in  1847.  He  did  not  serve,  but  became  somewhat  cou- 
spicuouB  in  California  by  bis  writings. 


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Abernethy  by  the  ship  Eveline,  tlie  governor  replied  a 
month  later,  that  the  troubles  in  the  country  were  in  a 
njensure  settled,  and  the  army  disbanded,  except  the  few 
men  at  the  forts,  which  they  would  hold  until  the  United 
States  troops  arrived  to  relieve  them,  which  arrivals  he 
hoped  would  be  next  month.  He  corrected  the  rumors  of 
hostile  acts  or  feelings  between  the  settlers  and  the  Hud- 
son's Bay  Company,  and  denied  that  any  angry  corre- 
spondence had  takon  place  between  himseK  and  Mr. 
Douglas. 

Tlie  outcome  of  all  thi.s  corresponde.ice,  anxiety,  and 
v/aiting  was  the  receipt,  after  the  danger  had  passed,  of 
the  aid  so  long  solicited  in  arms  and  ammunition.  Major 
Hardie,  on  his  return  to  California,  forwarded  one  hun 
dred  rifles,  twenty-five  thousand  rifle  cartridges,  and  two 
hundred  pounds  of  rifle  powder,  vitii  two  six-pound  iron 
guns  and  carriages,  and  ammunition  for  the  same.  Lieu- 
tenant E.  0.  C.  Ord,  of  the  third  artillery,  forwarded  one 
six-pound  brass  gun,  with  two  hundred  ?.nd  ten  strapped 
shot,  seventy  canister-shot,  twenty- eight  spherical  shot, 
and  other  artillery  service,  five  hundred  muskets,  with 
their  fixtures;  and  fifty  thousand  ball,  with  a  large  amount 
of  ammunition.''  Fortunately  for  the  peace  o'i  the  colony, 
these  military  stores  did  not  arrive  while  ine  American 
blood  was  at  fever  heat  with  wrongs  real  and  fancied;  but 
in  time  to  give  a  feeling  of  security  to  liiat  portion  of  the 
inhabitants  who  remained  when  .\e  mnjor.'ty  of  the  able- 
bodied  men  had  rushed  ofl'  to  the  gold  fields  of  California 
the  same  year.  '     '  ;  ,       f 

Tlie  disc^ivery  of  gold  U,  a  ])eopie  so  j)oor  in  money  antl 
goods  as  were  t!ie  colonists  of  Oreg-^n,  was  an  inestimable 
booUj  solving  many  a  difficult  rrobltm,  and  diverting 
their  thoughts  from  the  late  troubles,  and  the  neglect  of 
the  federal  government,  which  wks  iigain  ag:2;ravatingly 

•'■The  iiivnlccii  were  dnted  June  twenly-Kuvcntli  and  .liily  lent'  ,  ritfpectlvTiy. 
Tliey  arrlTC'l  I'y  the  H(;niy  Aii^ust  ninth  :    Orr^ou  S]ter(nti,r,  September?,  184S. 


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displayed  by  the  non-appearance  in  the  autumn  of  the 
long-looked  for  regiment  of  mounted  riflemen.  A  hope  of 
this  promised  relief  from  the  dangers  which  threatened 
him,  had  undoubtedly,  they  believed,  led  Dr.  Whitman 
into  the  attitude  of  seeming  to  defy  the  Cayuses,  even  be- 
fore t!ie  sickness  broke  out  which  had  exasperated  thera 
still  further,  and  so  became  instead  of  a  protection  a 
motive  for  his  death.  Until  it  was  well  into  the  winter, 
every  express  from  Fort  Hall  brought  the  message,  "No 
news  yet  of  any  troops  on  the  road.''  Spring  came,  and 
still  no  news.  Summer  wore  away  in  keeping  the  war  in 
the  Indian  country.  The  iLnmigr^ition  arrived  with  the 
dis'ourp.ging  intelligence  that  the  Oregon  regiment  had 
been  ordered  to  Mexico,  and  nothing  was  known  of  its 
future  desthiation.  The  murderers  were  still  at  large,  but 
like  Cain  of  old,  had  been  driven  into  strange  lands,  and 
the  places  that  had  known  them  knew  them  no  more. 

Then  the  colonists  drew  a  long  breath,  and  hearing  of 
the  geld  fields  of  the  Sacramento  VK^ley,  every  ragged 
soldier  who  could  take  a  share  in  an  ox  team  and  wagon 
load  of  provisions,  set  off  to  conquer  fortune.  Many  died, 
worn  out  by  the  privations  of  soldiering  and  mining  life, 
but  the  majority  returned  with  more  or  less  of  the  precious 
dust,  stored  up  in  tin  cans,  pickle  bottles,  or  whatever  ves 
sel  they  could  find  that  would  hold  fast  the  elusive  acorns. 
Those  that  remain. ^d  harvested  the  fields,  and  sold  the 
crops  for  a  good  price  i  i  casli.  The  legislature  of  1848- 
1849  passed  a  coinage  act,  under  which  about  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars  were  minted,  which  helped  to  relieve  the 
embarrassment  in  making  exchanges  until  such  time  as 
the  United  States  began  the  coinage  of  gold  in  San 
Francisco. 

In  the  mealtime,  the  messenger  dispatched  to  Washing- 
ton with  memorials,  and  an  account  of  the  Waiilatpu 
tragedy,  had  been  able  to  stir  congress  to  definite  action 
in  the  matter  of  establishing  a  territorial  government  over 
Oregon,  which  was  to  all  intents  and  purpo.  es  already  a 

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state,  independent,  but  poor  and  loyal.  What  might  have 
happened,  under  so  much  provocation,  had  gold  been  dis- 
covered two  or  three  years  earlier,  the  speculative  mind 
may  conceive.  But  in  all  its  memorials  Oregon  had  ever 
professed  its  attachment  to  the  federal  government,  on 
which  it  still  liumbly  waited. 

On  the  fourteenth  of  August  the  act  was  passed  which 
brought  Oregon  under  the  operation  of  United  States  laws, 
(jieneral  Joseph  Lane  was  appointed  governor,  and  with 
Meek,  who  was  given  the  appointment  of  marshal  of  the 
territory,  urged  to  hasten  to  his  held  of  duty,  where  he 
arrived  March  2, 1849,  and  issued  his  proclamation  on  the 
following  day,  giving  Oregon  one  day  under  President 
Polk,  who  had  been  elected  on  the  "  fifty-four-forty-or- 
fight "  sentiment  of  the  democracy  in  1844,  and  therefore 
d'i"'.^!  th''  honor. 

Lane,  '^j  virtue  of  his  office,  was  also  superintendent  of 
Indian  affairs,  and  applied  himself  at  once  to  the  settle- 
ment of  minor  difficulties  occurring  near  the  settlements 
on  the  south  side  of  the  ( 'olumbia,  and  to  the  restoration 
of  peace  between  the  Klickitats  and  Walla  Wallas  who 
were  at  enmity  on  the  north  side.  Early  in  May  a  more 
serious  danger  arose  from  a  design  formed  by  Patkanini, 
chief  of  the  Snoqualimichs,  to  capture  Fort  Nisqually  of 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and  to  drive  awa\  or  kill  oil' 
the  American  settlers  at  the  head  of  the  sound.  The  plan 
was  cunningly  laid,  after  the  Indian  manner,  to  capture 
the  fort  first,  and  secure  the  ammunition  therein,  after 
which  tlie  rest  would  have  been  easy.  In  order  to  obtain 
an  entrance,  and  disarm  suspicion,  the  Snoqualimichs 
pretended  some  occasion  for  hostilities  against  the  Nis- 
quallies,  a  harmless  band  employed  by  the  Puget  Sound 
Agricultural  Company  as  herdsmen,  and  appeared  near 
the  fort  in  their  war  paint.  Putkanim  insinuated  himself 
inside  vhe  stockade,  ostensibly  to  have  a  gun  mended; 
really,  it  was  believed,  to  give  a  signal.  At  the  same  timo 
a  party  of  Americans  approached  the  gate  of  the  foi't  and 


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243 


seeing  the  Indians  in  war  costume  were  endeavoring 
hurriedly  to  get  in,  when  a  volley  from  the  guns  of  the 
Snoqualimichs  followed  the  discharge  of  a  gun  within  the 
fort,  and  Leander  C.  Wallace,  a  young  American,  fell 
dead,  another  was  wounded  mortally,  and  a  third  wounded 
who  survived.  The  gates  were  closed  at  the  same  instant, 
excluding  both  Indians  and  Americans,  and  firing  from 
the  bastions  soon  silenced  the  former.  However,  when 
Dr.  Tolmie,  who  was  in  charge,  went  out  to  bring  in  <he 
body  of  Wallace,  he  was  aimed  at  by  a  Snoqualimich. 
The  assassin  was  checked  by  a  Snohomish  Indian  present, 
who  reproved  him,  saying,  "Harm  enough  done  for  one 
day." 

Repulsed,  and  comprehending  that  they  had  failed  in 
their  design,  the  Indians  retired,  but  later  sent  word  to 
the  American  settlers  that  they  would  be  permitted  to 
leave  the  country  by  abandoning  their  property.  To  this 
the  settlers  replied  that  they  had  come  to  stay,  and  forth- 
with began  to  erect  block-houses  for  defense  at  Tumwater 
and  Skookum  Chuck. 

This  affair  caused  Clovernor  Lane  to  make  a  journey  to 
the  sound  country,  accompanied  by  the  only  United  States 
force  then  in  the  territory  —  Lieutenant  Hawkins  and  five 
men  remaining  from  Oie  governor's  escort  across  the  plains, 
the  others  having  deserted  in  California.  The  governor 
carried  with  him  arms  and  ammunition  for  the  settlers. 
At  Tumwater  he  was  overtaken  by  an  express  from  Van- 
couver, informing  him  of  the  arrival  in  the  river  of  the 
United  States  propeller  Massachusetts,  having  on  board 
two  companies  of  artillery,  under  Brevet-Major  Hathaway, 
wlio  sent  him  word  that  if  expedient,  a  part  of  his  force 
could  bo  moved  at  once  to  the  sound.  On  receiving  this 
dispatch.  Lane  returned  to  the  Columbia  without  visiting 
Nisqually,  sending,  liowever,  a  letter  to  Dr.  Tolmie,  request- 
ing him  to  inform  the  Indians  that  now  he  was  prepared 
to  punish  any  outrages,  and  they  could  govern  themselves 
accordingly;   also  requesting  that  no  ammunition  should 


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be  furnished  the  Indians  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company. 

Arrived  at  Vancouver,  he  found  the  Massachusetts 
about  to  proceed  to  Portland,  to  be  loaded  with  lumber 
for  the  use  of  the  government  in  building  quarters  for  the 
troops  stationed  at  Benicia,  California,  and  Major  Hatha- 
way encamped  in  the  rear  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's 
fort,  with  one  company  of  artillery,  while  the  other  com- 
pany, under  Captain  B.  H.  Hill,  had  been  left  at  Astoria, 
in  quarters  built  by  the  crew  of  the  wrecked  Shark  in 
1846.  The  whole  force  consisted  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty-one,  rank  «ind  file,  being  companies  L  and  M,  first 
regiment  of  United  States  artillery."  It  was  arranged 
that  Captain  Hill  should  proceed  to  the  sound  and  estab- 
lish a  post  near  Nisqually  before  demanding  the  surrender 
of  the  murderers  of  the  Americans. 

Meantime,  the  government  had  commissioned  three  sub- 
Indian  agents,  namely,  George  C.  Preston,  J.  Q.  Thornton, 
and  Robert  Newell;  but  Preston  not  arriving,  Oregon  was 
divided  into  two  districts,  and  Thornton  assigned  to  the 
north  of  the  Columbia,  while  Newell  had  charge  of  the 
Indians  south  of  the  river.  Late  in  July  Thornton  visited 
the  sound,  where  he  spent  several  weeks  in  obtaining 
information  which  coulr!  have  been  obtained  in  a  day  from 
Dr.  Tolmie,  and  offered  a  reward  of  eighty  blankets,  worth 
about  five  hundred  dollars,  to  the  Snoqualmie  tribe  for 
the  surrender  of  the  murderers  of  the  Americans,  besides 
having  the  captain  of  the  English  vessel,  which  trans- 
ported Hill's  company  to  Nisqually,  arrested  foi  giving 
the  customary  grog  to  the  Indians  and  half-breeds  who 
were  hired  to  discharge  the  vessel. 

These  proceedings  offended  the  governor,  whose  author- 
ity as  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  was  ignored,  and 
Thornton  sooti  resigned,  leaving  Indian  matters  on  the 
sound  in  the  hands  of  Captain  Hill,  who,  by  the  month 

'The  officers,  besides  Major  Iliithnway  and  Cnplain  IIlll,  w ere  First  Lieutcuantfi 
J.  B.  Gibson  and  T.  Talbot,  tiecond  Lleutonants  0.  Tallmadgc  and  J.  Dement,  Second 
Lieutenant  J.  J.  Woods,  iiuarlerninslor  and  coramls«ary,  and  Second  Lieutenant  J. 
fi.  Fry,  adjutant. 


"The  su 
liwd  of  fnt 
Lane's  esco; 
within  a  ft' 


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of  August,  was  established  at  Fort  Steilacooin.  Id  Sep- 
tember the  guilty  Indians  were  surrendered,  and  in  October 
two  of  the  cliief  participants  in  the  crime,  Kassas  and 
Quallawort,  a  brother  of  Patkanim,  were  tried  and  exe- 
cuted. This  trial  cost  the  United  States  about  three  thou- 
sand dollars.  During  the  following  winter  one  of  the 
artillerymen  of  Fort  Steilacoom  was  murdered,  but  the 
crime  could  not  be  fixed  upon  any  individual,  and  went 
unpunished. 

It  is  but  justice  here  to  record  the  fact  that  the  sup- 
pression of  hostilities  in  this  region  at  this  period  of  its 
history,  was  due  largely  to  the  influence  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  and  personally  to  Dr.  Tolmie,  whose  knowl- 
edge and  good  judgment  were  powerful  to  avert  hostilities.^ 

As  to  the  arrest  of  the  Cayuse  murderers,  that  could  not 
be  undertaken  by  the  new  government  before  the  arrival 
of  the  rifle  regiment.  That  body,  after  being  recruited  at 
Fort  Leavenworth,  set  out  for  Oregon  May  10,  1849,  with 
about  six  hundred  men,  thirty -one  commissioned  officers, 
several  women  and  children,  one  hundred  and  sixLy 
wagons,  teamsters,  guides,  and  train  agents,  nearly  two 
thousand  mules  and  horses,  and  subsistence  for  the  whole, 
the  officer  in  command  being  Brevet-Colonel  \V.  W.  Loriug. 

Posts  were  established  at  Laramie  and  I'^ort  Hall,  where 
two  companies  each  were  left.  Cholera,  which  had  broken 
out  among  the  immigration  to  California,  carried  off  a 
considerable  number  of  the  ill-conditioned  recruits,  and 
desertion  to  the  gold  mines  as  many  more.  A  herd  of  beef 
cattle  and  other  supplies  intended  to  meet  the  regiment  at 
Fort  Hall"  having  taken  the  southern  route,  and  being 
late  in  starting,  failed  to  meet  Loring's  command,  which 


'  Notwilbstandlng  this  truth,  there  nro  several  letters  in  the  Oretion  Archivet,  MS. 
minibered  from  nine  hundred  nnd  llftyone  to  nine  hundred  and  (ifty-seveu,  which 
show  an  attempt  to  couvict  Tnlmie  of  iutluenciiig  the  Indians  against  the  American 

settlers. 

'The  supply  train  sent  from  OreRou  consisttv?  of  fifteen  freight  wagons  and  a 
lierd  of  fat  cattle.  The  expedition  was  commauiled  by  Lieutenant  Hawkins  of 
I'ane'a  escort,  ati<l  piloted  by  the  late  commissary-general,  Joel  Palmer,  who,  when 
within  a  few  days  of  Fort  Hall,  turned  back  and  tutiK  uhu'^e  ol  a  train  to  Californin. 


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was  thus  reduced  to  short  rations  and  insuflficient  clothing. 

On  arriving  at  The  Dalles  the  men  presented  the  appear- 
ance, familiar  to  Oregon  immigrants,  of  naked  feet  and 
limbs  hardly  concealed  by  the  tattered  remains  of  cloth- 
ing, their  horses  too  worn  out  to  carry  them,  and  their 
own  strength  almost  exhausted.  They  found  the  means 
of  transportation  down  the  Columbia  to  consist  of  three 
mackinaw  boats,  one  yawl,  four  canoes,  and  one  whale- 
boat.  A  raft  constructed  to  carry  several  tons  of  goods, 
chiefly  private,  and  placed  in  charge  of  eight  men,  was 
wrecked  in  the  rapids  at  the  cascades,  and  six  of  the  men 
drowned.  That  part  of  the  command  which  took  the 
wagon  road  over  the  mountains  at  the  base  of  Mount 
Hood,  lost  two-thirds  of  their  horses.  The  whole  loss  of 
government  property  on  the  march  from  Leavenworth 
was  forty-five  freight  wagons,  one  ambulance,  and  over 
three  hundred  horses  and  mules.  The  number  of  men 
who  died  and  deserted  was  seventy. 

On  arriving  at  their  destination,  the  mounted  riflemen 
found  no  quarters  provided  for  them,  and  were  housed  for 
the  winter  in  rented  tenements  in  Oregon  City  at  a  great 
expense.  In  May,  1849,  Captain  Rufus  Ingalls  had  been 
directed  by  the  chief  of  the  quartermaster's  department 
of  the  Pacific  division  to  go  to  Oregon  and  establish  posts. 
He  arrived  on  the  Anita  at  Vancouver  soon  after  Hatha- 
way landed  his  command  at  that  place,  but  the  Walpole 
which  followed  with  two  years'  supplies  being  chartered 
for  Astoria,  landed  the  stores  at  the  mouth  of  the  river, 
whence  they  had  to  be  conveyed  at  great  labor  and  ex- 
pense to  Vancouver  by  means  of  the  small  craft  in  use  on 
the  Columbia,  consuming  much  time  in  the  transferance. 
Nor  was  this  the  only  obstacle  to  dispatch.  There  were 
wanting  both  the  material  for  building  barracks  and  the 
mechanics  and  laborers  to  perform  the  work;  and  that 
which  was  accomplished  was  done  by  artillerymen  at  a 
dollar  a  day  extra  pay  for  cutting  and  hauling  timber  out 
of  the  woods,  and  rafting  lumber  from  the  Hudson's  Bay 


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247 


Compa'.iy's  mill,  six  miles  above  Vancouver.  Even  with 
the  help  of  the  company  in  procuring  Indian  labor,  and 
furnishing  such  transportation  as  was  in  their  power,  slow 
progress  was  made.  At  length  the  command  of  Major 
Hathaway  was  housed  in  such  quarters  as  were  provided 
by  adapting  several  buildings  belonging  to  the  company, 
and  erecting  others  of  logs." 

In  September,  1849,  General  Persifer  F.  Smith,  com- 
mander of  the  Pacific  division,  arrived  in  Oregon  with  the 
chief  quartermaster,  H.  D.  Vinton,  with  the  object  of 
making  locations  for  military  posts.  They  approved  the 
selections  already  made,  but  abandoned  the  design  of  a 
post  on  the  road  to  California  through  the  apprehension 
that  the  soldiery,  if  placed  on  the  route  to  the  gold  mines, 
would  desert.  To  prevent  desertion,  he  directed  Major 
Hathaway  to  remove  his  command  to  Astoria  early  the 
following  spring.  Colonel  Loring  to  take  possession  of  the 
barracks  at  Vancouver  with  the  rifle  regiment,  a  part  of 
which  was  to  be  sent  to  The  Dalles,  and  to  be  emj)loyed  at 
both  places  in  cutting  timber  for  the  necessary  buildings. 

Before  these  arrangements  could  be  carried  out,  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  of  the  riflemen  deserted,  and  took  the 
road  to  California,  behaving  so  discreetly  as  to  excite  no 
suspicion  of  their  real  character  among  the  settlers,  pre- 
tending to  be  a  government  expedition,  and  getting  their 
supplies  on  credit  of  the  farmers.  Governor  Lane  and 
Colonel  Loring  pursued,  and  overtook  one  division  of 
seventy  men  in  the  Umpqua  valley,  with  whom  Lane 
returned  to  Oregon  City  about  the  middle  of  April. 
Loring  followed  the  trail  of  the  others  into  the  snows  of 
the  Siskiyou  moiintains,  securing  only  seven  more,  and 
having  experienced  much  hardship,  as  also  had  the 
deserters,  a  number  of  wliom  were  believed  to  have  per- 
ished, as  they  were  never  heard  from. 


"Tlie  only  title  to  lauds  in  Oregoo  lit  this  period  was  that  ponferred  by  the  organic 
act  of  the  territory  upon  mis'-i->ii  sites,  and  tho  supposed  posjsessory  rights  of  the 
Hudson's  Day  Company.  It  was  thought  safer  to  establish  a  garrison  on  land  which 
could  be  purchased  of  the  company  than  to  lake  it  elsewhere.  Steilaeooni  also  was 
planted  on  land  leased  from  the  r\igct  Sound  agricultural  company. 


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The  artillerymen  were  finally  removed  to  Astoria,  and 
the  riflemen  to  Vancouver,  where  they  were  put  to  work 
constructing  buildings  on  the  ground  declared  a  military 
reservation  in  the  following  October.  In  May,  Major  S.  S. 
Tucker  was  ordered  to  The  Dalles  with  two  companies  of 
riflemen  to  establish  a  supply  post.  He  declared  a  reser- 
vation ten  miles  square,  and  proceeded  to  erect  suitable 
buildings  about  one  mile  back  from  the  river.  As  the 
reservation  at  Vancouver  covered  a  tract  four  miles  square, 
and  at  Astoria  included  lands  settled  upon  and  improved, 
there  was  much  dissatisfaction.  But  when  Major  Loring 
attempted  to  reserve  for  an  arsenal  the  land  of  Meek  and 
Luelling  at  Milwaukie,  planted  with  the  first  fruit  trees  in 
the  territory,  the  resentment  of  the  pioneers  reached  a 
climax,  and  congress  was  informed  that  the  Oregonians 
would  hereafter  fight  their  Indian  wars  alone,  and  the 
mounted  rifle  regiment  could  be  withdrawn  at  any  mo- 
ment! That  these  impositions  were  afterwards  corrected 
did  not  lessen  the  indignation  engendered  at  the  time. 

In  the  meantime,  no  attempt  was  made  by  the  military 
authorities  to  arrest  the  Cayuse  murderers,  although  Lane 
had,  ever  since  his  arrival,  been  carrying  on  negotiations 
with  the  Indians  in  the  interior  to  secure  their  capture 
without  compulsion.  Immediately  after  his  return  from 
the  Umpqua  with  the  deserting  riflemen,  he  received  word 
that  five  of  the  Cayuses  had  surrendered  themselves  to  be 
tried,  and  escorted  by  Lieutenant  J.  McL.  Addison  witli 
ten  men,  went  to  receive  them  at  The  Dalles.  He  found 
there  Tiloukaikt,  Tamahas,  Klokanias,  Isaiachalakis,  and 
Kiamasumpkin,  with  their  friends  and  relatives.'"  By 
what  arguments  they  had  been  persuaded  to  g^"ve  them- 
selves up  has  never  been  revealed.  Blanchet  says  that 
they  only  consented  to  come  down  to  hold  a  talk  with  the 
officers  cf  the  government;  but  that  does  not  seem  prob- 


>0The  witnesses  ut  the  trial  did  not  always  Identify  the  murderers.  They  swore 
to  seeing  Tiloukaikt,  his  sou  Kdward,  Lsbho'liol,  Frank  Kscaloom,  Klokamas,  Tam- 
sucky,  Joe  Lcwis.lTamahas,  and  IslaashehiLkus  kill  certain  of  the  victims.  Kiama- 
BumpUlu  was  not  uanied  by  them,  though  be  confessed  his  guilt  by  giving  himself  up. 


THE  GAYUSE  WAR. 


249 


able  under  the  circumstances.  It  is  certain  they  offered 
ample  pay  in  horses  to  be  successfully  defended,  from 
which  it  would  appear  they  expected  to  stand  trial. 

The  heart  and  mind  of  the  savage  is  a  wild  stock  on 
which  it  is  idle  to  attempt  to  graft  an  advanced  civiliza- 
tion and  have  it  bear  perfect  fruit.  Tiloukaikt,  the  chief 
of  these  criminals,  when  curiously  questioned  by  his 
captors  concerning  his  motive  in  giving  himself  up,  asked : 
"  Did  not  your  missionaries  teach  us  that  Christ  died  to 
save  his  people?  Thus  die  we,  if  we  must,  to  save  our 
people."  Yet  he  had  no  remorse  at  having  slain  his 
teachers,  and  when  offered  food  from  the  soldiers'  mess, 
scorned  to  taste  it,  asking,  "  What  hearts  have  you  to  offer 
me  of  your  food,  whose  hunds  are  red  with  your  brother's 
blood?" 

It  is  probable  that  the  Cayuses  recognized  the  fact  that 
theirs  was  a  case  requiring  a  desperate  remedy.  The  long 
threatened  soldiery  of  the  United  States  had  made  their 
appearance,  and  while  they,  the  Indians,  could  not  buy 
ammunition,  their  enemies  now  had  it  in  abundance.  For 
two  years  they  had  roamed  about,  and  peace  was  farther 
off  than  ever,  with  power  accumulating  against  them. 
Where  hundreds  of  white  men  had  come  from  the  east 
before,  thousands  were  coming  now  to  the  Pacific  coast, 
and  there  would  be  no  end  of  this  migration  with  which 
they  had  been  threatened.  Perhaps  white  men  who  un- 
derstood the  laws  of  their  people  could  free  them ;  if  not, 
it  was  only  death,  at  the  worst;  and  they  were  not  afraid 
to  die. 

The  prisoners  were  brought  to  Oregon  City,  and  confined 
on  an  island  in  the  midst  of  the  falls,  connected  with  the 
mainland  by  a  bridge,  which  was  guarded  by  a  detachment 
of  riflemen  under  Lieutenant  W.  B.  Lane.  The  trial  was 
set  for  the  twenty-second  of  May,  the  prosecution  being  con- 
ducted by  United  States  district  attorney  Amory  Holbrook, 
and  the  defense  undertaken  by  the  territorial  secretary, 
Knitzing  Pritchett,  assisted  by  R.  B.  Reynolds,  paymaster, 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OliEOON. 


and  Thomas  Claiborne,  Jr.,  captain  of  tlic  rifle  regiment. 
As  there  was  no  doubt  of  the  guilt  of  the  accused,  whicli 
was  sufficiently  established  on  evidence,  the  defense  took 
the  ground  that  at  the  date  of  the  massacre  the  laws  of 
the  United  States  had  not  been  extended  over  Oregon; 
the  court  ruling  out  this  plea  by  citations  of  the  act  of 
congress  of  1834,  regulating  intercourse  with  Indians, 
and  the  boundary  treaty  of  184G,  which  confirmed  to  the 
United  States  all  of  the  Oregon  territory  south  of  the  forty- 
ninth  parallel.  The  judge,  0.  C.  Pratt  light  have  added 
that  the  organic  law  of  the  territory  cwiifirmed  the  lawH 
of  the  provisional  government  of  Oregon  not  in  conflict 
with  the  laws  of  the  United  States. 

Claiborne  endeavored  to  show  that  in  1834  Oregon  was 
in  joint  occupancy  with  Great  Britain,  and  that  jurisdic- 
tion was  barred,  and  quoted  the  act  of  eminent  domain  to 
make  it  appear  that  Great  Britain  could  still  object  to 
these  proceedings  should  she  choose.  The  questions  being 
argued,  Judge  Pratt  decided  that  exclusive  jurisdiction 
over  Oregon  being  vested  in  congress  by  the  treaty  of  1846, 
the  act  of  1834  ipso  facto  came  into  force  in  the  territory, 
whose  jurisdiction  was  undoubted,  C'laibornt  then  peti- 
tioned for  a  change  of  venue,  which  was  refused. 

The  jurymen  called  were  thirty -eight,  out  of  which 
number  all  the  older  settlers,  or  those  liable  to  be  embit- 
tered against  the  Indians,  were  carefully  excluded,"  It 
could  not  therefore  be  said  that  a  fair  trial  was  not  accorded 
the  Cayuses,  or  that  their  attorneys  overlooked  any  loop- 
hole of  escape.  They,  indeed,  argued  that  the  death  of 
Dr,  Whitman  was  brought  about  by  a  combination  of  cir- 
cumstances; that  there  was  no  absolute  proof  that  the 
prisoners  were  the  actual  murderers,  the  evidence  of  the 
witnesses  being  confused  and  more  or  less  conflicting;  and 
that  in  any  case  the  death  of  wives  and  children  among 


"  The  jury  accejiled  were  J.  D.  Hunsaker,  A.  Jackson,  Hlrain  8tral':ht,  Wm.  Par- 
rott,  Wm.  Casoii,  A.  Post,  Hamuel  Welch,  Joseph  Alfrey,  John  Dlnman,  Ansou  Cohcii, 
John  EUeuburg,  aud  A.  It.  llolcomb. 


THE  CAYU8E  WAR. 


m 


the  Cayuses  was  provocation  to  justify  revenge  in  the  sav- 
age mind — all  of  which,  however  true,  was  futile  to 
unsettle  the  conviction  in  civilized  minds  that  the  death 
penalty  alone  could  secure  indemnity  from  similar  atroci- 
ties in  the  future.  The  verdict  of  the  jury  was,  "guilty  as 
charged,"  and  the  sentence  of  the  judge  was  that  they  be 
hung  on  the  third  of  June.  A  new  trial  was  asked  for 
and  denied.  Governor  liane  being  absent  in  the  southern 
mines  at  the  time,  Pritchett  declared  his  intention,  as 
acting  governor,  of  reprieving  the  condemned  Indians 
until  an  appeal  could  be  taken  to  the  supreme  court  of 
the  United  States.  These  declarations  caused  much  ex- 
citement, and  the  marshal  of  the  territory  was  at  a  loss 
how  to  proceed;  but  Pratt  instructed  him  that  as  there 
was  no  certain  evidence  that  Lane  was  absent  from  the 
territory,  Pritchett's  acts  would  be  unauthorized.  This 
opinion  coming  to  the  ears  of  the  secretary,  he  withdrew 
his  opposition,  and  the  execution  took  place  as  ordered. 

All  through  the  trial  perfect  order  and  decorum  pre- 
vailed. There  was  some  fear  that  a  rescue  might  be 
attempted  on  the  day  of  execution,  and  many  persons 
present  came  armed,  but  here  again  perfect  order  was 
maintained.  Father  Veyret  (Catholic)  attended  the 
doomed  men  to  the  scaffold,  and,  according  to  Blanchet, 
exclaimed,  "Onward,  onward  to  heaven,  children;  into 
thy  hands,  0  Lord  Jesus,  I  commend  my  spirit."  Let  us 
hope  the  unhappy  creatures  were  comforted.  Thus  was 
completed  the  final  act  of  the  most  tragic  chapter  in 
Orgon's  history  for  many  years. 


Taking  into  consideration  the  condition  of  the  country 
at  the  time  of  the  Cayuse  war,  and  the  rush  of  event  fol- 
lowing it,  the  papers  and  accounts  relating  to  it  were  pre- 
served with  remarkable  care,  and  the  business  transacted 
in  the  main  with  fidelity.  The  last  provisional  legislature 
of  1848-1849  was  informed  by  Governor  Abernethy  in  his 
message  that  "the  expenses  incurred  for  the  services  of 


;  f« 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


privates  and  non-couiinissionod  officers  in  accordauoo  with 
an  act  passed  twenty-eight  of  December,  1847,  allowing 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  jier  day,  amounts  to  one  hun- 
dred and  nine  thousand  three  hundred  and  eleven  dol- 
lars and  fifty  cents;  in  addition  to  this  will  be  the  pay  of 
the  officers  and  persons  employed  in  the  several  depart- 
ments connected  with  the  army.  This  will  devolve  upon 
you  to  arrange  during  your  present  session;  until  it  is 
done  the  total  expenses  of  the  war  cannot  be  ascertained." 

Many  of  the  volunteers  being  in  immediate  need  of  pay- 
ment, he  recommended  that  a  law  should  be  enacted 
authorizing  the  issuance  of  scrip  made  redeemable  as 
early  as  possible,  and  bearing  interest  until  paid,  as  it 
ultimately  would  be,  by  the  United  States.  As  is  usual 
in  such  cases,  many  persons  were  compelled  or  persuaded 
to  part  with  their  scrip  for  less  than  its  face  value  to  others 
who  could  afford  to  wait,  and  thus  were  deprived  of  the 
compensation  intended  for  their  severe  fatigues  and  hard- 
ships. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  legislature  early  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1849,  calling  for  reports  "from  the  adjutant-general 
of  the  names,  number,  and  grade,  with  the  number  in 
each  grade  of  all  military  officers  in  the  territory  since  the 
twenty-second  day  of  December,  1847,  with  the  date  of 
their  commissions,  together  with  a  complete  roll  of  all 
officers  and  men  engaged  at  any  time  since  the  tenth  of 
December,  1847,  by  the  war  department,  their  rank,  grade, 
and  tima  of  service,  how  long  each  actually  served,  and 
whether  any,  and  who,  quit  the  service  without  being 
duly  discharged  by  the  proper  officer;  what  proclamations 
and  military  orders  have  been  issued  since  the  twenty- 
eighth  of  December,  1847,  by  the  governor  or  commander- 
in-chief  of  the  militia,  and  whether  the  same  have  been 
recorded,  and  if  not,  why  not;  what  orders  he  had  issued 
as  received  from  the  governor  or  commander-in-chief,  and 
whether  they  have  been  recorded,  and  if  not,  why  not; 
whether  he  issued  forms  to  all  officers  required  to  make 


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returns,  and  what  returns  he  has  received  from  military 
officers,  and  the  names  of  each  officer  making  the  same, 
and  whether  said  returns  have  been  duly  recorded,  and  if 
not,  why  not;  whetlier  any  person  authorized  by  hiw  to 
receive  military  stores  or  funds  for  obtaining  the  same, 
and  who  has  reported  to  him  the  kind  of  funds  or  stores 
so  received,  and  to  whom  the  same  were  delivered,  and  if 
so,  whether  the  said  reports  have  been  recorded,  and  if 
not,  why  not;  also  if  any  such  report  has  been  made  to 
deposit  with  the  clerk  of  this  house  for  tbe  use  of  the 
members  during  the  present  session;  whether  tbe  commis- 
sary-general has  reported  to  him  the  manner  in  which  ho 
has  expended  or  disposed  of  military  funds  or  stores,  and 
if  60,  whether  said  report  bas  been  recorded,  and  if  not, 
why  not;  and  also  to  deposit  said  report  with  the  clerk 
for  the  use  of  the  house;  whether  be  has  reported  quar- 
terly to  the  governor  the  state  of  the  militia  and  military 
stores,  and  if  not,  why  not;  together  with  all  other  official 
acts  of  liis  pertaining  to  the  office  of  adjutant-general 
which  he  may  deem  of  use  to  the  legislature  in  adjusting 
the  several  matters  growing  out  of  the  late  war.'"- 

By  a  similarly  detailed  resolution  the  commissioners 
appointed  to  negotiate  loans  were  required  to  report  to  the 
legislature,  and  did  so  as  follows: — 

To  the  Honorable,  the  Legislative  Assctnbly  of  Oregon  Territory/  : 

Qentlkmen  :  I  present  you  with  a  schedule  of  our  transactioTiH 
an  loan  commissioners  for  the  territory.  In  accordance  with  our 
duties  as  loan  commissioners,  we  have  paid  over  with  tlie  exception 
of  forty-two  dollars  and  seven  cents,  all  moneys  and  available  means 
to  the  comuussary-general,  for  which  we  have  obtained  his  vouchers, 
with  an  account  of  which  you  are  now  presented.  It  will  be  found 
on  examination  that  we  have  issued  more  bonds  than  we  have 
vouchers  for,  to  meet  which  discrepancy  we  have  a  draft  of  five 
hundred  dollars  on  Hamilton  Campbell. 

Aggregate  amount  of  bonds  issued,  fourteen  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  sixty-one  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents;  aggregate  amount 
of  vouchera  for  commissary-general,  fourteen  thousand  three  hun- 
dred and  thirty-four  dollars  and  ninety-live  cents,  leaving  a  balnnoe 
of  four  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  and  eighty  cents. 

"Boaolution  of  S.  K.  Thurston :    Oregon  Archive),  277.; 


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To  meet  tlie  above  we  have  balanced  in  Gcoi^e  Abernethy's  books 
to  our  credit,  four  thoUBand  two  Ixutidred  and  Heven  dollars;  Ilev. 
Williuni  Itoberte'  draft  on  H.  Campbell,  five  hundred  dollars ; 
leaving  a  balatioe  in  our  favor  of  one  hundred  atul  twenty-live 
doUtirs  and  twenty-seven  cents. 

The  five  liundred  dollar  draft  al)Ove  alluded  to  is  a  draft  drawn 
by  Kev.  William  Roberts  on  11.  Campbell,  to  the  order  of  the  Oregon 
loan  commissioners.  W.  H.  Willson,  one  of  tht,  ooard,  took  charge 
of  the  draft  and  was  to  present  to  Mr.  Campl)e>l  for  payment.  The 
order  or  draft  was  present'.::?  to  Mr.  Campbell,  but  for  what  cause  1 
am  not  able  to  inform  your  honorable  body,  for  neither  property  nor 
money  came  into  our  hands  as  payment  of  said  draft,  but  I  think 
it  was  delivered  over  to  the  commiwary-general's  agents  by  Mr. 
Campbell. 

There  were  some  drafts  drawn  on  us  by  the  conunissary-general 
as  bonds  for  tho  payment  of  debts  which  the  commissary-general 
had  contracted.  These  drafts  we  did  not  accept  for  tliis  reason,— 
we  did  not  think  the  commissary-general,  or  any  other  officer  of 
this  government  hud  any  right  to  pi'rcliase  property,  or  negotiate  a 
loan  of  any  kind,  without  our  P  nowledge  or  consent,  and<'all  on  us 
tc  pledge  th'  faith  of  this  territory  for  its  payment,  as  the  commis- 
sioners aloh  were  only  authorized  to  negotiate  a  loan  and  pledge 
the  faitli  of  this  territory  for  its  payment.  The  act  creating  the 
present  board  authorizes  them  whenever  it  becomes  necessary  lo 
affij:  the  cash  value  of  ororierty  to  have  it  appraised  by  men  under 
'V-  tij,  conse<iuei'tly  "-a  could  not  execute  a  bond  for  the  payment  of 
property  purchased  by  the  coi  imissary-general  or  any  other  officer 
»is  they  \v  ished.  If  the  bonds  were  placed  in  our  hands  subject  to 
the  «haft  or  drafts  of  the  commissary -general,  tben  of  course  we 
should  issue  to  tlie  extent  of  our  limits.  On  the  twenty-eighth  of 
March  last,  or  near  that  time,  the  commissarj'-general  told  me  that 
when  he  was  at  Tho  Dalles,  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  take 
wagons  and  oxon,  th^  property  of  Phelaster  and  Philemon  Lee,  to 
the  ..mount  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  I  consented  to  give 
bonds  and  did  so,  but  in  a  few  days  I  was  called  upon  by  difterent 
persons  for  bonds  for  a  very  large  amount;  I  refused  to  execute  bonds 
to  them  until  1  could  sw  the  otlier  two  commissioners,  and  when 
we  met  together  it  was  thout  bt  best  not  to  givi'  any  mon?  bonds  for 
any  r>roperty,  as  we  knew  n»)thing  about  it;  so  for  tliese  reasons  we 
refuised  to  give  bonds  for  any  more  property  taken  at  Tho  Dalles  by 
the  commissary- general. 

I'hero  is  another  matter  I  wish  to  explain  —  it  is  [\m  :  Wlien  1 
commenced  to  collect  funds  I  was  not  able  to  obtjiir:  any  money  «'x- 
cept  orders  on  stores  in  Oregon  City  ;  in  consefjuence  of  this  it  was 
impossible  for  the  commissary-general  to  obtain  articles  for  the  use 
of  the  anny.  Ht  told  me  to  get  mxos  and  spades,  and  these  articles 
were  very  much  wanted  to  make  roads  for  wagons  to  j»a.sH  up  the 


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Columbia  river.  l*hilip  Foster  had  8uhacrilM»d  fifty  dollars,  to  be 
paid  on  the  stores,  and  John  B.  Price  twenty-five,  to  be  paid  also  on 
the  stores.  These  gentlemen  told  me  if  I  would  give  them  twenty- 
five  per  cent  premium  they  would  let  me  hav(  ;  .xah,  and  I  told 
them  I  would  do  so.  Mr.  Faster  gave  me  thirty-K>'ven  dollars  and 
a  half,  and  I  gave  him  a  bond  for  fifty  dollars  ;  Mr.  Price  gave  me 
eighteen  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents,  and  1  gave  him  a  bond  for 
twentj-flve  dollars.  This  I  did  for  the  best,  but  should  your  honor- 
able body  think  otherwise,  I  am  ready  to  pay  this  government  out 
of  my  own  funds  the  amount  of  premium  that  I  found  at  that  time 
necessary  to  allow.  I  l)ring  this  to  your  particular  notice  liecause 
it  waH  noticed  at  the  time  by  one  of  the  presses  of  Oregon  City. 
Whatever  your  decision  on  this  point  may  be,  I  alone  am  responsi- 
ble, as  my  two  associates  know  nothini^  of  the  matter. 

The  commissary -general,  or  his  agent,  A.  J,  Hembree,  Esq., 
obtained  a  loan  of  one  hundred  and  ninety-six  dollare  and  a  half,  or 
thereabouts,  from  Thon?as  Justin,  for  which  they  agreed  to  get  him 
a  iiond  for  two  hundre't  and  sixteen  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents. 
1  first  refused  to  give  '.he  bond  for  that  amount,  but  the  commissary- 
general  being  very  lauch  in  want  of  cash,  and  upon  consideration, 
sooner  than  the  money  should  be  returned,  I  executed  the  bond  tf) 
Thomjis  Justin  for  two  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  -md  thirty-five 
cents.  All  bonds  issued  by  us  l)ear  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per 
ceui  per  annum,  an<l  all  signed  by  the  governor  and  countersigned 
by  the  secretary  of  this  territory.  All  the  books  and  papers  belong- 
ing are  hereby  transmitted  for  your  examination. 

Owing  to  the  resignation  of  General  A.  L.  Tiovejoy  a-s  one  of  tlie 
commissioners,  and  the  absence  of  l>r.  W.  H.  Willson,  this  docu- 
ment will  appear  with  but  one  signature. 

(Signed).  Hikjh  Bur   a, 

Commi  „  (oner. 
Oregon  City,  February  8,  1840. 


The  following  report  was  furnished  by  the  adjutant- 
general  : — 

lo  ihc  Hnnordhle  Houkc  of  RepreMentativeH  : 

Gentlkmkn  :  In  answer  to  tlie  resolution  calling  upon  this  de- 
partment for  documents,  papers,  &c.,  Ac,  for  information,  I  beg 
leave  herewith  to  transmit  the  following  documents,  papers,  &c.,  &e. : 

The  record  of  the  enlistment  and  discharge  of  the  first  regiment 
of  Oregon  rifiemen  (market'  A)  shows  the  natnes  of  all  officers,  field 
and  staft",  together  with  a  complete  roll,  term  of  service,  and  amount 
of  pay  bi;longing  to  each  non-counnissioned  officer  and  private. 

The  stafl",  field,  and  eomnnssioned  offlcers,  the  resj)ective  amounts 
due  them  have  i»ot  been  carried  out.  There  has  been  somedider- 
ence  of  opinion  relative  to  the  amounts  due  said  officers.    It  lias 


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been  coiiU^ided  by  some  that  they  were  entitieil  to  the  satne  pay  ii« 
officers  of  the  Hanie  grade  in  the  United  Htates  army.  But  this 
department  has  decliiu-d  making  up  tiieir  pay  at  all,  until  Huch 
time  as  this  department  shall  have  further  instructionH  from  your 
honorable  body. 

The  record,  roll,  &c.,  &c.,  include  all  that  have  been  engaged  in 
the  war,  except  an  extra  oflicial  report  by  H.  A.  G.  IjCC  of  about 
fifty  men,  rank  and  Hie  (  marked  H  ),  imng  the  first  company  that 
went  to  The  Dalles,  and  a  report  of  Felix  Scott,  captain,  who  voiun- 
leered  their  services,  and  found  them-elves,  to  protect  the  southern 
frontier  (marked  (' ),  together  with  all  orders  to  that  officer  issued 
from  this  department ;  and  one  other  report  wliidi  civme  to  this 
office  this  day  from  Captain  Levi  Scott,  who  commanded  the  ('ali- 
fornia  exiwdition,  &c.  (marked  D).  There  was  never  any  order 
issued  to  that  officer  from  this  department. 

Agreeably  to  the  report  of  Colonel  Lee,  there  were  some  few  men 
who  left  the  service  without  leave,  which  report  is  herewith  trans- 
n)ittf<l  for  your  inspection  (marked  E). 

Tlu're  has  been  no  proclamation  isHued  since  the  twenty-eighth  of 
December  1848,  and  why  not  recorded  liecaust^  none  to  record  ;  but 
I  herewith  transmit  son\o  proclamations  and  military  orders  tluit 
issued  oa  and  since  the  twenty-fifth  of  J)eceml)er,  1847,  under  the 
mark  of  F,  all  of  which  have  Vjeen  recorded  in  my  office.  Forms 
have  been  issued  \o  all  officers  refiuiring  tlie  same. 

Returns  liave  l)een  generally  received  from  the  respective  officers 
re<iuired  to  make  returns,  and  the  same  have  l)een  duly  recorded  in 
my  office  at  Oregon  City;  the  sam*>  are  embodied  under  the  mark  A. 
There  has  been  no  reiwrt  to  this  department  from  any  jierson  of  tlie 
reception  of  military  stores,  or  funds  of  an,>'  kind,  otlier  than  those 
referred  to  your  lionorable  body  by  his  excellency,  fJoveruor  Aber- 
nefhy.  Nor  has  the  conmiissary  or  (|Uartermuster-generals  reported 
to  this  di'parlmeiif  the  manner  in  which  they  have  exjH?nded  the 
funds,  if  any  they  have  received,  or  the  military  stores  other  than 
a.s  above. 

The  governor  has  [  Iwjen  1  always  informed  and  thoroughly  ad- 
vised of  the  doings  and  acts  of  the  army  at  all  times,  up  to  the 
time  of  disbanding  the  army,  and  since  that  time  when  any  new 
matter  occasioned  niiy'hing  new. 

And,  i?i  col  •Uision,  allow  the  undersigned  to  obterve  that  the 
offi(«rM  were  generally  dispose  d  to  do  their  duty,  but  owing  to  thf 
want  of  books  and  lnf(<rmation  relative  to  their  respective  duties, 
there  were  many  iiiformulitles,  which,  of  course,  has  rendered  ii 
very  difficult  for  this  department  t()  arrive  to  an  exactity  in  relation 
to  the  nund)er  of  men,  rank  und  file.  There  wan  continually  trans 
fers  going  on  from  one  company  to  another,  though  contrary  to  in- 
structions, [jlkiwise  there  was,  among  the  commissioned  officers, 
resignations  goin<;on  and  new  elections  taking  place  to  fill  the  re- 


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speotive  vacaneien  occasioned  thereby,  which  by  personal  inter- 
views with  some  of  the  officers  would  weem  never  reached  this  offlce; 
and  most  lil^ely  there  were  some  commissioned  officers  who  acted  in 
their  respective  capacities,  who  have  not  been  reported,  and  the  samo 
may  be  the  case  with  some  of  the  privates. 

In  the  case  of  H.  A.  G.  Lee's  extra  official  report  under  the  marlc 
of  R,  the  said  men  have  not  been  reported  to  this  offlce  at  all,  and 
tliis  is  tlie  reason  they  are  not  enrolled  among  the  other  companies 
under  the  letter  A.  These  men  responded  to  their  country's  call, 
and  were  on  the  line  of  march  without  an  hour's  warning  to  avenge 
their  country's  wrongs  — and  shall  they  have  no  pay? 

And  liitewise,  in  the  case  fif  Captain  Levi  S«'olt,  who  commanded 
the  California  exptnlifion,  whose  report  came  ino  my  office  this  day. 
'hat  officer,  and  those  connected  with  him,  undei  ,v<'nt  many  iiard- 
jhips  and  fatigues  In  the  service  of  their  country.  It  was  deemed 
by  the  governor,  aiul  the  community  generally,  that  an  express  to 
California  would,  in  a  measure,  relieve  this  government  from  its 
then  critical  situation,  which  was  anlently  desired  by  all.  Captain 
Jicvi  Scott  was  commissio'ied  the  seventh  of  March,  1848,  witli 
grade  as  captain  ;  and  from  the  fifth  of  February,  1848,  likewise, 
Captain  Felix  Scott,  Ii.  N.  English,  first  lieutenant,  and  .1.  H. 
liewis,  setiond  lieutenant.  These  officers  were  commissioned  the 
tenth  of  May,  1848,  with  tlie  grade  respectively,  and  rank  from 
tlie  first  of  May,  1848.  How  long,  and  what  time,  these  said  officers 
and  privates  were  in  service,  has  never  been  reported  t<>  this  depart- 
ment. J.  M.  Garrison  was  comraissioned  as  captain  the  seventh  of 
March,  184H,  and  took  command  of  a  small  repuforcement  and  pro- 
ceeded to  The  Dalles,  where  said  Garrison  was  directed  to  reniaiti, 
subject  to  the  orders  of  the  commandant  in  the  field.  How  long 
the  said  Garrison  served  in  that  capacity  is  unknown  to  this  depart- 
ment. 

I  herewith  transmit  further  for  your  consideration  and  informa- 
tion all  military  orders  issued  l).v  the  governor  that  did  not  pass 
through  Oils  department,  under  the  letter  H.  FiVery  information 
and  explanation  that  is  in  the  power  of  (his  d'lpartment  will  be 
cheerfully  given,  while  1  have  the  honor  to  remain,  gentlemen. 
Your  very  hu*<  hie  and  obedient  servant, 

A.   li.  TjOve,iov, 
Adjutant-General. 


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Accomf'ftVying  w^  fepofl  wm  Che  following: — 

ADJUTAN'J-G*;Nr;fiAI.'H  Gkkice, 

OnWiON  City,  I)t»flember  \,  1848. 
TV)  ffi«  Krcflltncif,  (George  Aberneth}f,  Umernm  'tf  Oregon: 

^'JR  :   Herewith  I  beg  to  transmit  a  report  ol  the  amount  due  the 
m.  yeml  companien  compoeing  the  first  regiment  of  Oregon  riflemon 

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for  their  serviccH  it>  the  war  between  the  territory  of  Oregon  and  the 
Cayuse  Indiana,  -fiiowing  an  aggregate  of  ($10  yill  50)  one  hundred 
and  nine  thounimd  three  hundred  and  eleven  dollars  and  fifty  centH. 
This  amount  does  not  incJude  the  services  of  any  of  the  conimis- 
sionei  officers,  as  there  Ims  been  no  provision  made  for  their  pay. 
Company  K  was  formed  out  of  the  companies  of  Captains  English 
and  Garrison  on  the  seventeenth  of  April,  1848,  on  which  day  the 
officers  were  elected.  Company  I  was  formed  by  Colonel  James 
Waters  at  Fort  Waters  on  the  seventh  day  of  June,  1848,  and  re- 
mained in  service  until  the  twenty-ninth  of  September,  1848. 

I  beg  leave  itlso  to  liand  you  herewith  two  reports  from  the  com- 
missary and  quarte:  uaster-generais  department,  viz.,  A,  showing 
the  amount  of  liabilities  created  by  those  departments;  and  B,  show- 
ing the  amount  of  disbursements  by  those  departments. 

I  have  tiie  honor  to  remain,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  ser- 
vant, 

Albert  E.  Wilson, 

Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

To  A.  E.  Wilmriy  Aefinff  Ac^juta  U-General  : 

A. —  Report  if  the  ooriimissary  and  quartermaster-generals,  show- 
ing the  amount  of  liabilities  created  by  the  commissary,  quarter- 
master, and  ordnance  departments  in  the  war  between  the  territory 
of  Oregon  and  tlie  Cayuse  Indians,  classed  as  under  :  Aggregate  of 
stationary,  one  hundred  and  forty-four  dollai'c  and  eighty-eighc  and 
oiu-half  cents;  aggregate  of  camp  equipage,  seven  hundred  and 
ninety-nine  dollars  and  fifty-eight  cents;  aggregate  of  horses,  etc., 
one  thousand  nine  luindred  and  twenty-seven  dollars,  aggregate  of 
saddlery,  seven  huiidrtd  and  tliirty-two  dollars  and  sixty-i.hree 
cents;  aggregate  of  arms  and  repairs,  one  thousand  three  hundred 
and  tiineteen  dollarw  and  sixty  cents;  aggregate  of  ammuidti'm, 
eight  hundred  and  twenty-seven  dollars  and  twenty-one  and  one- 
half  cents;  transportation,  creating  Fort  Gilliam  included,  five 
thousand  t  .vo  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  and  forty-onu  and  one- 
half  cents;  aggregate  of  subsistence,  fourteen  tiiousand  four  hun- 
dred and  twelve  dollars  and  seventy-three  and  one-half  cents; 
aggregate  of  ferrynge,  six  hundred  aiid  eighty-tliree  dollars  and 
ninety-two  cents,  aggregate  of  me(ii(  u!  department,  three  hundred 
and  ninety-six  dollars  and  k-even  cents;  aggregate  of  commissary's 
assistants,  agontn,  expenses,  office  rent,  forage  for  volunteeis  horse's, 
&c.,  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  tldrty-nine  dollars  and  seven 
and  one-half  cents;  aggregate  of  premium  on  casli  payments,  sev- 
enty-four dollars  and  twenty-seven  cents;  aggregate  of  Indian 
agency,  two  hundred  and  fifty-four  dollars  and  eighteen  and  one- 
half  cents;  aggregate  of  Californitt  exjx'ditlon,  five  hundred  and 
fifty-one  dollars  and  seventy  cent«;  aggregate  of  interest  a(^count, 
twenty-three  dollare  and  sixty-idne  cent«;  aggregate  of  smithinj,' 


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259 


and  saddle  miikiiig,  seven  hundred  and  tbirty-twu  dollara  and 
sixty-three  cents.  Total  liiibihties  adjusted,  thirty-three  thousand 
three  hundred  dollars  and  four  and  one-half  cents. 

Unadjusted  liabilities,  when  settled,  to  'le  added  to  their  respective 
accounts  :  Merchandise  ( from  cachcH ),  (Jeorge  Abernethy's  account, 
Hudson's  Bay  Company's  account  ( a  small  balance ).  Blacksmiths 
—  Jason  Wheeler,  Joseph  W.   Downer,  W.  T.  Nanvoorst,  David 

Weston,  and  J,  M.  Johns,  —  day,  at dollars.    Saddlers — S.  8. 

Duffield,  J.  R.  Payne,  and  Wm.  Martin,  — 'days  at dollars. 

(.^omniissary  department  —  A.  E.  Wait,  J.  D.  Crawford,  H.  A. 
Smith,  8.  H.  Goodhue,  J.  Keller,  --.  Johnson,  W.  H.  Rees,  and  J. 

Force,  —  days  at  dollars.      Quartermaster's  department  — B. 

Jennings,  C.  W.  Cooke,  John  Fleming,  James  Taylor,  and  A.  A. 

Robinson,  —  days  at dollars.    Ordnance  —  A.  C.  R.  Shaw,  D. 

H.  Lownsdale,  and  8.  J.  Gardner,  —  days  at dollars.  Wagon- 
master  —  Henry  Worden,  —  days  at dollars.    Total, dollars. 

Lot  Whitcomb, 
Acting  Commissary-General. 

B. — Report  of  the  commissary  and  quartermiust«?r-generaU.,  show- 
ing the  amount  of  disbursements  In  the  commissary,  quartermaster, 
M\i\  ordnance  departments  in  the  war  between  the  territory  of  Ore- 
gon and  the  (Jayuse  Indians,  as  per  vouchers  on  file  in  this  office : 
Amount  paid  for  stationery,  onedollar  and  twelve  and  one-haif  cents; 

ammunition,  tifteen  dollars  and  nine-five  cent*";  camp  equipage, 

dollars;  arms  and  repairs, dollars;  transportation,  four  hundred 

and  thirty-seven  dollars  and  seventy-seven  cents;  hoi-se  account, 
lifteen  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-^'our  dollars;  merchan- 
iiise,  four  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty-six  dollars  and  eight 
cents;  saddlery, dollars;  subsistence,  two  thousand  nine  hun- 
dred and  forty-seven  dollars  and  ninety-one  and  oi.e-half  cents;  med- 
ical department,  dollars;  California  expedition,  five  hundred 

and  fifty-one  dollars  and  seventy  cents. 

Total  amount  of  cash  received  from  loan  connnissioneii?,  one 
tiiousand  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  and  eighty-nine 
cents;  deduct  discount  on  sovereigns,  live  dollars  and  fifty-six  cents. 
Total,  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  and  thirty- 
three  cents.  Amount  received  from  other  sources  for  which  com- 
missary's duebills  are  issued,  one  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
four  dollaix  and  sixty-nine  cent*;  total  amount  of  cash  received,  tW(> 
tiiousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars  and  two  cents;  total 
amount  of  cash  paid  out  per  vouchers,"  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  eleven  dollars  and  fiftiH.'n  and  one-half  cents;  cliarged  J.  Palmer's 
l)rivate  account,  seventy-three  dollars  and  eighty-six  and  one-half 


'♦This  aiuount,  roplert  from  the  OreRoii  nrr.hlvei,  iiiappareiilly  an  error.    ItxhotiM 
be  two  thousHnd  cisbt  hundred  and  elevci:  iollars  and  fiaeeii  and  one-half  renth. 


260 


INDIAN  WAltS   OF  OREGON. 


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eenlri.  TIiIh  departnieiit  has  drawn  orders  on  the  loan  commismon- 
ors  from  numl)er  one  to  number  two  hundred  and  seven  inclusive; 
caflh  included,  sixteen  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  dol- 
lars and  thirty-three  and  one-half  cents;  commissary  due  bills  ( out- 
standing )  about  five  tliousand  three  hundred  and  one  dollars.  The 
amount  of  subsistence  when  the  returns  are  fully  made  will  not  be 
far  from  eleven  thousand  four  hundred  sixty-four  dollars.  There  is 
remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  commissary-general  the  following : 
At  Fort  Wascopam '^  about  sixty  head  of  Spanish  cattle;  at  Forts 
Wascopam  and  Waters  about  twenty-five  horses;  in  the  valley  about 
forty  head  of  cattle,  eight  or  ten  hoi-ses,  six  kegs  powder,  four  large 
kegs  powder,  one  box  caps,  four  rifles,  twenty-six  muskets,  one- 
shotgun,  lead,  balls,  shot,  one  tent,  five  sickles,  ten  hoes,  four  hand- 
saws, one  broadaxe,  one  adz,  one  fine  saw,  one  crosscut  saw,  one 
spade,  sixteen  camp  kettles,  two  frying  pans,  eight  spoons,  nine  tin 
pans,  ten  plates,  and  three  coffee  pots. 

The  several  accounts  of  camp  equipage,  arms,  and  repairs,  and 
saddling,  owing  to  reports  from  proper  ofHcers  not  being  full  on 
those  accounts,  and  the  transactions  of  the  disbursing  officers  are 
yet  unsettled,  renders  it  impossible  to  state  the  precise  amount  of 
articles  lost  and  worn  out  in  tlie  service,  consequently  prevents  at 
present  l)eing  stated  tbe  amount  paid  by  each.  There  are  vouchers 
in  this  office  covering  tlie  total  amount  of  cash  when  added  to  the 
amount  in  hand. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

Joel  Palmkk, 
Per  Lot  Whitcomb,  A.  C.  G. 


On  the  sixteenth  of  February,  1849,  (Joveruor  Aber- 
nethy  approved  an  act  passed  by  the  provisional  legisla- 
ture, entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  final  settlement 
of  the  claims  against  t)io  Oregon  government  for  and  on 
account  of  tbo  Cayuse  wnr,"  The  act  appointed  a  board 
of  commissioners,  consisting  of  Thomas  Magruder,  Sainuol 
iiurch,  and  Wesley  Shannon,  whose  duty  it  was  to  exam- 
ine and  adjust  these  claims;  said  commissioners  to  receive 
five  dollars  a  day  "for  every  day  necessarily  so  employed," 
and  to  meet  on  the  first  Monday  in  every  month,  remaining 
in  session  "as  long  as  there  was  any  business  before  them ;" 
the  last  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  the  fol- 
lowing November.  "* 

"  Fort  Lee  at  The  Dalles. 
'•  Oregon  Archive*,  MS.  1050. 


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261 


Before  November  the  new  government  h&d  come  in  and 
the  territorial  legislature  in  August,  1849,  passed  another 
act  "to  provide  for  settling  Cayuse  war  claim,"  and  for  an 
election  by  both  houses  of  "a  commissioner""  to  investi- 
gate all  claims  growing  out  of  or  pertaining  to  the  Cayuse 
war;  said  commissioner  to  be  allowed  five  dollars  a  day 
for  each  day  he  should  be  actually  engaged  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties,  to  be  paid  out  of  tlie  territorial  treas- 
ury, and  to  hold  office  for  one  year.  A.  E.  Wait  was  the 
commissioner  elected.  It  was  not  expected  that  the  busi- 
ness of  adjusing  these  claims  should  be  accomplished  in 
one  year,  nor  was  it. 

A  committee  of  the  congress  of  the  United  States,  ?>!.o-.  ed 
by  the  eloquence  of  Samuel  R.  Thurston,  the  first  teirito- 
rial  delegate,  agreed  to  appropriate  one  hundrc  '  thousand 
dollars  wherewith  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  Cayr-.  war, 
Thurston  telling  his  constituents  that  it  was  "that  or  noth- 
ing," and  indeed,  considering  the  parsimony  whicli  had 
hitherto  characterized  the  action  of  congress  towards  the 
Oregon  people,  this  was  a  munificent  sum;  but  the  inves- 
tigations of  Commissioner  Wait  convinced  the  legislature 
which  met  in  December,  1850,  that  an  additional  fifty 
thousand  would  be  required  to  extinguish  the  debt,  as 
the  following  extract  froni  a  menioruil  from  this  legisla- 
ture to  congress  gives  evidence: — 


Tt  appears  that  he  ( the  commissioner)  has  investigated,  allowed, 
ami  oertifled  claims  against  the  late  provisional  government  of  Ore- 
gon, after  deducting  all  payments  and  offsets,  the  sum  of  seventy- 
six  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty  dollars  and  twenty-four 
cents.  By  the  same  it  appeal's  that  b'.s  predecessor  so  audited  the 
sum  of  ten  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  and  twenty-nine  oenln, 
making  the  total  amount  audited  and  certified  by  the  present  com- 
missioner and  his  predecessor,  eighty-seven  thousand  two  hundred 
and  thirty  dollara  and  fifty-three  cents.  In  his  report  the  coirmiis- 
sioner  estimates  the  probable  expense  of  the  war  at  one  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  *  *  *  The  debts  due  the  several  in- 
dividuals, as  ascertained  and  set  forth  in  the  commissioner's  report, 
are  for  services  rendered  or  material  furnished  by  the  citizens  of  this 


■  ^. 


i'  Oregmi  ArcliivcH,  >IS.  105S. 


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territory,  muny  of  whom,  by  so  doing,  were  left  in  a  HufTering  con- 
dition. Men  left  families  depending  on  their  dally  labor  for  sub- 
Histence,  farmers  turned  their  horses  loose  from  the  plough  in  the 
furrow  and  fiirnlshed  them  to  the  army  for  transportation.  They 
have  waited  nearly  three  years,  and  received  as  yet  no  remunera- 
tion. Your  memorialists  respectfully  but  firmly  conceive  that  the 
expenses  of  the  war  should  be  borne  by  the  nation  at  large ;  that  it 
was  a  war  fought  in  self-defense  for  the  United  States  by  the  people 
of  this  territory.  The  time  has  come  when  the  men  who  spent 
their  time,  money,  and  property  in  the  prosecution  of  that  war 
should  be  remunerated.  The  territory  is  too  weak  to  do  It  and  meet 
the  demands  made  upon  her  resources  by  her  growing  interests.  To 
conclude,  your  memorialists  respectfully  but  firmly  pray  your  hon- 
orable body,  at  your  present  session,  to  appropriate  the  sum  esti- 
mated by  the  commissioners  on  Cayuse  war  claims,  according  to 
the  annexed  report,  to  be  expended,  ( under  the  direction  of  the  leg- 
islature of  this  territory,  or  by  such  otHcer  as  congress  may  direct ), 
in  the  payment  of  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  late  provisional 
government  of  Oregon  in  the  Cayuse  war." 

The  first  bill  actually  passed  for  the  pa^yment  of  the 
Cayuse  war  debt  was  for  seventy-three  thousand  dollars, 
and  in  1853-4  Hon.  .Joseph  Lane  concluded  the  business 
by  securing  an  appropriation  of  seventy-five  thousand 
dollars  to  pay  tlio  remaining  expenses.  Lane  also  secured 
the  passage  of  a  bill  giving  bounties  to  volunteers  in  any 
wars  in  which  they  had  been  regularly  enrolled  since  1790, 
which  was  intended  to  cover  the  Oregon  Indian  wars. 
Som«  private  claims  have  been  paid  from  time  to  time. 
There  remained  until  the  present  decade  only  a  bill  for  the 
relief  of  Captain  Lawrence  Hall's  company,  which  was  in 
the  hands  of  Senator  Mitchell,  Captain  William  E.  Birk- 
himer,  United  States  army,  having  een  desigiuited  to 
examine  the  accounts,  who  found  in  favi  •  of  Iheit'  jxiyUieiit 

The  Cayuse  war  marked,  and  closed  .Ke  existence  of  the 
provisional  government  of  Oregon.  As  an  oxaniple  of  the 
facility  with  which  Americans  organize  and  establish  gov- 
ernments or  armies,  it  is  one  of  the  most  inleresli  iig  bjl 
record,  and  as  au  illustration  iu  the  main  of  the  good 
points  in  American  character  it  is  noticeable.     "Wiien  I 


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was  ubout  to  start  for  Fort  Colville  witli  my  company  to 
escort  tho  missionary  families,"  says  Major  Mafjjone,  "I 
addressed  my  men,  telling  them  that  the}'  were  about  to 
perform  the  duty  of  gentlemen  toward  refined  Christian 
women,  and  I  trusted  that  those  ladies  would  be  shocked  by 
no  word  of  profanity,  or  act  of  rudeness  while  under  tho 
company's  care;  and  1  never  had  occasion  to  reprove  a 
man  of  them."  lirave  in  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  they 
could  bo  gentle  where  gentleness  was  becoming. 


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CHAPTER  I. 


IIASCALITIES  OP  THE  ROfil'K-RlVER    INDIAN.'I— LaNE'S   FIRST   EFFORT  TO   TREAT  WITH 

Them  — Naming  a  Chief— Appointment  of  an  Indian  Commission  to  Make 
Treaties— Extravagant  Expenditure  — Dart  Made  Sitperintendent— Odt- 

RAGES     BY     the     SNAKE     INDIANS     CAUSES     TROUBLE     WiTH     THE     KOGUE-RIVERS 

—  Murder  of  Dilley  — Travelers  Attacked  — Kearney's  Skirmish,  and 
Death  of  Captain  Stuart— Volunteering  — Lane  appears  Again  — Kear- 
ney's Final  Battle  — Indian  Puisoneru  Delivered  to  Governor  Gaines  — 
Tub  Port  Orford  Settlement  Attacked— Massacre  on   the    Coquille  — 

EfCAPE    OF   T'VAULT    ANi)    OTHERS  — TROOPS    AND    INDIAN    AGENTS  — GAINES    AND 

Skinner  — Colonel  Casey's  Operations  — Arrival  of  Fresh  Troops  — Camp 
Castaway  — r.fiNEWAL  op  Troubles  in  Rogue-river  Valley  — Elisha  Steele 
AND  Agent  Skinner— Fight  at  Big  Bar— Treaty  Made  With  Chief  Sam- 
Neglect  OF  the  Federal  Government- Murders  by'  the  Modocs  — McDer- 
MiT's  and  Ben  Wright's  Campaign  —  Expedition  of  John  E.  Ross— Punish- 
ment OF  the  Modocs. 


It  has  been  mentioned  in  the  histor}'  of  the  Cayuse  war 
that  Lane,  governor  and  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs, 
was  absent  in  southern  Oregon  during  the  trial  of  the  In- 
dian prisoners  at  Oregon  City.  The  occasion  of  this  ab- 
sence was  the  conduct  of  the  Rogue-river  Indians  towards 
white  men  traveling  to  and  from  the  gold  fields  of  north- 
ern California.  They  had  attacked  a  party  in  camp  at 
Rock  Point,  and  robbed  them  of  their  season's  gains,  as 
well  as  of  all  their  other  property,  the  men  only  escaping 
by  fleeing  to  the  woods. 

Other  complaints,  and  the  well-known  rascalities  of  tbese 
Indians,  led  the  superintendent  to  visit  them,  to  change,  if 
possible,  this  condition  of  travel  on  the  California  road. 
His  party  consisted  of  fifteen  white  men,  and  as  many 
Klickitat  Indians  under  their  chief,  Quatley.  They  over- 
took and  escorted  some  cattle  drivers  as  far  as  the  south 
bank  of  Rogue  river,  where  Lane  encamped,  sending  word 

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268 


INDTAN  WARS   OF  OREOON. 


to  the  Indians  that  he  had  come  to  make  a  treaty  of  peace 
and  friendship,  and  desiring  them  to  meet  him  unarmed. 
This  proposition  was  accepted,  and  after  a  little  delay  two 
of  the  principal  chiefs,  with  seventy-five  warriors,  arrived 
at  camp. 

The  reception  heing  over,  the  visitors  were  arranged  in 
a  circle,  with  Lane  and  the  chiefs  in  the  center.  But  be- 
fore the  council  had  begun,  another  party  as  large  as  the 
first  appeared,  advancing  upon  the  camp  armed  with  bows 
and  arrows.  They  were  invited  to  lay  down  tlieir  arms 
and  be  seated ;  and  at  the  same  time  Lane,  who  had  now 
to  depend  upon  his  keenness  of  sight  and  mind  for  the 
safety  of  his  party,  ordered  Quatley,  with  two  or  three 
Klickitats  inside  the  circle,  to  stand  beside  the  head  chief 
of  the  Rogue-rivers. 

Keeping  a  sharp  lookout,  and  communicating  with  Quat- 
ley only  by  flashes,  of  the  eye,  Lane  coolly  proceeded  to  open 
the  council,  explaining  that  the  object  of  his  conference 
with  them  was  to  put  a  stop  to  their  habitual  robberies  and 
murders  of  white  men,  to  make  travel  through  their  coun- 
try safe,  and  to  make  a  treaty  of  friendship.  If  this  could 
be  affected,  both  white  people  and  red  would  live  in  peace, 
and  the  lands  settled  upon  by  his  race  would  be  paid  for 
by  the  government,  whose  agent  would  be  sent  to  reside 
amongst  them,  and  look  after  their  interests. 

The  answer  to  Lane's  speech,  which  was  interpreted  by 
Quatley,  was  a  brief  address  in  stentorian  tones  by  the 
head  chief  to  his  people,  who  sprang  to  their  feet,  raising 
the  war  cry,  and  displaying  the  few  guns  they  had  among 
them,  besides  their  bows  and  arrows.  Lane  had  his  coun- 
ter movement  ready,  Quatley  being  told  to  seize  the  chief 
and  hold  him  with  a  knife  at  his  throat.  He  then,  with 
his  revolver  in  hand,  quickly  advanced  to  the  line  of 
armed  Indians,  knocking  up  their  guns,  and  ordering 
them  to  lay  down  their  arms.  The  chief  finding  himself  a 
prisoner  within  the  embrace  of  three  stout  Klickitats,  and 
a  gory  death  awaiting  him,  seconded  Lane's  command  to 


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269 


ground  their  arms.  After  a  few  minutes'  deliberation  Lane 
ordered  them  to  retire  and  return  again  in  two  days  to  a 
peace  council,  during  which  time  he  should  hold  their 
chief  as  a  hostage;  and  sullenly  they  departed  with  a  new 
view  of  the  character  of  the  white  race,  whom  they  were 
accustomed  to  see  in  the  light  of  fleeing  victims  of  their 
cupidity  and  barbarity. 

Lane's  natural  gallantry,  love  of  adventure,  and  his  fine 
courage  made  him  particularly  well  adapted  to  deal  with 
Indians.  The  morning  following  the  captivity  of  the 
Rogue-river  chief,  his  wife  appeared  on  the  bank  of  the 
river  opposite  the  camp,  and  entreated  to  be  allowed  to 
join  her  lord.  This  was  permitted,  and  Lane  used  the 
opportunity  to  impress  upon  the  savage  mind  some  of  the 
higher  sentiments  of  chivalry.  In  this  he  was  so  successful 
that  before  the  two  days  were  spent  the  proud  chief  re- 
quested a  further  conversation.  Having  1  arned  from  the 
interpreter  the  name  of  his  hero,  he  addressed  him,  "Mika 
name  Jo  Lane^"  "Nawitka,"  said  the  one-time  general. 
"  Give  your  name  to  me,"  said  the  chief,  "  for  I  have  seen 
no  man  like  you."  To  this  proposal  Lane  replied  that  he 
would  give  him  half  his  name  —  Jo — by  which  monosyl- 
labic appellation  the  Rogue-river  chief  was  known  from 
that  day  forward. 

The  softening  process  having  gone  on  for  days,  Lane 
presented  to  the  mind  of  chief  Jo  the  advantages  of  a 
treaty  with  the  United  States  with  such  success  that  his 
propositions  were  accepted,  even  to  the  restoration!  of  prop- 
erty taken  from  the  Oregonians  passing  through  their 
country,  minus  the  gold  dust,  which  had  been  ignorantly 
poured  into  the  river,  and  so  become  lost  irrecoverably. 
By  Jo's  advice  his  people  all  consented  to  the  terms  of 
the  treaty  as  drawn  up  by  Lane,  which  they  kept  with 
tolerable  honesty  for  that  year. 

In  order  to  prevent,  as  far  as  he  could,  a  violation  of  the 
Indians'  rights  under  the  treaty,  papers  were  given  to  each 
member  of  the  tribe  present  containing  a  written  warn- 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


ing,  signed  by  his  name,  so  that  "Jo  Lane"  became  a  tal- 
esmanic  word  throughout  the  Rogue  river  and  Shasta 
valleys. 

Lane  having  learned  that  he  was  to  be  superceded  by  a 
whig  governor,  did  not  return  to  Oregon  City,  but  pro- 
ceeded south  to  the  Shasta  mines  to  dig  gold,  Chief  Jo 
presenting  him,  on  parting,  with  a  mark  of  his  esteem,  in 
the  shape  of  a  Modoc  boy  for  a  slave. 

In  1850  congress  passed  an  act  extinguishing  Indian 
titles  west  of  the  Cascade  mountains,  and  the  president 
immediately  appointed  as  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs, 
Anson  Dart,  who  arrived  in  Oregon  in  October,  together 
with  P.  C,  Dart,  his  secretary.  The  sub-agents  appointed 
were  A.  G.  Henry,  who  failed  to  arrive  at  all ;  Elias  Wam- 
pole,  who  did  arrive;  and  H.  H.  Spalding,  already  on  the 
ground.  Twenty  thousand  dollars  was  appropriated  and 
advanced  to  the  superintendent  with  which  he  was  to 
erect  dwellings  for  himself  and  agents,  and  make  presents 
to  the  Indians. 

A  commission  was  also  created,  consisting  of  the  newly 
appointed  governor,  John  P.  Gaines,  Alonzo  A.  Skinner, 
and  Beverly  S.  Allen,  to  make  treaties  with  the  Indians 
west  of  the  Cascades.  Ac<"ording  to  their  instructions,  the 
object  of  the  government  was  to  remove  the  complaint  of 
the  settlers  that  they  could  not  acquire  perfect  title?  to 
their  lands  before  the  Indian  title  was  extinguished.  For 
this  cause  thej'  were  to  treat  with  the  small  tribes  in  the 
Wallamet  valley  first  and  separately.  They  were  to  decide 
what  amount  of  money  should  be  paid  for  the  lands,  and 
grant  annuities  not  to  exceed  five  per  cent  of  the  whole 
amount.  They  were  advised  not  to  pay  the  annuities  in 
money,  but  to  substitute  such  articles  of  use,  of  agricul- 
ture, mechanics,  and  education  as  should  to  them  seem 
best.  If  any  surplus  remained,  goods  might  be  purchased 
with  that,  to  be  delivered  to  the  Indians.  For  this  object 
twenty  thousand  dollars  were  appropriated,  fifteen  thou- 


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THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


271 


sand  of  whioh  was  placed  in  the  sub-treasury  ut  Sau 
Francisco,  subject  to  the  order  of  Governor  Gaines,  the 
remainder  being  invested  in  goods,  shipped  around  Cape 
Horn. 

The  pay  allowed  the  commissioners  was  eight  dollars 
per  diem;  the  pay  of  their  secretary  five.  They  were 
allowed  the  services  of  interpreters  and  servants,  as  many 
as  desired,  at  such  rates  as  they  pleased,  with  their  travel- 
ing expenses,  and  a  mileage  of  ten  cents.  The  commis- 
sioners did  not  get  to  work  before  April,  1851,  and  in  a  few 
weeks  six  treaties  had  been  made  with  the  fragments  of 
tribes  in  the  Wallamet  valley,  and  the  twenty  thousand 
dollars  expended,  less  about  three  hundred,  which  re- 
mained, when  information  was  received  that  congress  had 
abolished  Indian  commissions,  and  placed  the  business  of 
treaty  making  in  the  hands  of  the  superintendent  alone. 

Dart  was  now  without  money,  and  almost  without  help 
from  sub-agents.  Spalding,  who  had  been  assigned  to  the 
Umpquas,  visited  them  but  seldom,  and  his  removal  was 
asked  for,  E.  A.  Sterling  being  appointed  in  his  place,  but 
stationed  at  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia.  In  June  the  su- 
perintendent paid  a  visit  to  the  tribes  east  of  the  Cascades, 
finding  them  quiet,  and  promising  them  pay  in  the  future 
for  their  lands.  He  found  the  Cayuses  reduced  by  their 
misfortunes  to  a  mere  handful,  the  warriors  among  them 
nu'  bering  only  thirty-six  men.  Here,  on  the  Umatilla, 
he  selected  a  site  for  an  agency ;  and  proceeded  to  visit  the 
former  mission  stations  of  Waiilatpu  and  Lapwai  to  ascer- 
tain the  losses  of  the  Presbyterians  through  the  Cayuse 
war.  The  cost  of  this  expedition  for  employes  was  fifty 
dollars  a  day,  in  addition  to  transportation,  which  was 
four  hundred  dollars  to  The  Dalles  only,  the  superinten- 
dent's salary,  and  other  expenses.  Transportation  from 
The  Dalles  to  Umatilla  cost  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  be- 
sides subsistence.  A  feast  to  the  Cayuses  cost  eighty  dol- 
lars, and  so  on.  The  agency  building  erected  on  the 
Umatilla  cost  enormously,  and  was  of  little  use,  Wampole, 


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INDIAN  WAliS   OF  OREGON. 


m 

m 


who  did  not  arrive  in  Oregon  until  July,  being  removed 
in  less  than  three  months  for  trading  with  the  Indians, 
A  number  of  sub-agents  were  appointed  for  different  parts 
of  the  territory,  who  either  did  not  accept,  or  were  ineffi- 
cient. The  one  who  really  understood  Indians,  and  was 
of  use  in  going  among  the  wild  tribes,  was  J.  \j.  Parrish  of 
the  dismembered  Methodist  mission. 

The  circumstances  in  which  Dart  found  hin'self  as  su- 
perintendent of  Indian  affairs  for  the  whole  territory  of 
Oregon,  both  north  and  south  of  the  Columbia  river,  and 
east  and  west  of  the  Cascade  range,  were  anything  but 
condusive  to  peace  of  mind  or  personal  comfo.t,  and  it 
would  appear  that  he  accomplished  as  much  as  under  the 
same  conditions  any  man  could  have  been  expected  to  do. 
In  his  report  he  gave  it  as  his  opinion  that  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  Snake  and  Rogue-river  tribes,  the  Indians 
of  Oregon  were  remarkably  well  disposed;  but  that  to 
keep  these  savages  in  subjection  troops  should  be  stationed 
at  certain  points,  and  particularly  in  the  Snake-river  coun- 
try, through  which  the  immigration  must  pass  annually. 

What  it  was  that  about  1850  developed  the  war  spirit  in 
these  Indians,  formerly  not  more  ill-behaved  than  all  sav- 
ages, was  a  subject  of  conjecture.  Doubtless  the  passage 
through  their  country  of  large  bodies  of  people  unarmed, 
and  having  with  them  much  property,  was  a  temptation 
to  them  to  steal,  and  robbery  sometimes  provoked  punish- 
ment. Blood  once  shed  was  the  seed  of  a  terrible  harvest, 
as  all  Indian  history  proves. 

Many  persons  believed  they  could  see,  in  the  sudden 
disaffection  of  the  Snakes,  the  hand  of  the  Latter-Day 
Saints,  and  certainly  the  evidence,  though  circumstantial, 
was  strong  against  them.  Others  reasoned  that  the  law 
forbidding  the  sale  of  ammunition  to  Indians  in  Oregon, 
which  law  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  was  compelled  to 
respect,  had  destroyed  that  company's  influence  with  the 
Indians,  leaving  them  free  to  follow  their  own  savage 
impulses.     It  might  have  been  surmised  that  tho  Cayuse 


IS 


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273 


murderers,  during  their  wanderings,  had  infected  the 
Snakes  with  a  spirit  of  hostility  to  Americans. 

A  slight  coloring  seemed  to  be  given  to  this  theory  by 
the  behavior  of  the  Snakes  towards  the  Nez  Perc6s,  who 
had  refused  to  join  the  Cayuses  in  a  war  against  the 
Americans,  they  having  been  hostile  to  the  Nez  Perces 
ever  since  that  period.  Dart  found  the  Nez  Perces  in  1851 
preparing  to  go  to  war  against  the  Snakes,  but  persuaded 
them  to  wait  another  year  for  the  United  States  to  send 
troops  into  the  country,  when,  if  the  troops  had  not  arrived, 
he  promised  them  they  might  fight. 

In  the  light  of  what  happened  afterwards,  it  would  have 
been  better  to  have  allowed  the  Nez  Perces  to  have  fought 
and  subdued  the  Snakes.  For,  in  1851,  the  immigration 
suffered  the  most  fiendish  outrages  at  the  hands  of  these 
savages,  who  regarded  not  age,  sex,  or  condition.  Tliirty- 
four  persons  were  killed,  many  wounded,  and  eighteen 
thousand  dollars'  worth  of  property  taken  by  the  Snaket; 
while  the  immigration  was  passing. 

The  road  to  California,  traveled  now  continually,  was 
more  and  more  unsafe  through  all  that  region  roamed 
over  by  the  Shastas,  Rogue-river  tribes,  and  their  allies. 
Notwithstanding  the  treaty  entered  into  between  Lane  and 
tlie  chief  of  the  Rogue-rivers  the  previous  year,  great 
caution  was  necessary  in  selecting  and  guarding  camping 
places  and  crossing  streams.  If  a  party  wishing  to  cross 
a  river  constructed  a  ferryboat  and  left  it  tied  up  for  the 
use  of  a  party  in  the  rear,  the  latter  on  arriving  found  it 
gone.  While  making  another,  guard  had  to  be  main- 
tained, in  spite  of  which  their  horses  and  pack  animals 
were  likely  to  be  stampeded.  When  a  part  of  their  outfit 
was  fetried  over,  guard  must  be  maintained  on  both  sides 
^f  the  stream,  dividing  their  force  and  increasing  their 
peril.  These  annoyances  and  occasional  conflicts  led  to 
irritation  on  the  part  of  the  miners,  who,  as  they  grew 
stronger,  were  less  careful  in  their  conduct  towards  the 

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274 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


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Incliaiis,  who  were  ouly  too  reudy  to  find  provocation  in 
the  contempt  of  white  men. 

Finally,  in  May,  contempt  was  turned  into  a  desire  for 
vengeance  by  the  treacherous  murder  of  David  Dilley,  one 
of  a  party  of  three  white  men,  and  two  professedly  friendly 
Rogue-rivers.  While  encamped  for  the  night  the  Indians 
stealthily  arose,  seized  Dilley's  gun,  and  shot  him  dead  ns 
ho  slept.  The  other  two  white  men,  who  were  unarmed, 
escaped  back  lo  a  party  in  the  rear,  and  the  news  was 
sent  to  Shasta,  where  a  company  was  formed,  headed  by 
one  l^ong,  who  crossed  the  Siskiyous,  killed  two  Indians, 
one  a  sub-chief,  and  took  several  prisoners  as  hostages  for 
the  delivery  of  the  murderers. 

Demanding  the  surrender  of  the  murderers  was  well 
enough,  but  the  demand  being  accompanied  or  preceded 
by  revenge,  gave  the  head  chief  a  plausible  ground  for 
refusing  to  give  up  the  guilty  parties.  Further,  he  threat- 
ened to  destroy  Long's  company,  which  remained  at  the 
crossing  of  Rogue  river  awaiting  the  turn  of  events.  He 
was  not  molested,  but  at  a  ferry  south  of  this  one,  several 
skirmishes  occurred.  One  party  of  twenty-six  men  was 
attacked  June  firsthand  an  Indian  killed  in  the  encounter. 
On  the  day  following,  at  the  same  place,  three  several 
imrties  were  set  upon  and  robbed,  one  of  which  lost  four 
men  in  the  skirmish. 

On  the  third,  Dr.  James  McBride  and  thirty-one  men 
returning  from  the  mines,  were  attacked  in  camp  south  of 
Rogue  river.  There  were  but  seventeen  guns  in  the  party, 
while  the  Indians  were  two  hundred  strong,  and  had  in 
addition  to  their  bows  and  arrows  about  as  many  firearms. 
They  were  led  by  a  chief  known  as  Chucklehead,  the  battle 
commencing  at  daybreak  and  lasting  four  hours  and  a 
half,  or  until  Chucklehead  was  killed,  when  the  Indians 
withdrew.  No  loss  of  life  or  serious  wounds  were  sustained 
by  the  white  men,  but  about  sixteen  hundred  dollars'  worth 
of  property  and  gold  dust  was  secured  by  the  Indians, 
who  it  was  believed  lost  some  men  who  were  carried  off 


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THE   ROOUE   lilVER   WARS. 


275 


l]»e  field.  Those  of  McBride's  i)arty  who  were  uieiitioned 
by  liim  for  their  bravery  in  the  fight,  were  A.  Richardson 
of  Han  Jose,  California,  James  Barlow,  Captain  Turpin, 
Jesse  Dodson  and  son,  Aaron  Payne,  Dillard  Holnian, 
.Jesse  Runnels,  Presley  Lovelady,  and  Richard  Sparks  of 
Oregon, 

This  affair,  following  on  the  heels  of  those  of  the  first 
and  second,  showed  the  gravity  of  the  situation.  Oregon 
was  threatened  with  another  Indian  war  —  indeed  it  was 
already  begun.  It  happened,  however,  that  the  govern- 
ment was  just  on  the  point  of  carrying  out  Thurston's 
rejection  of  the  mounted  rifle  regiment,  which  was  depart- 
ing in  divisions  overland  for  California,  and  thence  to 
Jefferson  barracks,  the  first  division  having  taken  up  the 
march  in  April,  and  the  last,  under  Major  Kearney,  in 
June. 

Kearney  was  moving  slowly  southward  exploring  for  a 
road  that  should  avoid  the  Urapqua  canon,  when  at  the 
north  end  of  the  pass  he  was  met  by  the  information  that 
the  Rogue-river  Indians  were  engaged  in  active  hostilities, 
and  were  massing  their  fighting  men  at  the  stronghold  of 
Table  Rock,  twenty  miles  east  of  the  crossing  of  Rogue 
river.  He  pushed  on  with  a  detachment  of  only  twenty- 
eight  men,  but  a  heavy  rain  had  raised  the  streams  on  his 
route  and  otherwise  impeded  his  progress,  so  that  it  was 
the  seventeenth  of  June  before  he  reached  the  river  at  a 
point  five  miles  below  Table  Rock.  Discovering  signs  of 
Indians,  he  ordered  his  command  to  fasten  their  sabers  to 
their  saddles,  that  they  should  not  by  their  noise  apprise 
the  Indians  of  their  approach,  and  dividing  his  force,  sent 
a  part  of  it  up  the  south  side  under  Captain  Walker  to  in- 
tercept any  Indians  who  might  escape  him,  while  the  re- 
mainder, under  Captain  James  Stuart,  advanced  on  the 
north  side,  hoping  to  surprise  the  Indians. 

He  found  the  Indians  quite  prepared  and  expecting  an 
attack.  His  men  dismounted  in  such  haste  that  they  left 
their  sabers  tied  to  their  saddles,  and  made  a  dash  upon 


276 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OllEaON. 


the  enemy,  killiug  oleven  IiuliiiUH  and  wouiidiiif;  others. 
But  Captain  Stuart,  who  was  engaged  in  a  personal  eon- 
test  with  a  large  Indian,  whom  he  finally  laid  prostrate, 
was  shot  through  the  kidneys  by  an  arrow  aiticd  by  his 
fallen  foe,  and  died  the  following  day.  Captain  Peck  und 
one  of  the  troopers  were  wounded  in  the  skirmish,  whicli 
was  all  the  loss  sustained  by  Kearney's  command.  The 
detachment  fell  back,  crossing  the  river  near  the  nio»ith  of 
a  streain  coming  in  from  the  south,  where  camf)  was  made, 
and  where  the  brave  young  Captain  Stuart  died,  lament- 
ing that  it  had  not  been  his  fate  to  have  fallen  in  batMc  in 
Mexico  and  not  in  the  wilderness  by  the  hand  of  a  sav- 
age. Here  he  was  buried  and  the  earth  above  him  so 
trodden  that  his  grave  could  not  be  discovered.  From 
this  incident  in  Oregon's  early  history  Stuart  creek  re- 
ceived its  name. 

The  Indians  had  fallen  back  to  their  natural  fortifica- 
tion at  Table  Rock,  which  is  a  flat-topped  promontory 
overhanging  Rogue  river,  from  which  observations  could 
be  taken  of  the  whole  valley,  and  any  approach  signaled. 
Finding  that  his  force  was  too  small  to  attack  this  position, 
Kearney  remained  in  camp  several  days,  waiting  for  a  de- 
tachment in  his  rear  with  Lieutenants  Williamson  and 
Irvine  to  come  up,  and  the  arrival  of  volunteer  companies 
being  hastily  formed  in  the  mines. 

The  news  of  the  outbreak  had  sped  as  fast  as  horsemen 
could  carry  it  to  Oregon  City.  But  Governor  Gaines  was 
powerless  to  send  an  army  into  the  field,  no  provision  hav- 
ing been  made  by  the  territorial  legislature  for  the  organi- 
zation of  the  militia.  He  could  only  write  to  the  president 
that  troops  were  needed  in  Oregon,  where  Oregon's  dele- 
gate had  declared  they  were  not  needed.  Having  dis- 
charged this  duty,  he  set  out  for  the  seat  of  war  without 
even  a  military  escort.  At  Applegate's  place  in  the  Ump- 
qua  valley  he  endeavored  to  raise  a  company  which  rai^^t 
act  as  escort  and  join  the  force  in  the  field,  but  found,  tlv  /. 
most  of  the  men  able  to  bear  arms  already  gone,  and  wfis 


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forced  to  wait  until  tlie  last  of  the  month  hofore  he  could 
proceed. 

In  the  inteiini,  between  the  seventeenth  and  the  twenty- 
third,  Jesse  Applegato,  who  had  been  with  Kearney  ex- 
ploring for  a  new  and  better  road  through  tti^  'hnpcjua 
country,  and  ex-(.Jovernor  Lane,  who  had  just  bern  elected 
delegate  to  congress,  wore  in  the  recruitinjr  service.  Ap- 
plegato  had  been  unable  to  remain  whe:*,  Kearney  had 
left  hiir,  and  had  drifted  down  on  his  crusade  to  ihe  ferry 
on  Koguo  river  when  ho  met ;,  company  of  miners  return- 
ing from  Josephine  creek,  and  going  to  Yroka.  To  these 
he  suggested  that  they  might  be  of  service  in  assisting  the 
regulars  and  volunteers,  already  at  that  time  assembling. 
Thirty  men  of  this  company  proceeded  to  Willow  springs, 
where  they  waited  to  be  called  on  to  join  the  regulars,  or 
to  be  used  to  intercept  the  Indians,  who  it  was  thought 
would  flee  before  the  troops  in  this  direction. 

Lane's  election  being  secured,  he  was  returning  to  the 
gold  fields  of  Shasta  to  look  after  his  mining  interests  be- 
fore he  should  set  sail  for  Washington,  and  had  arrived  at 
the  Umpqua  canon  on  the  twenty-first,  where  he  first 
heard,  from  a  party  traveling  north,  of  the  battle  of  tho 
seventeenth,  and  the  death  of  Captain  Stuart.  With  his 
party  of  about  forty  men  he  pushed  on,  and  by  the  night 
of  the  twenty-second  had  reached  the  foot  of  Rogue-river 
mountains,  where  he  was  met  by  an  express  rider  who  in- 
formed him  that  Kearney  would  make  a  march  that  night 
with  the  intention  of  striking  the  Indians  at  break  of  day 
on  the  twenty-third. 

Governed  by  this  news  he  set  out  early  on  the  morning 
of  the  twenty-third  to  join  Kearney,  but  failed  to  discover 
him,  though  he  rode  hard  all  day;  and  the  next  day  he 
fell  back  to  Camp  Stuart  to  wait  for  further  intelligence. 
During  the  evening  G.  W.  T'Vault  and  Levi  Scott,  with  a 
party  from  Kearney's  command,  came  in  for  supplies,  and 
with  them  Lane  returned,  riding  until  two  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  his  arrival  being  joyfully^  welcomed  by  regulars 
and  volunteers  to  the  arm  v. 


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278 


INDTAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


He  then  learned  that  there  had  been  a  skirmish  on  the 
morning  of  the  twenty-third  at  Table  Rock,  and  a  four 
hours'  battle  in  the  afternoon,  the  Indians  having  the  ad- 
vantage of  a  wooded  eminence  where  they  had  erect.ed  a 
breastwork  of  logs ;  and  the  attacking  force  the  advantage 
of  superior  arms.  The  morning's  fight  had  been  a  sur- 
prise, and  lasted  but  a  quarter  of  an  hour,  during  which, 
says  J.  A.  Cardwell,  whose  party  was  at  Willow  s})rings, 
"  there  was  a  terrible  yelling  and  crying  by  the  Indians, 
and  howling  of  dogs."' 

The  afternoon's  battle  was  a  detewnined  fight,  in  which 
the  Indians  suffered  severely,  and  several  white  men  were 
wounded.  The  Indians  had  not  yet  learned  to  shoot  with 
accuracy  with  their  few  guns,  but  chief  Jo  boasted  that 
he  could  "keep  a  thousand  arrows  in  the  air  continually," 
the  ping  and  sting  of  which  were  very  annoying,  even 
when  not  deadly.  Further,  when  Kearney  jiroposed  mak- 
ing a  treaty,  the  proud  savages  challenged  him  to  fresh 
combat,  for  which,  indeed,  he  had  not  much  stomach. 
Chasing  naked  savages  up  and  down  hills  and  through 
wooded  ambushes  had  nothing  in  it  alluring  to  the  fighter 
of  real  battles. 

It  was,  however,  Kearney's  intention  to  attack  the 
Indians  again  on  the  morning  of  the  twenty-fifth,  but 
when  daylight  came  they  had  abandoned  their  fortifica- 
tions and  escaped  down  the  river.  The  pursuit  was 
eagerly  taken  up,  the  trail  being  found  to  cross  the  river 
seven  miles  below  Table  Rock.  Following  it  up  Sardine 
creek,  the  fugitives  were  overtaken,  but  when  discovered 
separated;  the  warriors  fleeing  to  cover  in  the  forest,  leav- 
ing their  women  and  children  to  be  captured  and  cared 
for  by  the  troops,  who,  after  scouring  the  country  for  two 
days,  returned  to  Camp  Stuart  with  thirty  prisoners. 


1  This  account  is  taken  from  a  dictation  by  J.  A.  (^ardwell  of  AHlilanil,  and  from 
letters  by  Ucueral  Lane  uud  Josse  Apple^ate.  The  names  ol'  Waldo,  Boone,  l.arae- 
rlck,  Armstrong,  Hunter,  Rust,  blancbard,  SInionson,  Scott,  and  Colonel  Trauor 
appear  In  these  letters.  Tranor  was  James  W.  of  New  Orleans,  ii  brilliant  writer, 
who  was  killed  by  Indians  on  Hit  river  iit  a  later  date. 


TEE  ROGUE  RTVER  WABS. 


During  the  pursuit  Lane  had  be  n  recognized  by  the 
chiefs,  whom  he  had  met  in  council  the  previous  year,  who 
declaimed  to  him  in  stentorian  tones  across  the  river, 
complaining  that  white  men  on  horseback  had  invaded 
their  country,  riding  about  freely  everywhere;  that  they 
were  afraid  to  lie  down  to  sleep  lest  these  intruding 
strangers  should  be  upon  them.  Lane  reminded  them 
that  on  account  of  their  conduct  the  intruders  themselves 
enjoyed  few  opportunities  for  peaceful  rest,  and  reproached 
them  for  breaking  their  treaty,  on  which  thoy  declared 
themselves  tired  of  war  and  longing  for  peace.  But  Lane 
was  no  longer  in  his  official  capacity  responsible  for  trea- 
ties, and  Kearney,  whose  march  to  Ben"cia  had  so  long 
been  interrupted,  would  consent  to  no  further  delay,  but 
in  a  few  days  took  up  the  trail,  carrying  with  him  his 
thirty  prisoners,  there  being  no  place  of  confinement  in 
southern  Oregon  v/here  they  could  be  left,  nor  responsible 
men  willing  to  escort  them  to  the  headquarters  of  the 
superintendent  of  Indian  affairs. 

He  had  not  ])roceeded  far  when  he  met  Lane  about 
returning  from  a  hasty  visit  to  Shasta,  and  who,  seeing 
Kearney's  embarrassment,  proposed  himself  to  take  charge 
of  tlie  prisoners,  and  deliver  them  either  to  Governor 
Gaines  or  the  superintendent.  This  offer  was  gladly 
accepted,  it  being  agreed  that  the  prisoners  should  not  be 
delivered  up  until  they  had  consented  to  a  permanent 
treaty  of  peace.  The  transferance  of  the  captive  women 
and  children  was  accomplished  by  the  aid  of  Lieutenant 
Irvine  who  was  attached  to  Williamson's  topographical 
expedition  in  connection  with  the  Pacific  railroad  surveys 
of  the  government,  and  Captain  Walker  of  Kearney's 
command. 

Having  assumed  the  safe  conduct  of  the  prisoners,  Lane 
at  cnce  proceeded  north,  and  on  the  seventh  of  July  de- 
livered his  charge  to  the  governor,  who  had  at  last  reached 
Rogue  river,  but  only  to  find  the  troops  gone,  and  not  an 
Indian  within  reach.    By  means  of  the  prisoners  delivered 


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to  him  by  Lane,  he  induced  eleven  of  the  head  men  and 
one  hundred  of  their  followers  to  consent  to  a  treaty  by 
which  the  Indians  agreed  to  submit  to  the  jurisdiction  and 
accept  the  protection  of  the  United  States,  and  to  restore 
the  property  stolen  from  white  people.  These  treaty- 
makers  belonged  to  what  might  be  called  the  peace  party 
in  Rogue-river  Indian  politics, —  a  party  which  came  into 
power  whenever  the  war  party  sustained  a  defeat  at  the 
hands  of  white  people,  for  several  years  in  the  history  of 
Rogue-river  valley.  In  return  for  their  promise  of  sub- 
mission they  received  back  their  captive  families,  whom 
no  doubt  the  governor  was  pleased  to  be  rid  of.  As  an 
Indian's  word  was  no  better  than  it  should  be,  the  governor, 
when  he  returned  to  Oregon  City,  recommended  tliat  an 
agent  should  be  sent  among  them,  supplemented  by  a 
small  military  force.  Thus  ended  the  first  military  cam- 
paign in  Rogue-river  valley. 

While  these  affairs  occupied  the  attention  of  the  few 
white  people  in  the  interior  of  southern  Oregon,  their 
brethren  on  the  coast  were  having  also  their  introduction 
to  savage  hostilities. 

About  the  first  of  June,  the  Seagull,  Captain  William 
Tichenor,  looking  for  a  port  south  of  the  Columbia  river 
whence  the  mails  and  miners'  supplies  might  be  trans- 
ported to  the  valleys  of  western  Oregon,  put  a  party  of 
nine  men  ashore  in  the  bay  now  known  as  Port  Orford, 
and  there  left  them,  intending  to  reenforce  them  on  the 
next  trip  of  the  steamer.  They  were  supplied  with  provis- 
ions and  arms,  and  were  placed  on  a  high  point  sloi)ing 
towards  the  sea,  with  a  four-pound  cannon  for  defense  in 
case  of  attack. 

While  the  steamer  remained  in  port  the  natives  appeared 
friendly,  but  when  the  nine  men  were  left  alone  in  their 
midst,  the  temptation  to  despoil  them  of  whatever  they 
possessed  proved  greater  than  could  be  borne.  At  the  end 
of  two  days  the}  collected  in  force,  held  a  war  dance,  and 


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advanced  upon  the  temporary  fortification.  In  vain  the 
captain  of  the  little  company,  J.  M.  Kirkpatrick,  by  ex- 
pressive gestures,  motioned  them  away,  and  even  threat- 
ened thera.  They  were  unacquainted  with  firearms,  and 
relied  upon  numbers,  so  they  kept  on  crowding  up  the 
slope,  and  becoming  every  moment  more  annoying,  until 
finally  they  began  seizing  the  arms  of  the  men.  At  this 
motion  Kirkpatrick  touched  off  the  cannon,  which  made 
a  vacancy  where  before  had  been  a  crowd,  ;ind  created  a 
panic  where  before  had  been  boasting.  A  few  arrows  were 
let  fly,  but  the  besieged,  by  firing  with  fmre  aim,  succeeded 
in  bringing  to  the  ground  several  warriors,  after  which 
they  fought  hand  to  hand  with  clubbed  guns.  This  ener- 
getic reception  convinced  the  attacking  party  tliat  more 
"medicine"  would  be  required  before  they  could  subdue 
the  nine  white  strangers,  and  they  retired,  but  only  to 
reappear  after  a  day  or  two  to  hold  another  war  dance. 

Upon  reviewing  their  numbers  and  their  situation,  with- 
out the  hope  of  reenforcement  for  some  time,  and  with  an 
insufficient  supply  of  ammunition  for  a  protracted  siege, 
the  unanimous  opinion  of  the  Port  Orford  company  was 
that  flight  would  give  them  a  chance  for  their  lives,  while 
to  remain  was  to  yield  up  all  hope,  as  the  savages  would 
finally  conquer  by  mere  numbers  and  persistence.  They 
therefore  quietly  abandoned  the  place,  and  by  traveling 
nights  along  the  beach,  and  hiding  in  the  woods  by  day, . 
reached  the  settlements  near  the  moutii  of  the  Umpqua 
river,  famished,  suffering,  and  exhausted,  where  they  were 
kindly  cared  for. 

When  Captain  Tichenor  returned  to  Port  Orford  with  a 
company  of  forty  settlers,  finding  the  place  deserted,  and 
giving  evidences  of  a  hard  struggle,  he  was  greatly 
alarmed.  His  alarm  became  conviction,  when  an  unfin- 
ished diary,  picked  up  on  the  ground  where  the  camp  of 
the  first  party  had  stood,  was  found  to  contain  an  inter- 
rupted account  of  a  battle  with  tlic  Indians.  The  sup- 
posed massacre  of  the  party  was  published  in  California 


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and  Oregon,  and  much  excitement  followed.  The  reen- 
forcement  remained,  however,  and  was  further  increased 
until  the  Port  Orford  settlers  numbered  seventy,  well 
armed,  and  able  1o  repulse  Indian  assaults. 

In  August  the  whole  colony  felt  itself  strong  enough  to 
venture  upon  an  exploring  expedition  to  discover  the  de- 
sired route  to  the  mines  and  settlements  in  the  interior, 
and  a  party  of  twenty-three  men,  led  by  W.  G.  T'Vault, 
who  had  recently  been  in  southern  Oregon,  set  out  upon 
this  service  on  the  twenty-fourth  of  the  month,  with  horses 
and  pack  animals.  Their  course  lay  south  to  Rogue  river. 
During  the  march  the  natives  they  met  were  few  and  shy, 
until  they  cam  to  the  river,  when  they  made  some  hos- 
tile demonstrations,  but  were  intimidated  by  seeing  guns 
pointed  at  them  into  keeping  a  safe  distance.  By  care  in 
selecting  camping  grounds,  burning  off  the  high  grass  for 
some  distance  about  them,  and  doubling  guard,  the  party 
avoided  a  collision  with  the  savages. 

On  the  first  of  September,  a  majority  of  the  company 
being  wearied  and  dissatisfied  with  the  outlook,  deter- 
mined to  abandon  the  expedition  and  return  to  Port  Or- 
ford; only  ten  men,  including  their  leader,  being  resolved 
to  go  forward.  After  nine  days  of  wandering,  misled  by 
the  northward  trend  of  the  ridges  they  were  compelled  to 
follow,  they  found  themselves  on  the  head  waters  of  a 
stream  apparently  debouching  to  the  north  of  Point  Or- 
ford, and  the:'efore  probably  the  Coquille. 

Worn  with  travel,  with  only  one  hunter  in  the  party,  on 
whose  success  depended  their  subsistence,  and  their  horses 
being  unable  to  penetrate  the  jungle  of  the  river  bottom, 
it  was  decided  that  the  only  course  remaining  to  them  was 
to  trust  themselves  to  the  Indian  canoes  with  their  native 
owners.  Abandoning  their  horses  they  secured  the  ser- 
vices of  some  natives  and  their  canoes,  to  take  them  to 
the  mouth  of  the  river.  Instead  of  doing  what  was  ex- 
pected of  them,  the  Indians  landed  the  party  at  the  Co- 
quille village  whose  inhabitants  seemed  to  1»e  awaiting 


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them,  for  no  sooner  were  the  canoes  run  on  to  the  sands 
than  their  occupants  were  surrounded  and  fighting  for  the 
possession  of  their  arms  and  lives.  Hundreds  of  naked 
warriors,  armed  with  bows  and  arrows,  war  clubs,  and 
long  knives  made  of  band  iron  from  a  wrecked  vessel,^ 
assailed  them  on  every  side. 

The  assault  was  so  sudden,  and  attended  with  such  con- 
fusion of  sounds,  yells,  cries,  and  blows  that  defense  was 
nearly  impossible.  T'Vault  afterwards  said  that  the  first 
thing  he  was  aware  of  was  that  he  was  in  the  river  swim- 
ming. Not  far  from  him  was  one  of  his  men,  Gilbert 
Brush,  an  Indian  in  a  canoe  standing"  over  him,  and  beat- 
ing his  head  with  a  paddle,  the  water  about  him  being 
crimsoned  with  blood. 

While  he  looked  he  saw  a  canoe  shoot  out  from  shore,  in 
which  stood  an  Indian  boy  who  beat  off  Brush's  torraenter 
and  assisted  the  wounded  man  into  his  boat;  then  picking 
up  T'Vault,  handed  him  his  paddle,  and  flinging  himself 
into  the  water,  swam  back  to  the  village.  T'Vault  and 
Brush  on  landing  divested  themselves  of  their  sodden  cloth- 
ing,'' and  plunged  into  the  forest.  T'Vault  was  not  badly 
wounded,  but  Brush  was  partly  scalped  and  very  much 
bruised.  They  were  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  and 
their  hope  was  in  reaching  Port  Orford.  By  traveling  all 
•ight  along  the  beach  they  came  to  Cape  Blanco,  where 
the  natives  received  them  in  a  friendly  manner,  protecting 
and  f  eding  them  and  conveying  them  in  their  canoes  to 
Port  Orford. 

As  to  the  remainder  of  the  ill-fated  party,  five  were  mas- 
sacred and  three  escaped.  L.  L.  Williams  of  Vermont,  a 
pioneer  of  Ashland;  T.  J.  Davenport,  then  a  young  man 
from  Massachusetts,  and  Cyrus  Hedden  from  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  were  the  survivors.  Patrick  Murphy  of  New  York, 
A.  S.  Dougherty  of  Texas,  John  P.  Holland  of  New  Hamp- 


» The  Hagstaff,  wrecked  In  Rogue  river. 

'In  T'Vault's  account  he  does  not  tell  us  why  he  left  off  his  clothing— whether  as 
a  bribe  to  the  Indians  not  to  pursue  them,  or  because  they  were  heavy  with  water, 
probably  the  latter. 


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shire,  Jeremiah  Ryland  of  Maryland,  and  J.  P.  Pepper  of 
New  York,  were  the  victims/  The  three  who  escaped  made 
their  way  to  the  Umpqua,  where  they  were  kindly  cared 
for,"' making  thetliird  party,  which,  wounded  and  famished, 
had  reached  this  settlement  during  the  summer  from  the 
south.'' 

The  persons  interested  in  Port  Orford  continued  to 
explore  for  some  time,  vainly,  for  a  road  to  the  interior, 
and  ♦o  represent  the  superior  advantages  of  the  harhor, 


*Alta  Califomian.  October  14,  IST)!. 

'■Williams'  narrative  of  his  fliglitnnd  plight  exceeds  in  interest  the  famous  oneof 
Samuel  Coulter,  lie  wiis  iitlucked  as  he  stepjied  ushoie  hy  two  powerful  savages', 
who  endeavored  to  seize  his  rllle.  This  being  uccldontally  discharged  frightened 
them  away  for  a  moment,  giving  him  an  opportunity  to  attempt  to  force  his  way 
through  the  swarm  of  dr.sky  demons  who  sought  to  arrest  his  llight  or  to  possess 
themselves  of  his  gun.  What  with  this  attempt,  and  having  to  use  it  as  a  club, 
there  was  soon  notliing  left  of  it  but  the  naked  barrel.  But  he  was  young,  strong, 
and  fleet  of  foot,  and  though  once  felled  to  the  groimd,  succeeded  in  lighting  himself 
free  from  the  crowd  and  escaping  towards  the  forest.  Ar,  he  ran  across  the  open 
ground,  an  arrow  .struck  him  in  the  left  side  below  the  ribs,  penetrating  the  abdomen 
and  bringing  him  to  ii  sudden  stop.  Kinding  that  he  could  not  take  a  step,  he  quickly 
drew  out  the  shaft,  which  broke  oil',  one  joint  of  its  length  with  the  barb  beiug  left 
in  his  body.  In  his  excitement  he  was  unconscious  of  any  pain,  and  run  on  with, 
for  a  while,  o  dozen  Indians  in  pursuit,  the  number  finally  dwindling  down  to  two. 
who  took  turns  in  shooting  arrows  at  him.  Being  in  despair  of  escaping  and  irritated 
by  their  persistence,  he  turned  pursuer,  but  when  he  ran  after  one,  the  other  shot  ol 
him  from  behind.  At  this  critical  moment  the  su.spenders  of  hi.s  pantaloons  gave 
way,  letting  them  fall  about  Ins  feet,  compelling  him  to  stop  to  kick  them  oil'.  At 
the  same  time  his  eyes  an'd  moutu  were  (llled  with  blood  from  a  wour  on  his  head; 
and,  as  blind  and  despairing  he  turned  towards  the  forest,  he  fell  headlong.  This 
was  a  signal  for  his  pursuers  to  rush  upon  him.  In  the  hands  of  the  foremost  one 
was  a  gun  which  he  attempted  to  lire,  and  tailed.  Says  Williams  in  his  narrative: 
' '  The  sickening  sensations  of  the  last  half  hour  were  ,^  t  once  dispelled  when  I  reilized 
that  the  gun  had  refused  t  /  tire.  1  was  on  my  leet  in  a  moment,  rille  barrel  in  hand. 
Instead  of  running  I  stood  firm,  and  the  Indian  with  the  rifle  also  met  me  with  if 
drawn  Ijy  the  breech.  The  critical  moment  of  the  whole  alliiir  had  arrived,  and  I 
knew  it  must  bo  the  final  struggle.  My  first  two  or  three  blows  failed  utterly,  and  I 
received  some  severe  bruises ;  but  fortune  was  on  my  .»ide,  and  a  lucky  blow  given 
with  unusual  force  fell  upon  my  antagonist,  killing  him  almost  instantly.  I  seized 
the  gun,  a  sharp  report  followed,  and  I  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  my  remaining 
pursuer  stagger  and  fall  dead."  Williams  then,  expecting  to  die,  lay  down  in  the 
woods,  but  was  discovered  by  Hedden,  who  was  uninjured,  and  who,  with  the 
assistance  of  some  friendly  Umptiuas  brought  him  in  six  days  to  the  limpqua  river, 
where  the  brig  Ahni'-i,  Captain  Oibbs,  was  lying,  which  took  the  refugees  to 
(Jardiner.  The  wound  in  Williams'  abi'  men  discharged  for  a  year;  but  it  was  four 
years  before  the  arrow-head  worked  '  .t,  and  seven  years  before  the  broken  shaft 
was  expelled. 

"One  of  the  three  was  of  the  crew  of  the  pilot  boat  Ilagstafl',  which  was  wrecked 
by  Rogue-river  Indians,  the  captain  and  his  men  narrowly  escaping  by  fleeing  to  the 
woods  where  they  wandered  for  three  weeks  before  being  ro.scued  by  the  settlers  on 
the  Umpqua. 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


285 


being  aided  in  their  enterprise  by  the  reports  of  govern- 
ment officials,  who  know  very  little  about  the  merits  of 
the  place  which  received  xheir  endorsement.  Such  in- 
fluences were  brought  to  bear  upon  the  commander  of  the 
Pacific  division,  that,  with  Kearney's  account  of  Indian 
affairs  in  Rogue-river  valley,  he  was  persuaded  to  with- 
draw Lieutenant  Kantz  with  his  company  of  twenty  men 
stationed  at  Astoria,  where  they  were  of  no  service,  and 
send  them  to  Port  Orford,  which  was  ignorantly  supposed 
to  be  a  proper  location  for  a  garrison  to  hold  in  check  the 
Indians  of  the  valley.  It  was  even  represented  to  General 
Hitchcock  that  the  distance  from  Port  Orford  to  Camp 
Stuart  was  only  thirty-five  miles,  whereas  it  was  more 
nearly  eighty  in  a  direct  line,  the  necessary  meanderings 
making  it  about  one  hundred. 

So  far,  then,  as  Kantz's  command  could  be  of  use  to  the 
miners,  it  was  none;  nor  was  it  large  enough  to  be  of  use 
anywhere  in  an  Indian  country,  except  as  a  sample  of 
what  might  be  sometime  furnislied  in  a  larger  quantity. 
By  the  steamer  Seagull,  which  left  Portland  September 
tweK'.h,  at  which  time  T'Vault's  party  was  wandering  in 
the  forest  on  the  head  waters  of  the  Coquille,  the  superin- 
tendent of  Indian  affairs,  with  his  agents,  Parrish  and 
Spalding,  took  passage  for  Port  Orford  with  the  intention 
of  making  a  treaty  with  the  coast  tribes.  They  arrived  on 
the  fourteenth,  the  day  on  which  the  massacre  on  the 
Coquille  river  took  place,  and  two  days  afterwards  T'Vault 
and  Brush  made  their  appearance  with  the  story  of  their 
misfortunes  and  marvelous  escape  through  the  compassion 
of  the  Cape  Blanco  natives. 

The  superintendent  found  himself  in  an  embarrassing 
position.  He  had  come  to  treat  for  peace  and  friendship, 
to  sue  for  which  under  the  circumstances  was  to  humiliate 
the  people  he  represented.  Nor  was  he  able  to  appear  in 
the  rola  of  an  avenger,  with  only  a  squad  of  twenty  man 
under  a  young  lieutenant  at  his  back.  In  this  dilemma 
he  found  Parrish,  who  had  a  better  knowledge  of  Indian 


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character  than  himself,  a  valuable  assistant.  The  Cape 
Blanco  Indians  were  by  him  persuaded  to  undertake 
finding  out  what  had  been  the  fate  of  the  missing  members 
of  T'Vault's  party.  To  accomplish  this  two  Indian  women 
were  sent  on  a  visit  to  the  Coquilles,  who  succeeded  in 
learning  the  particulars  of  the  affair,  and  who  buried  the 
bodies  of  the  five  men  who  were  killed  at  the  village.  It 
was  believed  by  them  that  some  had  escaped  alive. 

Several  days  were  spent  in  considering  what  was  best  to 
be  done,  and,  at  length,  on  the  twenty-second  of  Septem- 
ber, Parrish  set  out  for  the  Coquille,  accompanied  only  by 
a  man  of  the  Tototem  tribe  on  the  Columbia  river,  who 
had  been  stolen  from  the  Coquilles  when  a  child.  An 
escort  which  was  offered  was  rejected.  Says  Parrish :  "  I 
said  to  Dr.  Dart,  'I  want  nothing  but  this  Coquille  Indian, 
a  pony,  ten  pounds  of  bread,  some  salmon,  three  brilliant 
red  blankets,  thirty  yards  of  calico  of  the  gayest  colors, 
and  some  tobacco.'"^ 

Arriving  on  the  evening  of  the  second  day  near  the 
mouth  of  the  Coquille,  he  fell  in  with  one  of  the  tribe,  and 
found  that  his  interpreter  had  not  forgotten  his  native 
tongue.  Remaining  on  the  beach  he  sent  his  interpreter 
with  the  Indian  to  the  Coquille  village,  telling  him  to 
spend  the  night  there  if  he  chose,  but  to  invite  the  three 
principal  chiefs  to  visit  his  camp  at  nine  o'clock  the  next 
morning,  unarmed,  at  the  same  time  presenting  each  of 
them  with  a  red  blanket,  a  square  of  calico,  and  some 
tobacco. 

As  he  had  hoped,  these  gifts  were  sufficient  to  induce 
the  chiefs  to  meet  him,  and  they  were  received  with  a 
hand-shake  and  a  present  of  more  tobacco.  But  they  had 
no  sooner  concluded  the  ceremonials  of  greeting  than 
twenty  or  more  stalwart  fellows  appeared,  armed  with 
bows  and  arrows,  and  the  long  knives  before  mentioned, 
the  interpreter  conducting  them.  It  looked  like  treachery, 
and  gave  the  agent  a  few  quicker  heart-beats,  but  he  sub- 


'  ParrUh't  Oregon  Anecdotes,  MS,  56. 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS.   ' 


287 


dued  any  tendency  to  nervousness,  and  giving  his  hand  to 
each,  with  a  little  tobacco,  invited  them  to  be  seated  in  a 
circle,  in  the  middle  of  which  he  placed  himself  and  his 
interpreter. 

Two  hours  were  spent  in  explaining  to  them  his  purpose 
in  coming  to  them,  which  was  to  make  them  the  friends 
of  the  white  people  at  Port  Orford,  who  had  established 
themselves  there  with  the  intention  of  remaining.  He, 
as  representative  of  the  Port  Orford  people,  had  come  to 
talk  with  them,  and  would  be  glad  if  some  of  them  would 
return  with  him,  and  see  his  friends  for  themselves.  At 
first  it  seemed  as  if  a  few  would  go,  but  their  hearts  failing 
them  they  finally  withdrew  their  consent,  A  feast  of 
boiled  salmon  and  bread  was  next  resorted  to;  after  which 
pieces  of  calico  were  given  to  each  warrior,  and  a  red  silk 
sash  from  Parrish's  own  person  to  the  head  chief,  who,  in 
return,  presented  as  a  token  of  friendship  a  sea-otter  skin. 
But  he  was  unable  to  induce  any  of  the  Coquilles  to  put 
themselves  in  the  power  of  the  white  people.  Thus  failed 
the  first  attempt  to  treat  with  the  Coquilles.  , 

Before  leaving  Oregon  City  for  Port  Orford,  Superintend- 
ent Dart  had,  on  learning  that  the  informal  treaty  made 
by  Governor  Gaines  with  the  Rogue-rivers  had  been  viola- 
ted, a  number  of  murders  and  robberies  having  been  com- 
mitted, sent  word  to  these  Indians  to  meet  him  at  Port 
Orford.  Now,  if  there  is  one  thing  more  than  another  that 
an  Indian  will  not  do,  it  is  to  invade  the  territory  of  a 
neighboring  tribe  with  whom  he  is  not  allied,  except  for 
purposes  of  hostility,  and  that  Dart  should  have  known. 
That  he  did  not  know  the  distance  or  the  difficulty  of 
communication  was  not  singular,  when  it  is  remembered 
that  the  Port  Orford  company  published  it  as  thirty-five 
miles.  However  that  may  be,  the  Indians  were  more  irri- 
tated than  tranquilized  by  the  superintendent's  message  to 
them.  The  whole  number  of  murders  committed  by  the 
Rogue-rivers  during  the  summer  of  1851  was  thirty-eight, 


288 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OllEGON. 


and  the  property  taken  was  very  considerable  in  amount. 
A.  A.  Skinner,  who,  after  the  abolishment  of  the  treaty 
commission,  was  retained  as  Indian  agent,  held  confer- 
ences with  different  bands  in  the  Rogue-river  country  and 
secured  professions  of  friendship  by  making  presents,  but 
that  was  all. 


Wlicn  General  Hitchcock  received  information  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  massacre  on  the  (^oquillo,  he  ordered  a 
military  force  transferred  to  Port  Orford.  This  force  con- 
sisted of  companies  E  and  A,  first  dragoons,  dismounted, 
and  company  C  with  their  horses,  it  was  officered  by 
Lieutenant- Colonel  Casey  of  the  second  infantry,  and 
Lieutenants  Stanton,  Thomas  Wright,  and  George  Stone- 
man.  The  dismounted  men  arrived  at  Port  Orford  Octo- 
ber twenty-second,  and  the  mounted  company  on  the 
twenty-seventh.  Their  errand  was  to  punish  the  Coquilles. 
On  the  thirty-first,  they  commenced  their  march  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Coquille,  finding  the  greatest  difficulty  in 
getting  horses,  baggage,  and  even  men  over  the  rough  and 
slippery  trail  along  the  beach,  but  arriving  at  the  river  on 
the  third  of  November,  guided  by  Brusli,  survivor  of  the 
massac'/e.  Camp  was  made,  and  preparations  entered  into 
for  a  campaign. 

The  troops  had  not  long  to  wait  before  discovering  the 
temper  of  the  natives.  Lieutenant  Wright  having  care- 
lessly wandered  away  from  camp  was  met  by  a  single 
warrior,  wlio  struggled  with  him  for  possession  of  his  gun, 
and  was  shot  for  liis  temerity.  On  the  fifth,  the  Indians 
gathered  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  and  challenged  the 
troops  to  combat.  In  addition  to  their  bows  and  arrows, 
and  their  rude  swords,  they  carried  now  the  arms  taken 
from  T'Vault's  party,  consisting  of  fourteen  shooting  arms, 
many  of  them  repeating,**  which  in  the  sudden  violence  of 
the  attack  had  been  captured  on  the  memorable  fourteenth 
of  September. 

» Eight  Titles,  one  musket,  one  doviblc-barreled  pistol,  one  Sharp's  thirty-six  shoot- 
ing rifle,  one  Colt's  six-shooter,  one  brace  holster  pistol,  with  ammunition. 


THE  ROGUE   lilVEli  WARS. 


289 


The  two  forces  fired  at  each  other  across  the  river  with- 
out doing  any  harm ;  and  as  soon  as  a  raft  could  be  con- 
structed, which  was  not  until  the  seventh,  the  main  body 
of  the  troops  crossed  to  the  north  side.  Colonel  Casey  with 
Stanton  and  the  mounted  men  remaining  on  the  south 
side.  Jn  this  order  they  proceeded  up  the  valley  of  the 
Coquille  in  a  cold  rain,  pursuing  as  best  they  might  tlio 
ever  elusive  enemy,  marching  for  several  days  alternately 
through  swamps  and  over  wooded  hills,  scrambling 
through  thickets  by  day,  and  lying  down  in  wet  blankets 
by  night,  finding  nothing  on  their  route  but  deserted  vil- 
lages on  which  to  wreck  their  constantly  accumulating 
wrath,  and  which  they  made  a  point  of  destroying. 

After  a  few  days  of  this  useless  pursuing,  Casey  returned 
to  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  changed  the  plan  of  his 
operations.  He  sent  to  Port  Orford  for  three  small  boats, 
which  were  brought  overland.  Into  these  he  crowded 
sixty  men,  so  packed  together  that  if  they  had  met  the 
enemy  they  could  not  have  used  their  arms.  But  no 
enemy  appeared  while  the  flotilla  proceeded  for  four  davs 
up  the  river  to  the  junction  of  the  north  and  south  fork», 
where,  on  the  twentieth,  the  weather  remaining  very  in- 
clement and  the  current  in  the  river  being  strong,  the 
troops  were  disembarked. 

On  the  twenty-first,  Stoneman  was  detailed  to  proceed 
up  the  south  branch  with  one  boat  and  fourteen  men,  and 
Wright  with  a  similar  force  was  sent  up  the  north  branch. 
About  seven  miles  up  the  south  fork  the  Indians  were  dis- 
covered in  force  on  both  banks.  After  firing  a  few  shots 
Stoneman  returned  and  reported  their  position.  Wright, 
who  had  found  no  Indians,  although  he  had  penetrated 
much  further  into  the  wilderness,  also  returned  to  camp; 
and  on  the  twenty-second  the  united  forces  set  out  for  the 
Indian  encampment,  the  troops  marching  up  the  right 
bank,  two  boats  only  with  ten  men  preceding  them. 
Great  caution  was  observed,  one  company  crossing  to  the 
left  bnnk  half  a  mile  below  the  village,  and  all  advancing 


290 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OltEOON. 


in  silence  to  the  j)oint  of  attack.  To  surprise  an  Indian 
camp  which  had  been  notified  of  the  neighborliood  of 
an  enemy  was  an  impossibihty.  The  boats,  however, 
served  as  a  decoy,  and  the  Indians  were  gathered  on  the 
bank  of  the  stream  to  oppose  the  binding  of  the  white 
men,  at  was  expected,  when  Casey  and  Wright  dashed 
among  them.  Stoneman,  from  the  opposite  shore,  was 
employed  in  picking  ofl"  those  who  could  be  reached,  and 
for  about  twenty  minutes  the  battle  raged  hotly,  fifteen 
Indians  being  killed,  and  many  wounded.  The  reports  of 
the  affair  make  no  mention  of  any  white  men  killed  or 
injured."  The  Indians  fled  to  the  woods,  and  the  troops 
returned  to  camp  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  after  a 
few  days  to  Port  Orford,  where  a  garrison  was  erected  of 
log  buildings  about  half  a  mile  from  the  town.  Early  in 
December  Casey's  commond  returned  by  sea  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  government  had  a  bill  of  twenty-five  thou- 
sand dollars  to  pay,  for  moving  troops,  horses,  and  supplies 
by  the  steamers  of  the  Pacific  Mail  Company,  was  a  costly 
affair  in  1851. 


In  January,  1852,  however,  the  schooner  Captain  Lin- 
coln, Naghel  master,  was  chartered  to  carry  troops,  under 
Lieutenant  Stanton,  and  military  stores  to  supply  the  new 
post  called  Fort  Orford.  A  heavy  fog  prevailing,  the  vessel 
went  ashore  on  a  sandy  point  two  miles  north  of  the  en- 
trance to  Coos  bay,  where  by  good  fortune  the  troops  and 
cargo  were  safely  landed,  if  it  could  be  supposed  that  a 
mere  wind-swept  sandspit  was  land.  The  men  contrive! 
to  shelter  themselves  under  sails  stretched  on  booms  and 
spars,  where  they  spent  four  months  guarding  the  stores 
from  the  pilfering  fingers  of  the  natives  who  found  en- 
trance to  "  Camp  Castaway." 

An  effort  was  immediately  made  to  explore  a  trail  to 
Fort  Orford,  over  which  a  pack  train  could  be  sent  to  their 


qui 
to 


"The  writer  of  the  letter  from  which  the  aliove  account  was  taken  was  drowned 
in  Sixes  river  before  hiH  letter  was  finished  :    AUa  Califomian,  December  14, 1861. 


THE  ROGUE   RIVKli  WARS. 


291 


relief,  twelve  dragoons  being  assigned  to  this  duty.  The 
detachment  carried  disj)atches  for  San  Francisco,  and  was 
instructed  to  wait  at  Fort  Orford  for  the  answer;  but  the 
captain  of  the  mail  steamer,  wliich  carried  the  answer, 
and  also  (Juartermaster  Miller,  under  an  agreement  to  stop 
at  Fort  Orford,  being  new  to  tlie  coast  mistook  Rogue  river 
entrance  for  this  port,  and  being  alarmed  at  his  error,  pro- 
ceeded direct  to  the  Columbia  with  the  (juartermaster,  who 
did  not  reach  his  destination  until  the  twelfth  of  April. 
He  then  took  a  train  of  mules  from  Port  Orford  to  Camp 
Castaway  over  the  trail  opened  in  January,  and  which  was 
found  to  be  a  most  trying  one,  consuming  four  days  in  the 
fifty  miles  of  travel. 

Miller  proceeded  to  the  Umpqua,  where  he  found  the 
schooner  Nassau,  which  he  chartered,  and  brought  round 
to  Coos  bay,  this  being  the  first  vessel  to  enter  this  harbor. 
The  brig  Fawn  soon  after  arrived  at  the  Umpqua  with 
wagons  for  the  quartermaster's  department,  and  the  mules 
were  sent  to  haul  them  down  the  beach  to  Camp  Casta- 
way, where  they  were  loaded  with  the  shipwrecked  cargo, 
which  was  thus  transported  across  some  miles  of  sand 
dunes  to  Coos  bay  and  taken  on  board  the  Nassau  for  Port 
Orford,  where  they  arrived  May  twentieth.  Such  were 
some  of  the  difficulties  of  Indian  warfare  in  this  wild 
region  of  perilous  coast,  rough  and  steep  hills,  forests  and 
morasses,  interspersed  with  spots  of  Eden-like  beauty. 

It  is  only  necessary  to  add  to  this  picture  of  the  situa- 
tion that  no  road  to  the  valley  was  yet  opened.  But,  on 
finding  that  dragoons  could  be  of  no  service  in  the  Co- 
quille  county,  Casey  detached  Stanton  from  his  command 
to  escort  Lieutenant  Williamson  of  the  topographical  en- 
gineers in  the  winter  of  1851-52,  while  exploring  for  a 
practicable  route;  and  in  the  autumn  of  the  la+^-^r  year 
one  was  surveyed  out  and  opened.  In  the  mea  vime.  Fort 
Orford  was  garrisoned  by  twelve  dragoons  under  Lieuten- 
ant Stanton  and  twenty  artillerymen  under  Lieutenant 
Wyman,  neither  of  any  use  in  pursuing  Indians  in  the 


■'  1 


202 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


. 


coast  mountains,  had  their  numbers  been  sufficient;  and 
utterly  useless  to  protect  miners  or  settlers  in  the  interior. 

A  more  intimate  acquaintance  had  not  led  to  a  feeling 
of  confidence  bet';veen  the  white  and  red  races  in  southern 
Oregon.  The  conditions  of  Indian  warfare  here  were 
somewhat  different  from  those  of  the  Cayuse  war.  Less 
intelligent  than  the  Cayuses,  they  were  not  less  brave. 
Having  nothing  of  their  own,  they  were  the  more  covetous 
of  the  possessions  of  others.  Lacking  a  knowledge  of  any 
law,  human  or  divine,  except  the  law  implanted  by  na«turo 
in  the  beginning  of  people — "an  eye  for  an  eye,  and  a 
tooth  for  a  tooth,"  they  were  quick  to  find  offenses  and 
ready  to  avenge  them..  Without  feeling  under  moral 
obligations  to  keep  faith  with  others,  th«y  were  ready  to 
resent  any  appearance  of  duplicity  in  the  superior  race,  of 
whom  they  were  unavoidably  jealous.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  human  nature  in  white  men  was  apt  to  come  to  the 
surface  after  a  few  losses  of  property,  or  of  friends,  or 
both.  Therefore,  the  peace  which  had  been  purchased 
with  presents  by  agent  Skinner  in  the  autumn  of  1851 
was  not  lasting.  , 

The  Shasta  and  Rogue-river  Indians  were  one  nation, 
divided  under  several  chiefs,  whose  followers  ranged 
certain  districts.  For  instance,  Tolo  was  the  head  of  the 
band  living  in  the  country  about  Yreka;  Scarface  and 
Bill  in  Shasta  valley ;  John  in  Scott  valley,  and  Sam  and 
Jo  in  Rogue-river  valley,  John's  father  having  once  been 
head  chief  over  all.  There  were  besides  these,  two  chiefs 
living  at  the  foot  of  the  Siskiyous,  on  the  north  side, 
namely,  Tipso,  or  the  "  Hairy,"  from  his  having  a  heavily 
bearded  face,  and  Sullix,  the  "  Bad  Tempered."  Both  of 
these  chiefs  were  very  hostile  to  white  men,  and  even 
fought  other  bands  of  their  own  nation. 

Troubles  began  on  the  north  side  of  Rogue  river  by  the 
robbery  of  a  citizen  of  the  Wallamet  valley  in  Ihe  Grave 
creek  hills.    Then  came  an  attack  oi;  a  party  of  five  pros- 


tlu 


THE  ROQUE  RIVER  WARS. 


293 


pectors  led  by  James  Coy,  at  the  mouth  of  Josephine 
creek  iu  the  Illinois  valley.  One  manjescaped  from  camp, 
and  fled  to  Jacksonville  for  aid,  while  the  remaining  four 
defended  a  slight  fortification  for  two  days,  or  until  a  party 
of  thirty-five  miners  came  to  their  relief.  These  pros- 
pectors had  discovered  the  remains  of  recently  murdered 
men  before  they  were  attacked.     This  was  in  April. 

On  the  eighth  of  April,  Calvin  Woodman  was  murdered 
by  Scarface,  on  a  tributary  of  the  Klamath.  The  miners 
and  settlers  of  Shasta  and  Scott  valleys  arrested  John,  the 
head  chief,  and  demanded  the  surrender  of  Scarface,  and 
of  Bill  as  accessory,  but  John  refused  and  escaped.  The 
miners  then  organized,  and  in  a  fight  with  the  Indians 
which  ensued,  the  sheriff  was  wounded  and  several  horses 
killed.  This  collision  did  not  tend  to  mend  matters,  and 
the  Indians  commeuced  moving  Lueir  families  to  the 
mountains  on  Salmon  river,  in  preparation  for  hostilities. 

At  this  critical  juncture,  Mr.  Elisha  Steele,  who  was  well 
known  to  the  Indians,  and  had,  like  Lane,  a  remarkable 
ability  to  gain  their  confidence,  so  much  so  that  they 
called  him  'Mo  Lane's  Brother,"  happened  to  arrive  from 
Yreka  at  Johnson's  rancho,  in  Scott  valley,  where  he  found 
a  company  of  miners  from  Scott  bar,  who  had  been  unsuc- 
cessfully pursuing  the  murderers  of  Woodman. 

Concerned  for  the  safety  of  Johnson's  family  should  the 
Indians  break  out  into  general  warfare,  Steele  collected 
the  Indians  in  Scott  valley,  and  held  a  council  with  Tolo, 
his  son  Philip,  and  John,  with  three  of  his  brothers,  one 
of  whom  was  known  as  Jim.  These  professed  to  desire 
peace,  and  Oifered  to  accompany  Steele  in  search  of  the 
murderers.  A  party  was  made  up,  namely,  Steele,  John 
McLeod,  James  Bruce,  James  White,  John  Galvm,  Peter 
Snellback,  and  a  lad  called  Harry.  These  were  joined  at 
Shasta  canon  by  J.  D.  Cook,  F.  W.  Merritt,  L.  S.  Thomp- 
son, and  Ben  Wright,  who  acted  as  interpreter, 

Proceedir^  to  Yreka  to  procure  the  necessary  order  for 
the  arrest  of  Scarface  and  Bill,  Steele  had  some  difficulty 


II 


m 

I 


294 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREOON. 


to  prevent  the  citizens  from  executing  vengeance  on  the 
the  Indians  with  him;  but  having  obtained  the  papers 
required,  finally  led  his  party  safely  away.  A  two  days' 
march  brought  them  to  the  stronghold  of  the  criminals, 
who  had  prepared  for  just  such  a  visit  as  this  by  fleeing  to 
the  j'l-isdiction  of  Sam  or.  Rogue  river,  Sam  having 
already  declared  war. 

The  casm  belli  of  this  chief  combined  two  accusations 
against  Dr.  Ambrose,  a  settler;  first,  that  the  doctor  had 
taken  the  land  which  he  habitually  occupied  with  his 
people  for  a  winter  residence;  and,  second,  that  the  doctor 
refused  to  betroth  his  infant  daughter  to  Sam's  infant  son. 

On  learning  these  facto,  Tolo,  Philip,  and  Jim  withdrew 
from  Steele's  party,  but  substituted  two  young  warriors, 
who  we'3  pledged  either  to  find  tl  murderers  or  to  suffer 
in  their  stead.  The  company  then  divided,  a  party  under 
Ben  Wright  going  to  the  mines  on  the  Klamath  river,  and 
Steele  to  Rogue  river.  He  received  confirmation  of  the 
war  rumor  while  crossing  the  Siskiyou  from  two  of  Sam's 
warriors  whom  the  party  captured,  one  of  whom  was  shot 
in  attempting  to  escape,  under  the  following  circumstances : 
When  rumors  of  murder  and  Sam's  declaration  of  war 
reached  Jacksonville,  a  company  of  seventy-five  or  eighty 
men  was  organized  under  John  K.  Lamerick,  captain.  On 
hearing  of  this  the  agent.  Skinner,  hastened  to  remon- 
strate, and  obtained  a  promise  from  the  volunteers  that 
time  should  be  given  him  to  hold  a  parley  with  the 
Indians.  A  committee  of  four  was  appointed  to  accom- 
pany the  agent,  who  found  Sam  at  his  encampment  on 
Big  bar,  two  miles  from  the  house  of  Dr.  Ambrose,  and 
near  the  site  of  Camp  Stuart.  lie  made  no  objection  to 
meet  Skinner,  and  declared  himself  for  peace,  but  proposed 
to  send  for  Jo  and  his  band,  who  could  not  arrive  before 
the  morrow.  To  this  proposition  Skinner  and  the  com- 
mittee agreed. 

Before  the  meeting  took  place,  Steele  arrived  at  Jackson- 
ville to  demand  of  Sum  the  surrender  of  Scarface  and  Bill; 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


296 


and  Skinner  agreed  to  make  the  delivery  of  the  criminals 
one  of  the  conditions  of  peace,  but  confessed  that  the  sit- 
uation was  critical.  At  the  time  appointed,  Skinner  and 
Steele,  with  their  respective  parties,  and  the  volunteers 
under  Lamerick,  repaired  to  Big  bar,  where  they  found 
the  Indians  as  agreed.  A  message  was  sent  to  Sam  by 
one  of  Steele's  Shastas,  asking  him  to  meet  the  white  men 
on  their  side  of  the  river,  bringing  with  him  Jo  and  a  body 
guard  of  a  few  warriors,  with  which  request  he  complied 
after  some  parleying;  but  on  seeing  the  volunteers  mounted 
and  drawn  up  in  line,  hesitated  to  meet  them.  Skinner, 
to  reassure  him,  ordered  the  volunteers  to  dismount  and 
stack  arms,  which  was  done. 

Now  ensued  a  conflict  of  judgment  between  Skinner, 
who  was  an  authorized  agent  on  his  own  ground,  and 
Steele,  who  held  no  commission,  and  who  was  there  to 
arrest  Indians  belonging  on  the  south  side  of  the  Siskiyou. 
The  Shasta,  whom  Steele  had  sent  to  Sam's  camp,  reported 
that  the  murderers  were  there,  and  Steele  demanded  their 
immediate  arrest.  But  Skinner,  fearing  to  bring  on  a  bat- 
tle, opposed  it.  Sam  also  refused  to  negotiate  until  the 
two  Rogue-rivers  captured  by  Steele  on  the  mountains 
were  released.  An  altercation  then  took  place  between 
the  principals  in  the  council.  Skinner,  at  last  addressing 
the  prisoners,  informed  them  that  he  was  their  white  chief, 
and  that  he  restored  them  to  liberty.  Steele,  on  the  other 
hand,  warned  them  if  they  accepted  liberty  and  attempted 
to  escape  they  would  be  shot,  and  stationed  his  men  so  as 
to  form  a  guard,  and  to  prevent  a  rescue,  should  a  surprise 
be  planned  by  the  Indians. 

As  the  council  proceeded,  a  hundred  armed  Indians 
crossed  the  river,  moving  about  freely  among  the  unarmed 
white  men,  which  caused  the  volunteers  to  resume  their 
weapons.  The  council  under  these  circumstances  could 
only  be  a  failure.  Sam  had  never  meant  to  enter  into  a 
treaty  which  should  be  binding  on  him;. Steele  was  justi- 
fied, in  liis  own  view,  in  holding  as  hostages  the  two  Rogue- 


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rivers  until  the  murderers  were  surrendered;  and  Skinner 
being  a  peace  man,  whose  duty  it  was  to  prevent  war,  was 
forced  to  make  concessions  which  in  the  end  might  be 
damaging  to  his  own  cause;  and  finally  Sam  declared 
that  the  murderers  would  not  be  given  up. 

Pretending  that  he  wished  to  consult  with  some  of  his 
people,  the  chief  obtained  leave  to  withdraw  from  the 
council  and  recross  the  river.  Once  on  the  further  shore 
he  shouted  back  his  defiance  and  refused  to  return.  The 
volunteer  force  then  divided,  half,  under  Lamerick,  going 
to  a  ford  above,  and  the  other  part  going  below  Big  bar, 
prepared  to  cross  and  attack  Sam's  <~amp  should  any  hos- 
tile demonstrations  be  made  on  the  council  ground,  where 
Steele's  party  with  Skinner  and  the  crowd  of  Indians  re- 
mained. 

Skinner,  fearing  an  outbreak  and  anxious  to  prevent  it, 
followed  the  chief  to  the  north  side  of  the  river,  about  half 
the  Indians  on  the  council  ground  also  returning.  Steele, 
becoming  alarmed  for  the  agent's  safety,  then  placed  a 
guard  at  the  crossing  to  detain  those  still  on  the  south 
side  from  rejoining  their  fellows,  and  sent  one  of  his 
Shastas  to  warn  him;  and  although  Skinner  was  aware 
that  the  messenger  could  point  out  to  him  the  guilty 
Indians,  he  would  not  allow  him  to  do  it,  fearing  the 
movement  would  precipitate  bloodshed. 

The  agent  had  only  just  reached  camp  when  it  was  re- 
ported that  Scarface  with  two  others  were  seen  fleeing  in 
the  direction  of  Klamath,  and  a  commotion  arose  which 
alarmed  the  Indians  and  caused  them  to  seek  the  cover 
of  a  piece  of  woodland  in  the  vicinity  as  if  for  a  skirmish. 
Alarmed  in  their  turn,  Steele's  party  hastened  to  a  position 
to  intercept  them,  and  an  encounter  appeared  imminent, 
when  Martin  Angell,  a  settler,  formerly  of  the  Wallumet 
valley,  where  he  was  well  known  and  respected,  proposed 
to  the  Indians  thus  situated,  numbering  about  fifty,  to  lay 
down  their  arms  and  take  shelter  in  a  log  house  in  the 
vicinity,  where  tliey  should  be  kept  as  hostages  until  the 


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murderers  were  given  up  to  be  tried.  They  assented,  but 
as  soon  as  they  had  filed  past  Steele's  party  they  made  a 
dash  to  gain  the  cover  of  the  woods.  To  allow  them  this 
advantage  would  be  to  expose  themselves  to  a  fire  they 
could  not  return,  and  with  only  an  instant's  delay  the 
order  was  given  to  attack. 

The  tocsin  of  war  had  now  sounded.  The  Indians  were 
well  armed  and  ready  for  a  fight,  and  the  white  men  were 
determined,  if  fight  they  must,  to  conquer.  When  Lame- 
rick's  company  heard  the  firing  they  were  still  at  the 
fords,  some  distance  away.  Leaving  a  minority  of  his 
men  to  guard  the  crossing  of  the  river,  Lamerick  rode  up 
the  valley  to  warn  the  settlers,  going  first  to  the  house  of 
Dr.  Ambrose,  which  he  feared  would  be  attacked. 

The  battle  was  of  short  duration.  The  Indians  made  a 
charge  with  the  design  of  liberating  Steele's  prisoners, 
who  ran  towards  the  river.  One  was  shot  before  he  reached 
the  river,  and  the  other  as  he  climbed  up  the  opposite 
bank.  Sam  then  sent  a  detachment  of  his  warriors  to  the 
south  side  to  cut  off  Steele;  but  they  were  surprised  by 
one  from  the  volunteers,  and  several  shot  as  they  sprang 
into  the  water,  the  reports  varying  from  four  to  sixteen, 
according  to  the  motive  of  the  narrator,  as  well  as  his 
greater  or  less  knov*  ledge  of  events.  Only  one  white  man 
was  wounded,  and  he  slightly.  In  the  fighting  Skinner 
had  taken  no  part,  but  had  retired  to  his  residence,  which 
he  proceeded  to  fortify.  This  skirmish  occurred  July 
nineteenth. 

News  was  received  in  the  evening  that  during  the  coun- 
cil a  party  of  Sam's  people  had  gone  to  a  bar  down  the 
river  and  murdered  a  small  company  of  miners.  Lame- 
rick at  once  prepared  to  cross  the  river  and  take  up  a 
position  in  the  pass  between  Table  Rock  and  the  river, 
while  Steele  moved  further  up  to  turn  the  Indians  back 
on  Lamerick's  force  in  the  morning.  The  movement  was 
entirely  successful,  the  Indians  being  surrounded,  and  the 
chief  compelled  to  sue  for  [)eace,  offering  to  accept  the 


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terms  proposed  the  day  before,  namely,  to  surrender  the 
murderers. 

Agent  Skinner  was  notified,  and  a  council  arranged  for 
the  following  day.  In  the  conference  it  was  shown  that 
Scarface  had  not  been  with  Sam,  but  that  the  person  mis- 
taken for  him  was  Sullix  of  Tipso's  band,  who  also  had  a 
countenance  made  hideous  with  scars,  and  that  the  real 
Scarface  was  hiding  in  the  Salmon-river  mountains.  He 
was  ultimately  arrested  and  hanged  at  Yreka.'"  As  for 
Sullix,  he  had  received  a  severe  wound  in  the  fight  of  the 
nineteenth,  and  was  now  more  ugly  than  before. 

The  treaty  which  Skinner  ultimately  was  able  to  make 
with  Sam  and  his  people,  required  the  Rogue-rivers, 
among  other  things,  to  hold  no  communication  with  the 
Shastas.  It  is  doubtful  if  this  part  of  the  treaty  was  very 
strictly  kept,  but  to  keep  it  in  part  tended  to  the  preven- 
tion of  mischief.  An  occasional  present  of  a  fat  ox  also 
contributed  to  the  general  peace  of  the  community,  and 
was  easier  for  the  agent  than  treaty  making  at  the  muzzlo 
of  a  gun.  The  number  of  murders  committed  by  In- 
dians of  the  Rogue-river  bands  in  1852  were  only  about 
half  those  of  the  previous  year,  say  eighteen  that  were 
certainly  known,  and  a  few  others  suspected. 

In  all  the  councils  with  the  Indians  they  had  been  told 
that  the  United  States  government  would  ratify  the  treaties 
made,  and  pay  for  their  lands  in  p'-operty,  instruction,  pro- 
tection, and  money.  What  was  then  the  mortification  and 
anxiety  of  these  servants  of  the  people  when  the  superin- 
tendent of  Indian  affairs,  soon  after  the  treaty  with  the 
Rogue-rivers,  received  notice  that  all  the  treaties  nego- 
tiated in  Oregon  had  been  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  table  in 
the  senate,  and  was  instructed  to  enter  into  no  more,  ex- 
cept such  as  were  imperatively  required  to  preserve  peace. 
The  government  wanted  time  to  define  its  policy.  Dart, 
in  December,  sent  in  his  resignation  to  take  effect  the  fol- 
lowing June. 

10  The  expenses  of  Steele'8  expedition  were  two  thousand  two  hundred  dollars, 
which  amount  was  borne  by  the  party,  and  never  reimbursed. 


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Early  in  1852,  Lane,  as  delegate  to  congress,  was  doing 
all  that  he  could  to  secure  military  protection  for  the  im- 
noigration  to  Oregon.  He  was  met  with  the  reply  that  his 
predecessor,  Thurston,  had  declared  the  mounted  rifle 
regiment  unnecessary;  and  had  combated  the  idea  with 
statements  and  arguments  founded  upon  the  changed  con- 
dition of  the  country,  but  especially  upon  the  helplessness 
of  immigrants  hundreds  of  miles  from  any  military  post, 
and  burdened  with  the  care  of  families  and  property. 
His  eloquence  was  strengthened  by  the  citation  of  the 
outrages  of  1851  on  the  Snake  river  plains. 

The  immigration  of  1852  by  this  route  was  very  large 
and  well  equipped,  and  perhaps  for  this  reason  was 
suffered  to  pass  with  less  bloodshed  than  might  have  been 
anticipated,  though  there  was  much  annoyance  from  pil- 
ferings,  and  horse  stealing.  But  the  immigration  by  the 
southern  route  was  less  favored.  This  road  ran  through 
the  lake  country,  where,  in  1843,  Fremont's  camp  was 
attacked,  and  where  Captain  W.  H.  Warner  in  1849  was 
murdered  while  surveying  for  a  Pacific  railroad.  Parties 
traveling  through  this  region  were  compelled  to  exercise 
extreme  care,  particularly  at  a  pass  now  known  as  Blood}'' 
Point,  where  the  road  ran  between  an  overhanging  cliff 
and  the  waters  of  Tule  lake.  The  immigration  of  1851 
had  been  attacked  at  this  place,  but  from  the  fact  that 
these  Indians  had  not  yet  learned  to  expect  an  annual 
transit  of  white  people  through  their  country,  they  were 
not  prepared  for  the  work  of  robbery  and  murder  which 
was  accomplished  in  1852,  when  between  sixty  and  one 
hundred  men,  women,  and  children  died  at  their  hands, 
and  a  large  amount  of  property  was  stolen  or  destroyed. 

It  will  bo  remembered  that  Ben  Wright  left  Steele's 
party  en  route  to  Jacksonville  to  go  to  the  Klamath,  pre- 
sumably to  Yreka.  On  arriving  there  he  met  a  party  of 
sixty  male  immigrants,  the  advance  of  the  larger  number 
on  the  road,  who  reported  that  they  had  not  been  molested, 
but  that  there  were  many  companies  on  the  road,  some  of 


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them  with  families,  and  that  the  Indians  were  hurning 
signal  fires  on  the  mountains,  which  hoded  no  good  to 
travelers. 

On  this  report,  Charles  McDermit  of  Yreka  raised  a 
company  of  between  thirty  and  forty  volunteers,  to  meet 
and  escort  immigrant  parties  over  the  most  dangerous 
portion  of  the  road  through  the  Modoc  country.  At  Tule 
lake  the  volunteers  met  another  company  of  male  immi- 
grants, going  to  Yreka  and  with  them  sent  back  two  men, 
named  Smith  and  Toland,  to  act  as  guides  and  guards, 
This  party  was  attacked,  and  Smith  and  Toland  wounded, 
but  the  discharge  of  a  rifle  happening  to  take  off  the  top 
of  an  Indian's  head,  so  excited  the  savages  for  a  few 
moments  that  the  white  men  made  their  escape. 

The  next  party  to  reach  the  Tule  lake  portion  of  the 
road  was  led  by  J.  C.  Tolman,  who  has  since  been  a  candi- 
date for  governor  of  Oregon.  It  consisted  of  about  twenty 
poorly  armed  men,  five  of  them  with  families,  and  ten 
wagons.  They  found  McDermit's  company  on  the  west 
shore  of  Goose  lake,  and  were  warned  of  the  danger  ahead, 
two  of  the  volunteers  accompanying  them  as  guides.  On 
coming  to  the  high  hill  one  mile  east  of  the  south  end  of 
Tule  lake  on  the  nineteenth  of  August,  no  Indians  being 
in  sight,  the  guides,  having  in  mind  James  Bridger's 
caution,  "  When  there  are  no  Indians  in  sight,  then  look 
out,"  decided  to  avoid  a  probable  ambush  by  taking  a 
northerly  course  across  a  sagebrush  flat.  The  women  and 
children  were  placed  in  the  wagons,  and  the  covers  fast- 
ened down  to  hide  them  from  view,  while  the  few  fire- 
arms were  made  ready  for  use. 

In  this  manner  the  company  had  nearly  reached  the 
open  valley  when  the  yells  of  Indians  in  pursuit  discov- 
ered to  them  that  spies  had  betrayed  them  to  those  in 
concealment.  By  making  all  the  speed  possible,  open 
ground  was  reached  just  as  a  shower  of  arrows  whizzed 
through  the  air;  but  on  seeing  several  rifles  leveled  upon 
them,  the  Modocs  were  intimidated  and  withdrew  to  the 


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shelter  of  the  rocks,  appearing  again  on  a  high  ridge,  ges- 
ticulating and  uttering  demoniacal  cries  expressive  of 
their  rage  and  disappointment. 

Seeing  that  they  were  working  themselves  up  to  a  fight- 
ing pitch,  and  would  probably  attack  at  some  other  poini, 
it  was  thought  best  to  return  and  hold  a  talk.  Acting  on 
this  plan,  the  wagons  were  corraled,  and  Tolman  with  a 
half  a  dozen  others,  making  a  great  show  of  arms,  went 
back  to  within  speaking  distance,  and  challenged  them 
through  one  of  the  guides  who  could  speak  the  jargon,  to 
come  and  fight.  Like  all  people  who  practice  treachery 
they  feared  it,  and  not  knowing  what  might  be  inside  the 
wagon  covers  declined;  but  the  head  chief  proposed  to 
meet  the  interpreter  unarmed  and  talk  with  him. 

While  the  interview  was  progressing  at  a  safe  distance 
apart  of  the  interlocutors,  it  was  observed  by  Mr.  Tolman 
that  every  now  and  then  a  Modoc  had  tied  his  bow  to  his 
toe,  secreted  his  arrows,  and  pretending  to  be  disarmed, 
joined  the  chief.  The  interpreter, on  being  warned, ordered 
the  Indians  sent  back,  and  the  chief  seeing  no  opportunity 
for  obtaining  an  advantage,  agreed  to  return  whence  he 
came,  and  leave  the  party  to  pursue  its  way  unmolested. 
It  had  not  proceeded  far,  however,  before  it  discovered  a 
reserve  of  Indians  mounted,  who  had  been  placed  where 
they  could  intercept  any  persons  escaping  from  the  narrow 
pass  along  Tule  lake.  Finding  themselves  outwitted,  they 
also  retired,  hoping  for  better  luck  next  time.  Camp  was 
made  that  night  fifteen  miles  from  Tule  lake,  and  a  severe 
cold  rainstorm  prevented  a  night  attack,  which,  being 
reserved  till  the  morning,  was  averted  by  a  very  early 
start  of  the  train. 

On  the  twenty-third  of  August,  at  nine  o'clock  in  the 
evening,  Tolman's  camp  was  visited  by  a  man  on  a  poor 
and  jaded  horse,  whose  condition  excited  the  utmost  pity 
in  all  hearts.  He  had  to  be  lifted  from  his  horse  and  fed 
and  nursed  back  to  life  before  he  could  give  any  account 
of  himself.    It  then  appeared  that  he  belonged  to  a  party 


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of  eight  men  who  had  beoii  surprised  by  the  Modocs,  mid 
all  killed  except  himself.  His  horse  being  shot,  ho  sprang 
ii[)on  another,  which  ran  with  him,  carrying  him  until  it 
fell  exhausted,  several  miles  up  the  valley  of  I^ost  river. 
From  here  the  man,  whose  mind  was  evidently  unsettled 
by  the  shock  he  had  received,  wandered  to  Klamath  lake, 
but  seeing  an  Indian  turned  back,  and  the  next  day  dis- 
covered his  horse  feeding,  which  he  remounted  and  rode, 
without  getting  down,  for  three  days,  and  until  he  came 
to  Tolman's  camp.  lie  had  eaten  nothing,  but  had  tied 
up  a  handful  of  rosebuds  in  his  handkerchief,  as  he  "ex- 
pected to  be  out  all  winter,  and  should  need  them."  This 
demented  creature  was  taken  by  the  company  to  Yreka, 
where  his  story,  in  connection  with  the  report  of  Tolman 
and  the  guides,  of  the  dangers  of  the  Modoc  country,  led 
to  the  organization  of  a  second  company  of  volunteers. 

A  meeting  was  called  on  the  evening  of  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  August,  at  which  means  to  put  the  men  in  the 
field  was  subscribed  by  the  citizens  and  miners,  and  Ben 
Wright  was  chosen  captain.  He  was  at  that  time  mining 
on  Cottonwood  creek,  twenty  miles  distant,  but  by  daylight 
was  in  Yreka,  surrounded  by  men  eager  alike  to  prevent 
carnage,  or  to  avenge  it  by  spending  more  blood.  A 
peculiar  enthusiasm  was  imparted  to  volunteering  by  the 
fact  that  Tolman's  train  was  the  first  to  arrive  with  women 
and  children,  the  homeless  miners  having  their  minds 
harrowed  by  the  suggestion  of  what  might  have  been  the 
fate  of  these  but  for  the  warning  and  guidance  given  by 
McDermit's  company,  and  what  might,  even  after  all, 
befall  others  on  some  part  of  the  route. 

Three  days  were  consumed  in  getting  together  the  equip- 
ment of  men  and  horses,  with  provision  wagons,  and  every- 
thing necessary;  and  on  the  sixth  day  after  the  meeting  in 
Yreka,  Wright  reached  Tule  lake  just  in  time  to  rescue  a 
train  that  was  surrounded  and  fighting  the  Modocs,  two 
men  being  wounded.  The  sight  of  Wright's  company 
advancing  sent  the   savages  into  places  of  concealment 


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among  the  tules,  and  on  an  island  in  the  lake,  and  equally 
alarmed  the  immigrants,  who  mistook  them  for  mounted 
Indians,  and  prepared  for  a  yet  more  desperate  encounter. 
But  their  fears  were  changed  to  joy  when  Wright,  discov- 
ering their  alarm,  rode  forward  alone.  This  train  was 
escorted  beyond  danger,  and  the  company  returned  to 
learn  what  had  taken  place  in  the  Modoc  country. 

Wright  found  the  mutilated  bodies  of  the  eight  men 
before  mentioned,  with  those  of  three  of  his  acquaintances, 
members  of  McDermit's  company,  who  had  been  sent  to 
guide  trains,  and  conclusive  evidences  that  no  party  or 
train  had  escaped  destruction  which  had  entered  the  fatal 
pass  of  Bloody  Point  since  the  nineteenth. 

Filled  with  ra^e  and  grief,  Wright  and  his  men  made 
haste  to  attack  the  Indians  in  their  stronghold.  To  do 
this  they  had  to  wade  in  water  among  the  tules  that  was 
up  to  their  armpits,  and  fight  the  Modocs  concealed  in  am- 
buscades constructed  of  tules,  having  portholes.  Such  was 
the  vigor  of  their  charge,  however,  that  the  ambuscades 
were  quickly  depopulated,  and  thirty  or  more  Modocs 
killed  while  escaping  to  the  rocky  island  in  the  lake. 

After  this  battle,  Wright  proceeded  east  to  Clear  lake, 
where  he  met  a  large  party  of  immigrants  and  planned  a 
stratagem  to  draw  the  Indians  out  of  their  strong  position 
on  the  island.  He  unloaded  several  ox  wagons,  filled  them 
with  armed  men,  a  few  of  whom  were  clothed  in  women's 
apparel,  tied  down  the  wagon  covers  and  instructed  the 
men  to  proceed  in  the  usual  careless  and  loitering  way  of 
true  immigrants  along  the  dangerous  pass.  But  the  In- 
dians either  had  out  spies  who  reported  the  trick,  or  were 
too  severely  punished  to  feel  like  attacking  white  men, 
and  remained  in  their  fastnesses. 

Wright  then  went  to  Yreka  and  had  boats  built  with 
which  to  reach  the  island,  spending  the  time  of  waiting  in 
patroling  the  road  through  the  Modoc  country.  In  the 
meantime,  accounts  of  the  massacres  had  reached  Jackson- 
ville, and  another  company,  commanded  by  John  E.  Ross 


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of  that  place,  proceeded  to  the  Modoc  country,  where  it  ro- 
iTiained  on  the  road  until  the  season  of  travel  was  past. 
On  the  arrival  of  Ross,  Wright  returned  to  Vreka  for  sup- 
r)lies,  and  to  hring  out  his  hoats.  Fiut  he  was  unable  to 
reach  the  Indians,  who  retreatwd  to  the  lava  beds,  since 
made  famous  by  the  Modoc  war,  inaccessible  then,  as  now, 
to  white  men. 

That  which  Wright  did  find  were  the  proofs  that  many, 
very  many,  persons,  including  women  and  children,  had 
been  cruelly  tortured  and  butchered.  Here  again  the 
men  of  his  company,  some  of  whom  had  families  two  or 
three  thousand  miles  away,  burst  forth  into  tears  of  rage 
at  the  sight  of  women's  dresses  and  babies'  socks  among 
the  property  plundered  from  the  owners.  Where,  now, 
were  the  men  and  women  who  had  toiled  over  these  thou- 
sands of  miles  to  meet  their  fate  at  this  place?  Where 
the  prattling  babes  whose  innocent  feet  fitted  the  tiny 
socks?  Pjven  their  bones  were  undiscoverable,  but  the 
proofs  that  the}'  had  lived  and  died  were  heaped  up  in 
the  wickiups  of  their  cruel  slayers. 

The  next  attempt  of  Wright,  who  seems  to  have  remained 
behind  the  other  ccmotnies,  was  to  make  a  treaty  with 
the  Modocs.  However  much  he  may  have  desired  to  have 
seen  them  exterminat'^d.  or  even  to  have  helped  extermi- 
nate them,  the  sal*^(y  of  al^  who  passed  through  their 
country  demanded  that  peace  should  be  secured.  P'rom 
two  captured, — one  of  whom  was  wrapped  in  a  cradle 
quilt, —  he  learned  that  two  white  women  were  captives 
among  the  Modocs,  and  for  this  reason  also  he  felt  it 
necessary  to  enter  into  negotiations  with  them. 

Wright,  like  Lane,  had  for  a  servant  an  Indian  boy, 
who  was  part  Modoc,  and  spoke  their  language.  Using 
this  boy  as  an  ambassador,  he  finally  persuaded  four  of 
the  head  men  to  visit  his  camp,  with  the  purpose  of  dis- 
cussing the  terms  of  a  treaty,  his  proposition  being  that 
if  they  would  bring  in  the  two  capt'ves,  and  the  stock 
taken  from  the  immigrants,  he  would  leave  their  country 


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and  trouble  thorn  no  nioro;  or,  if  thoy  wished,  he  would 
trade  with  thorn  for  their  furs  and  feathers.  To  this  the 
chiefs  gave  their  assent,  and  while  one  was  sent  to  fetch 
the  women  and  the  property,  the  other  three  were  detained 
as  hostages.  Wright's  com[)any  had  by  this  time  dwindled 
to  eighteen  men.  When  the  chief  returned  to  his  camp, 
instead  of  bringing  with  him  the  caiitive  women  and  the 
stolen  stock,  he  brought  only  a  few  broken  down  horses 
and  a  shotgun;  Int  he  was  accompanied  by  forty-five  war- 
riors. When  remonstrated  with  for  this  violation  of  his 
pledge,  he  replied  that  Wright  had  required  three  hos- 
tages, and  now,  his  men  greatly  outnumbering  Wright's  he 
should  hold  him  and  his  company  as  hostages  for  the  good 
conduct  of  the  white  people.  The  place  where  Wright  was 
encamped  was  near  the  stone  ford  of  Lost  river,  on  the 
north  side,  the  Modocs  encamping  on  the  same  side.  The 
situation  was  critical,  it  being  plain  that  a  net  was  spread 
for  him  which  would  surely  close  about  him  unless  he  met 
the  danger  with  a  desperate  measure.  The  order  issued 
for  the  night  was  for  six  men  at  midnight  to  silently  cross 
the  ford, —  a  natural  bridge  at  this  season  of  the  year, — 
and  hide  themselves  in  the  artemisia  which  covered  the 
plain.  At  the  firing  of  a  signal  gun  in  the  dawning  they 
were  to  attack  simultaneously  the  Indians  who  lay  between 
them.  The  order  was  scrupulously  obeyed,  the  men  rush- 
ing upon-  the  surprised  Indians  at  the  crack  of  Wright's 
gun,  finishing  the  fight  with  their  pistols.  In  twenty 
minutes  the  battle  was  over,  and  forty  Indians  lay  slain. 
Wright  had  four  men  wounded,  who  were  carried  on  litters 
made  of  guns  lashed  together  fifteen  miles,  and  an  express 
sent  to  Yreka  for  aid.  On  the  return  of  the  company  to 
that  place — thin,  sun-browned,  and  nearly  naked  —  they 
were  received  with  bonfires  and  banquets.  The  only  re- 
gret felt  was  that  the  two  captive  women  were  left  to  the 
fiendish  cruelty  which  no  one  doubted  would  end  their 
lives  before  they  could  be  rescued.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
they  never  were  seen  alive,  but  years  after  their  bleaching 

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bones  were  pointed  out  by  the  Indians  to  curious  investi- 
gators of  Indian  histor}'.  Wright  seems  to  have  had  ene- 
mies or  rivals  who  strove  to  dim  his  popularity  by  a  story 
of  poisoning  the  Indians  invited  to  a  council.  The  tale 
had  little  to  recommend  it  to  belief  had  it  never  been  de- 
nied by  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Yreka,  who  were 
members  of  his  company.  It  was  seized  upon  by  the  reg- 
ular army  and  reported  by  General  Wool  as  a  fact,  the 
stigma  of  which  is  harJly  yet  removed  from  his  name. 
Yf>t  the  story  disproves  itself,  for  he  is  represented  as  i)ur- 
chix'iiiig  the  strychnine  for  a  feast  to  the  Indians  at  the 
time  he  was  in  Yreka  with  the  purpose  of  procuring  boats 
to  pursue  thom  into  their  hiding  places  with  arms.  It  was 
long  after  the  failure  of  this  attempt  that  a  council  was  pro- 
posed with  a  specific  purpose  as  above  related,  and  althougli 
beef  was  given  the  Indians,  as  is  the  custom  of  treaty  mak- 
ers, it  was  the  same  as  that  eaten  by  the  company,  if  we 
may  trust  the  word  of  honorable  men  who  were  partakers." 

Says  Tolman,  who  was  yell  informed  concerning  these 
events,  "If  the  Modocs  had  not  been  confident  of  getting 
the  advantage,  they  would  never  have  left  their  cave." 
Ho  further  says  that  Wright's  boy  had  betrayed  him,  and 
the  Modocs  had  come  prepared  to  fight,  and  that  had  ho 
wavered  for  a  moment  his  own  life  and  that  of  all  his 
company  would  have  paid  for  his  indecision. 

Oregon  had  been  organized  into  a  territory  of  the  United 
States  for  over  four  years,  and  was  still  fighting  her  own 
battles.  But  in  September  of  this  year  there  arrived  at 
Vancouver  tlie  skeleton  of  the  fourth  United  States  infantry, 
consisting  of  two  hundred  and  sixty-';  ght  men,  rank  and 
file,  under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bonneville.  The  regiment 
had  been  decimated  by  sickness  on  tlie  Isthmus,  and  was 
still  unfit  for  service  had  not  the  season  been  too  late  to  do 
more  than  arrange  their  quarters  for  the  winter.  The  fol- 
lowing chapter  will  show  the  value  of  their  arms. 

"Says  K.  r.  .lenner  In  the  Yreka  Jourial:  I  deny  emphatically  that  any  were 
killed  in  any  other  way  than  tiy  powder  and  lead,  which  Johu  i'.  Burgees,  John  S. 
Hallick.  and  William  Fcuning,  old  members  of  Wrighl's  company,  now  In  Siskiyou, 
will  testify  to. 


CHAPTER   II. 


WBAKNEFS    of    TRKATY     OHMUATIONS— KENEWAI,    ok     HaSTII  CTIES    in     ROGUE-RIVBn 

Valley  — Abcknoe  of  Authouizkd  Aoents--The  Auo'ist  Outbreak— Petition 
TO  THE  Oommandeb  of  Fort  J'-nks— Am  from  I^'ort  Vancouver,  and  a  Vol- 
unteer Company  from  the  Wallamet— Aldkn  Takes  CoMSiAND  — Volunteers 
from  Vbeka  Join  the  Kkoulars— Korces  Oroanized— Skihmis'i  on  Kvans' 
Creek,  and  Death  of  Lieutenant  Kly  with  Six  Men  — Lane  Appears  on 
the  Scene— Is  Offered  the  Command  — Takes  It-  Alden  and  I<ane  Wounded 

—  Cessation  of  Hostilities  — Arran(!EMENTS  for  a  Treaty— Its  Terms  — The 
Indians  co  Upon  a  Reservation,  with  S.  H.  Culver,  Auent— Troubles  in 
Other  I/Ocalitiks— Loss  of  Life  and  Proi'-hty  in  185S— Murders  in  1854  by 

THE   SHASTAS— I'HEY  GO   UNPUNISHED  — T-IOUBLES  WITil    THE    COQUILLES  — THKIR 

Punishment  by  Volunteers— The  Murders  of  the  Year— Attitude  of  Gen- 
eral Wool  Towards  ("IVILIANS-  TTIE  "KXPKDITION  TO  FlGIIT  THE  IMMIGRANTS  " 

—  The  Ward  Massacre- Hallbk's  Kxpedition  to  Boise  — Cubuy's  Action  — 
Proclamation  Withdrawn. 


There  could  hardly  have  been  an\'  reliance  placed  upon 
the  durability  of  the  treaty  made  with  chief  Sam,  Skiajier 
was  unable  to  perform  what  was  expected  of  him  as  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  government,  not  being  supplied  with  the 
means;  and  Sam  was  but  an  unwilling  party  to  it  from 
the  beginning.  So  far  as  the  chief  was  individually  con- 
cerned, however,  he,  for  the  greater  part  of  a  year,  observed 
the  conditions  imposed  upon  him  by  the  treaty. 

Rut  a  sub-chief,  called  Taylor,  who  had  his  range  in  the 
Grave  creek  country,  murdered  a  party  of  seven  men, 
during  a  severe  storm  in  the  hills,  and  reported  them 
drowned.  Other  depredations  were  traced  to  him,  and  a 
rumor  became  current  that  the  Rogue-rivers  held  white 
women  captive  at  Table  Rock.  This  rumor  probably 
grew  out  of  the  story,  already  referred  to,  tliat  the  Modocs 
held  captive  two  white  girls  for  some  time,  whom  they 
finally  tortured  to  death.  Tho  imagination  of  the  public, 
excited  by  the  atrocities  in  the  Modoc  country,  was  sensitive 
to  any  suggestion  of  Indian  malevolence,  and  the  desire 
for  vengeance  was  ill  suppressed,  ready  to  break  out  into 
action  at  any  moment.     Finally,  about  the  first  of  June,  a 

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party  from  Jacksonville  arrested  Taylor,  with  three  others, 
aud  hanged  them ;  after  which  they  proceeded  to  Table 
Rock,  and  not  finding  the  captive  women,  attacked  a 
village,  killing  six  Indians. 

There  was  at  this  time  neither  Indian  agent  nor  military 
officer  in  Rogue-river  valley  to  prevent  the  outrages  of  one 
race  upon  the  other.  Dart  had  been  superseded  in  the 
superintendency  by  Joel  Palmer,  who  had  not  yet  supj^r^  *^ 
the  })lace  of  agent  Skinner,  resigned.  The  nearest  troops 
were  at  Fort  Orford  on  the  coast  and  Fort  Joues  in  Scott 
valley.  A  new  administration  had  come  in.  Lane  having 
returned  to  Oregon  with  the  commission  of  governor,  only 
to  be  reelected  delegate,  leaving  the  secretary,  George  L. 
Curry,  acting  governor,  and  Lane  at  liberty  to  reside,  as 
he  preferred  to  do  when  in  Oregon,  at  Roseburg  in  the 
Umpqua  valley. 

This  was  the  condition  of  affairs  when,  early  in  August, 
the  settlements  in  Rogue-river  valley  were  suddenly  at- 
tacked. On  the  fourth,  Richard  Edwards  was  killed  at  his 
home  on  Stu'  rt's  creek;  on  the  fifth,  Thomas  J.  AVills  and 
Rhodes  Noland  v\^ere  killed,  and  Burrill  F.  Griffin  and  one 
Davis  wounded.  Hastily  formed  volunteer  companies  pa- 
trolled the  roads  and  warned  settlers,  who  gathered  their 
families  into  ,i  few  fortified  houses,  and  settii.^  over  them 
a  guard,  joined  the  volunteers. 

On  the  seventh  of  August  two  Shasta  Indians  were  cap- 
tured, one  on  Applegate  creek  and  the  other  on  Jackson 
creek.  Both  were  in  war  paint,  and  on  investigation  were 
proved  guilty  of  the  murder  of  Wills  and  No!  i^.  for 
which  they  weia  hung  at  Jacksonville.  Notsalit,  .^  .ith 
this  act  of  justice,  an  Indian  lad  who  had  nothing  what- 
ever to  do  with  the  murders,  was  seized  and  hung  by  the 
infuriated  miners.  So  great  was  the  excitement  that  it 
was  dangerous  for  a  man  to  suggest  mex-y. 

Acts  of  this  nature  were  not  caiculi.led  to  l(vsn<3*i  hostili- 
ties on  the  other  side,  and  the  torch  was  api'Iit;!  to  the 
abandoned  houses  of  the  settlors.    Ten  homes  in  as"  many 


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miles  were  thus  laid  waste.  On  the  day  of  the  hanging, 
Isaac  Hill  an!  a  party  of  volunteers  from  Ashland  ai- 
tacked  some  roving  Indians  a  few  miles  from  that  place, 
killing  six.  Ten  days  later  the  Indians  attacked  an  im- 
migrant camp  at  Ashland,  and  killed  Hugh  Smith  and 
John  Gibbs,  wounding  M.  B.  Morris,  William  Hodgkins, 
A.  G,  Lordyce,  and  Brice  Whitniore.  On  the  fourteenth, 
Dr.  William  R.  Rose  and  John  R.  Hardin,  members  of  a 
volunteer  organization,  '.vhile  patrolling  the  line  of  travel 
toward?  the  north,  V/ith  W.  G.  T' Vault,  S.  S.  Wall,  and 
David  Birdseye,  were  shot  at  from  ambush.  Rose  killed, 
and  Hardin  mortally  wounded.  Says  L.  J.  C.  Duncan : 
"The  outraged  populace  began  to  slaughter  right  and  left," 
after  these  events. 

Immediately  after  the  outbreak,  anJ  while  theo,3  events 
were  in  progress,  a  petition  was  addressed  to  Captain  Alden, 
in  command  of  Fort  Jones,  asking  for  arms  and  ammuni- 
tion, who  at  once  responded  by  coming  in  person  wi;h 
about  a  dozen  men.  On  the  fifteenth,  a  request  was  seni 
to  Governor  Curry  tit  Salem,  to  make  a  requisition  on  Col- 
onel Bonneville  at  Vancouver,  for  a  howitzer,  rifles,  and 
ammunition,  which  were  immediately  forwarded  in  charge 
^  !*  Lieutenant  Kautz  and  six  artillerymen,  escorted  by  forty 
V  lunteers  under  J.  W.  Nesmith,  captain,  and  officered  by 
L.  F.  Grover,  first  lieutenant;  W.  K.  Beale,  s'jcond  lieuten- 
ant; J.  1).  McCurdy,  surgeon;  aad  J.  M.  Crooks,  orderly 
sergeant. 

Over  two  hundred  volunteers  were  enrolled  in  Rogue- 
river  valley.  John  F.  Miner  was  elected  captain  of  the 
first  company;  B.  B.  Griffin,  first  lieutenant;  Abel  George, 
second  lieutenant;  and  Clay  Westfelt,  orderly  sergeant. 
This  company  numbered  one  hundred  and  fifteen  men. 
Two  other  comjianies,  under  Captains  John  K.  Lamerick 
and  T.  T.  Tierney,  were  organized  about  the  same  'uime, 
while  from  Yreka  came  eighty  fighting  men  under  Caji- 
tains  Goodall  and  Rhodes.  These  all  reported  to  Captain 
Alden,  who  assumed  the  command.     No  provision  had 


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been  made  for  tlie  subsistence  of  so  many  men,  and  Alden 
appointed  George  Dart,  Edward  Sheil,  L.  A.  Loomis,.  and 
Richard  Dugan  a  military  commission  to  constitute  a  gen- 
eral f! -apartment  of  supply;  and  learning  that  the  Indians 
were  »  "  near  Table  Rock,  planned  an  attack  for  the 
night  01  3leventh.     But  the  volunteers  learning  that 

the  Indians  were  in  the  valley  killing  and  burning,  rushed 
away  to  the  defense  of  their  homes  without  waiting  for 
orders,  and  for  several  days  were  scouring  the  countrj', 
divided  into  small  bands,  as  before  mentioned.  Before 
they  came  together  again,  Sam  offered  battle,  which  Alden 
was  compelled  to  decline.  But  having  recovered  his  force 
he  made  a  movement  on  the  fifteenth  to  dislodge  the  In- 
dians from  their  supposed  hiding  place  in  a  canon  five 
miles  north  of  Tablo  Rock,  from  which,  however,  they  had 
departed  before  his  arrival,  firing  the  woods  behind  them 
to  obliterate  their  trial. 

It  was  not  until  the  seventeenth  that  Lieutenant  Ely  of 
the  Yreka  company,  with  a  detachment  of  twenty-five 
men,  discovered  the  enemy's  camp  on  Evans'  creek,  fifteen 
miles  from  Table  Rock.  Knowing  that  the  main  force 
had  returned  to  Camp  Stuart  for  supplies,  Ely  fell  back  to 
an  open  piece  of  ground  crossed  by  creeks,  whoso  banks 
were  lined  with  thickets  of  willow,  where  he  halted  and 
sent  a  courier  for  reenforcements.  But  Sam,  seeing  his 
opportunity,  advanced  his  warriors  through  the  creek 
channels  under  cover  of  the  willows,  and  getting  within 
range,  killed  two  men  at  tno  first  fire.  The  company 
retreated  to  a  pine  ridge  a  quarter  of  a  mile  d'staut,  but 
the  Indians  soon  flanked  and  surrounded  then.,  and  the 
fight  lasted  three  and  a  half  hours,  during  vhich  four 
more  men  were  killed  and  four  wounded.  At  the  end  of 
this  time  Captain  Goodall,  with  the  remainder  of  the 
Yreka  company,  came  up,  and  the  Indians  retreated. 
The  killed  in  this  skirmish  were  J.  Shaw,  Frank  Perry, 
F,  Keath,  A.  Douglas,  A.  C.  Colburn,  and  L.  Locktirg. 
The  wounded  were  Lieutenant  Ely,  John  AU)in,  James 
Carroll,  end  Z.  Shultz. 


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Lane  was  at  Roseburg  when  the  news  of  the  outbreak 
reached  him,  and  set  out  at  once  for  Rogue  river,  accom- 
panied by  Pleasant  Armstrong  of  Yamhill  county,  and 
James  Cluggage,  who  had  been  to  the  Umpqua  valley  in 
the  vain  endeavor  to  enlist  the  Klickitats  against  the 
Rogue-river  Indians,  and  eleven  other  men.  Immediately 
on  Lane's  arrival,  Alden  tendered  him  the  command, 
which  he  accepted  on  the  twenty-first,  and  on  the  twenty- 
second  assumed  his  office  in  due  form.  An  aggressive 
movement  was  decided  upon.  W.  G.  T'Vault  was  ap- 
pointed his  aide,  and  C  Lewis,  a  captain  of  volunteers, 
his  assistant  adjutant-general,  but  Lewis  falling  ill,  L.  F. 
xMosher  took  his  place. 

The  available  forces  were  divided  into  two  battalions, 
one  consisting  of  the  companies  of  Captains  Goodall  and 
Rhodes  under  Colonel  Alden,  with  Lane  at  their  head,  to 
proceed  up  the  river  to  where  Ely  had  met  wit  a  defeat, 
there  to  find  the  enemy's  trail,  which  was  known  led  in 
the  direction  of  Evans'  creek.  The  other  battalion,  under 
John  E.  Ross,  was  directed  to  proceed  to  the  mouth  of 
Evans'  creek,  and  thence  up  that  stieaui  to  a  junction 
with  Alden,  to  prevent  the  Indians  from  being  driven 
back  on  the  settlements. 

After  a  day's  travel,  made  exhausting  by  smoke  from 
the  burning  forest,  Alden's  command  came  upon  the  trail 
of  the  enemy  and  encamped.  On  the  following  day,  after 
another  fatiguing  march,  he  again  encamped,  and  had 
hardly  taken  up  the  line  of  march  on  the  twenty-fourth, 
when  Lane,  who  was  in  advance,  heard  the  discharge  of  a- 
rifle  and  distinguished  voices.  Waiting  for  the  companies 
to  come  up,  he  halted  them,  and  outlined  his  plan  of  at- 
tack, which  was  that  Alden,  with  Goodall's  company, 
should  quietly  proceed  on  foot  along  the  tiail  and  attack 
the  Indians  in  front,  while  a  detachment  of  ton  picked 
men  from  Rhodes'  command,  under  Lieutenant  Charles 
Blair,  was  to  take  a  ridge  to  the  left  to  turn  the  enemy's 
Hank.  Lane  would  himself  wait  for  the  rear  guard  to 
come  up,  and  lead  theai  into  action. 


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Alden  proceeded  as  directed  and  witli  so  little  noise  that 
the  crack  of  his  rifles  was  the  first  intimation  the  Indians 
had  of  the  approach  of  an  enemy.  Although  surprised, 
they  made  a  vigorous  resistance  from  behind  fortifications 
of  logs,  being  well  supplied  with  arms  and  ammunition. 
Tlieir  camp  being  surrounded  by  dense  thickets,  it  was 
difficult  and  dangerous  to  charge  them,  and  from  this 
cause  and  the  nature  of  the  ground  it  was  impossible  for 
the  flanking  party  to  turn  their  left  as  designed,  but  it 
engaged  them  on  the  right.  After  the  first  fire  the  volun- 
teers took  cover  behind  trees  and  fought  in  true  Indian 
style,  the  battle  becoming  general. 

When  Lane  arrived  on  the  ground  he  found  Colonel 
Alden  dangerously  wounded,  having  been  shot  down  early 
in  the  fight.  Leaving  him  to  the  care  of  his  men,'  Lane 
made  an  examination  of  the  ground  and  finding  the  In- 
dians securely  posted,  gave  the  order  to  charge,  himself 
leading  the  movement.  W-hen  within  thirty  yards  of 
their  line,  he  was  struck  by  a  rifle  ball  in  his  right  arm 
near  the  shoulder.  Believing  the  shot  to  have  come  from 
the  flank,  he  ordered  the  line  extended  so  as  to  prevent  its 
being  turned  by  the  enemy,  and  the  men  to  again  take 
cover  behind  trees,  where  they  fought  with  cool  deter- 
mination for  several  hours. 

Finding  himself  growing  weak  from  loss  of  blood.  Lane 
had  retired  to  the  rear  to  have  his  wound  dressed.  The 
Indians,  meantime,  having  discovered  his  identity,  called 
out  to  the  volunteers  that  they  were  tired  of  war,  and  de- 
sired to  talk  with  "Jo  Lane."  On  Lane's  return  to  the 
front  he  held  a  conference  with  his  officers  on  the  subject 
of  holding  a  council  with  the  Indians.  It  was  evident 
they  were  well  armed,  and  held  a  position  nearly,  if  not 
quite,  impregnable.  Thera  were  two  opinions  advocated, 
one  that  the  Indians  really  desired  peace,  and  another 
that  they  were  seeking  an  advantage.  The  question  of 
allowing  the  Indians  an  opportunity  to  talk  was  put  to 


1  AUen  died  two  years  aflerwardn  from  the  eB'ect  of  this  wouad. 


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vote,  every  man  having  a  voice  in  the  matter.  Less  than 
half  voted  for  a  talk,  the  others  remaining  silent.  He 
then  sent  Robert  B,  Metcalf  and  James  Bruce  into  the 
Indian  i  es  to  get  an  expression  of  their  wishes,  when 
they  reiterated  their  desire  to  see  "Jo  Lane." 

On  entering  their  camp,  Lane  found  them  with  many 
wounded,  and  some  dead,  whom  they  were  burning.  Chief 
Jo,  with  his  brothers  Sam  and  Jim,  assured  Lane  that 
they  were  sick  of  war.  He  outlined  to  them  a  plan  of 
treaty  wliich  included  the  obligation  on  their  part  to  go 
upon  a  reservation,  and  they  agreed  to  it.  The  date  fixed 
for  the  treaty  council  was  early  in  September,  and  these 
affairs  being  arranged,  Lane  returned  to  the  place  of  dis- 
mounting in  the  morning,  where  the  wounded  were  being 
cared  for,  and  the  dead  buried. 

The  white  men  killod  in  tiiis  bat'le  were  Pleasant 
Armstrong,^  John  Scarborough,  and  Isaac  Bradley.  The 
wounded  volunteers  were  Henry  Flasher,  Thomas  Hayes, 
and  Charles  C.  Abbott;  the  latter  dying  of  his  wounds 
September  second.  The  Indian  loss  was  eight  killed  and 
twenty  wounded. 

Ross'  battalion  arrived  too  late  to  participate  in  the 
battle  of  Evans'  creek,  on  account  of  which  disappoint- 
ment they  inclined  to  renew  it,  but  were  restrained  by 
Lane,  who  went  into  camp  within  four  hundred  yards  of 
the  enemy,  where  he  remained  for  two  days.  Impelled  by 
their  personal  regard  for  Lane,  who  had  always  been  able 
to  appear  to  them  if  not  as  a  friend,  at  least  as  a  magnan- 
imous enemy,  the  Indian  women  carried  water  to  the 
wounded,  and  the  Indian  men  helped  bear  them  on  litters 
to  camp.  Such  is  the  savage  nature,  one  moment  governed 
by  animal  rages,  and  in  the  next  exhibiting  fear,  timidity, 
and  even  tenderness. 

On  the  twenty-ninth,  the  Indian  and  volunteer  forces 
moved  down  into  the  valley,  each  keeping  strict  watch 


"Armstrong's  remains,  It  is  salJ,  were  dlslnterrfd  auil  cut  to  pieces,    lie  was  a 
brothe''  of  the  nutUor  of  Armstrong's  Oregon,  a  descriptive  work. 


314 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREOON. 


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upon  the  other.  The  ground  chosen  for  the  council  was 
on  the  south  side  of  Rogue  river,  the  Indians  making  their 
encampment  on  an  elevation  directly  opposite  the  cliffs  of 
Table  llock,  and  Lane  in  the  valley  one  mile  distant,  on 
the  spot  where  Fort  Lane  was  soon  afterwards  established. 
Although,  according  to  the  armistice,  peace  should  have 
been  restored,  there  was  some  further  fighting  in  scattered 
localities  between  independent  volunteer  companies  and 
roving  bands  of  Indians.  Four  days  after  the  battle  of 
Evans'  creek,  a  collision  occurred  between  a  detachment  of 
Captain  Owens'  company,  under  Lieutenant  Thomas  Fraz- 
zell,  and  a  foraging  party  of  Rogue-rivers  at  Long's  ferry, 
about  ten  miles  below  the  mouth  of  the  creek,  in  which 
Frazzell  and  a  private  named  James  Mango  were  killed. 
After  this  Owens  induced  a  party  of  Indian's  to  enter  his 
camp  on  Grave  creek,  and  treacherously  shot  them;  at 
least  so  it  is  related  in  a  public  document.  Robert  L. 
Williams,  captain  of  a  volunteer  company,  was  also  re- 
ported to  have  slain  twelve  Indians  in  an  unfair  fight,  in 
which  he  lost  one  man,  Thomas  Phillips.''  Doubtless 
many  things  were  done  in  the  exasperation  of  public 
feeling,  caused  by  the  interruption  of  business  and  loss  of 
}»roperty  and  friends,  which,  under  any  other  circum- 
stances, would  have  seemed  impossible  to  the  actors. 
Martin  Angell,  a  highly  respected  citizen,  from  his  own 
door  shot  an  Indian  out  of  pure  haired  of  the  race,  which 
seemed  to  him  only  incarnate  evil.  He  was,  long  after, 
shot  from  an  ambush  by  one  of  the  hated  race;  and  this 
was  Indian  war.     But  now  there  was  to  be  peace. 


The  time  between  the  battle  of  Evans'  creek  and  the 
fourth  of  September  was  spent  in  preparations  for  tlio 
treaty  council,  which  could  not  be  held  until  the  arrival 
of  Superintendent  Palmer.  In  the  interim,  there  arrived 
Captain  A.  J.  Smith,  first  United  States  dragoons,  from 
Fort  Orford,  with  his  troops;  Lieutenant  Kautz  of  the 


3  United  States  house  executive  Uocuraentu,  iW,  p.  4,  thirty-third  congress,  first 
session. 


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315 


artillery  with  the  howitzer;  and  J.  \V.  Neswith  with  his 
company  of  volunteers.  The  latter  bore  a  commission 
from  acting  Governor  Curry,  giving  Lane  what  he  already 
liad,  the  command  of  the  forces  in  the  field. 

By  that  spy  system  which  was  in  vogue  among  the 
natives,  keeping  them  informed  of  the  movements  of 
strangers  and  enemies,  the  approach  of  the  howitzer  be- 
came known  some  time  before  its  arrival,  and  created  a 
lively  apprehension.  They  desciibed  it  as  a  hyas  (great) 
riHe,  which  took  a  hatful  of  powder  to  a  load,  and  could 
shoot  down  a  tree.  Their  fear  of  it  was  abject,  and  they 
begged  not  to  have  it  fired.  Who  shall  say  how  much 
influence  it  had  upon  the  treaty? 

On  the  fourth,  a  preliminary  council  was  held.  When 
agreeing  to  the  armistice.  Lane  had  exacted  a  hostage,  and 
had  been  given  a  son  of  chief  Jo ;  for  the  white  men  were 
still  few  in  comparison  with  the  natives,  and  not  many 
had  any  confidence  in  their  professed  desire  for  peace. 

The  terms  of  the  preliminary  council  were  nearly  iden- 
tical with  those  agreed  to  between  General  Canby  and  the 
Modocs  twenty  years  later,  and  the  outcome  might  have 
been  the  same  but  for  Lane's  precautions.  The  meeting 
l)lace  was  a  mile  from  the  volunteer  camp  on  a  butte 
within  the  Indian  lines  on  Evans  creek.  The  white  per- 
sons present  were  (Jeneral  Lane,  his  arm  in  a  sling,  the 
volunteer  captains,  Colonel  Ross,  and  interpreter  Metcalf. 
These  proceeded  on  foot  to  the  council,  meeting  at  the 
base  of  the  butte  an  armed  guard,  which  disarmed  them 
before  they  reached  the  place  preptrred  for  the  conference. 
Captain  Miller,  however,  secreted  a  revolver,  of  which  act 
Lane  was  made  aware.  Arrived  at  the  council  lodge,  the 
white  men  were  received  with  a  sullen  etiquette  not  easily 
translated  into  cordiality.  They  were  assigned  their  places, 
and  the  chiefs  Jo,  Sam,  and  Jim  of  the  Rogue-river  tribes, 
with  Limpy  and  George  of  the  Applcgate  creek  families, 
seated  inside  a  wall  of  armed  warriors.  Notwi  -hstanding 
this  tiireatening  appearance,  the  Rogue-river  chiefs  made 


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If 


316 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREOON. 


M'i 


temperate  speeches  in  favor  of  peace.  But  Limpy  ad- 
dressed the  council  in  a  torrid  burst  of  savage  eloquence 
on  the  aggressiveness  of  white  men,  and  his  determination 
not  to  permit  his  native  country  to  become  alienated  to 
them.  During  this  inflammatory  speech,  whose  effect 
upon  others  could  bo  perceived,  General  Lane  sat  smiling 
thoughtfully,  but  whispered  to  Captain  Miller, "Keep  your 
eye  on  that  d — d  scoundrel,"  which  was  equivalent  to  an 
order  to  keep  his  hand  on  his  pistol.  But  the  hostage  of 
chief  Jo's  son  was  better  security  against  treachery  than 
the  single  revolver,  and  the  party  came  safely  out  of  a 
dangerous  trap  in  which  they  were  apparently  fatally 
enmeshed.  These  appearances  led  Lane  to  require  other 
hostages  before  the  treaty  council  appointed  for  September 
eighth  took  place;  and  led  also  to  the  wearing  of  arms 
by  the  volunteers  who  assembled  in  the  vicinity  of  the  In- 
dian camp,  although  the  high  contracting  parties  were  un- 
armed. 

By  the  terms  of  the  treaty,  the  United  States  acquired 
the  whole  of  the  Rogue-river  valley,  one  hundred  square 
miles  on  the  north  side  of  the  river,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Table  Rock,  being  reserved  for  a  temporary  home  for  the 
Indians.  The  price  agreed  upon  was  sixty  thousand  dol- 
lars, fifteen  thousand  being  deducted  for  indemnity  for 
losses  of  property  by  the  settlers  through  the  war.  Of  the 
remaining  forty-five  thousand,  five  thousand  was  to  be  ex- 
pended in  agricultural  implements  and  goods  chosen  by 
the  superintendent,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September, 
1854,  and  in  paying  for  such  improvements  as  had  been 
made  by  white  settlers  on  the  lands  reserved.  The  re- 
maining forty  thousand  was  to  be  paid  in  sixteen  annual 
installments,  commencing  at  the  t:bove  date,  and  payable 
in  Indian  goods,  blankets,  stock,  and  farming  utensils. 
Each  of  the  chiefs  was  to  have  a  dwelling-house  erected, 
at  a  cost  of  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  which 
houses  were  to  be  put  up  as  soon  after  the  ratification  of 
the  treaty  as  practicable.    When  the  nation  was  removed 


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317 


to  another  aud  permanent  reservation,  buildings  for  the 
chiefs  were  again  to  be  furnished,  and  fifteen  thousand 
additional  was  to  bo  paid  to  the  tribe  in  five  annual  in- 
stallments, commencing  at  the  expiration  of  the  previous 
installments. 

The  treaty  bound  the  Indians  to  make  their  permanent 
residence  in  a  place  to  be  set  apart  in  the  future;  to  give 
up  firearms,  except  a  few  for  hunting:  to  forfeit  their  an- 
nuities if  they  went  to  war  against  the  settlers;  to  notify 
the  agent  of  the  raids  of  other  tribes  and  assist  in  expelling 
them;  to  apply  for  the  redress  of  their  own  wrongs  to  the 
agent  i)ut  over  them ;  to  protect  such  agent,  and  to  refrain 
from  molesting  white  persons  passing  through  the  reserva- 
tion. The  sacredness  of  projierty  was  to  be  regarded,  and 
all  crimes  by  red  or  white  men  were  to  be  tried  and  pun- 
ished according  to  the  laws  of  the  United  States.  To  pre- 
vent collisions,  white  people,  except  those  in  the  employ 
of  the  government,  were  forbidden  to  reside  on  the  reser- 
vation, and  the  Indians  were  required  to  deliver  them  up 
to  the  superintendent  if  they  disregarded  this  prohibition.'' 
A  treaty  was  also  made  with  the  Cow  creek  band  of  Ump- 
quas,  which  through  its  contact  with  the  Grave  creek  band 
of  Rogue-rivers  had  become  troublesome.  This  band  sold 
eight  hundred  square  miles,  about  half  of  which  was  good 
farming  laud,  for  twelve  thousand  dollars  and  a  few  pres- 
ents. 

Two  circumstances  must  be  taken  into  account  in  pass- 
ing judgment  upon  treaty  makers;  the  first,  that  the  price 
offered  for  Indian  territory  is  not  dependent  upon  its  ex- 
tent, but  upon  its  population;  and,  the  second,  that  to  se- 
cure the  ratification  of  a  treaty  it  should  not  call  for  too 
large  an  appropriation.  The  whole  business  of  Indian 
treaties  is  open  to  criticism,  but  this  is  not  the  place  for 
it.    The  people  of  Rogue-river  valley  and  the  contiguous 


'The  names  appended  to  this  treaty  were  Joel  Palmer,  superintendent  of  Indian 
affairs;  Samuel  H.  Culver,  Indian  agent;  Asperkahar  (Jo),  Toiniahear  (  Sam),  Anac- 
haharab  (Jim),  John,  and  Mmpy.  The  witnesses  were  Joseph  Lane,  Augustus  V. 
Kautz,  J.  W.  Nesmlth,  K.  B.  Metcalf,  John  (interpreter),  J.  D.  Mason,  and  T.  T.  Tler- 
ney.  . 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


mining  territory  must  have  respite  from  police  duty,  must 
be  able  to  sleep  by  night,  and  attend  to  their  affairs  by 
day;  and  Palmer  doubtless  acted  upon  his  best  judgment 
in  securing  these  blessings  to  both  races. 

After  the  conclusion  of  the  treaties,  Samuel  II.  (Silver 
took  up  his  residence  as  Indian  agent  on  the  reservation, 
and  Captain  Smith  proceeded  to  erect  Fort  Lane,  opposite 
the  lower  end  of  Table  Rock,  where  he  went  into  quarters 
with  his  troop.  Business  and  travel  were  resumed,  and  the 
inhabitants  of  the  valley  enjoyed  once  more  the  peace  tlic 
craved,  breathed  freely,  and  slept  .soundly.  The  vohinte 
were  disbanded,  with  the  exception  of  Captain  .John  F.  \.. 
ler's  comj»any,  which  was  ordered  to  the  Modoc  country  to 
patrol  the  southern  emigrant  road,  always  a  dangerous 
one  to  travelers.  Hastily  collecting  provisions  and  ammu- 
nition, Captain  Miller  proceeded  to  the  lake  country,  mak- 
ing his  headiiuarters  on  Lost  river,  near  the  natural  bridge, 
and  marching  the  main  part  of  his  command  as  far  east 
as  Surprise  valley  and  the  Humboldt  river,  keeping  upon 
the  road  until  the  immigration  had  all  passed  the  points 
of  danger. 

When  the  volunteers  were  in  the  vicinity  of  Tule  lake 
they  observed  smoke  rising  above  the  tules,  and  thinking 
it  came  from  fires  on  inhabited  islands  in  the  lake,  con- 
structed boats  of  wagon  beds  and  went  out  to  explore  them, 
when  they  found  a  number  of  canoes  filled  with  Modoc 
women  and  children,  and  containing  fireplaces  of  stone  and 
mud,  at  which  were  cooked  the  fish  on  which  they  subsisted. 
On  the  Indian  children  was  found  the  blood-stained  cloth- 
ing taken  from  murdered  immigrant  children.  These 
families,  hiding  from  the  justly  apprehended  wrath  of 
white  men,  were  made  to  pay  the  penalty  ot  blood  with- 
out process  of  law,  or  the  law's  delays. 

About  the  middle  of  October  the  miners  of  Illinois  val- 
ley were  annoyed  by   the  frequent  depredation.s  of  the 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


819 


coast  Indians,  who  had  been  driven  in  upon  them  by 
minors  on  the  beach,  who  had  previously  suffered  from 
murder  and  robbery.  It  being  necessary  to  punish  them. 
Lieutenant  R.  C.  W.  Radford  of  Fort  Lane,  was  ordered 
to  take  a  few  men  and  chastise  these  Indians.  But  find- 
ing them  too  numerous  to  attack,  he  sent  for  reiinforce- 
ments,  which,  arriving  under  Lieutenant  Caster  on  tlio 
twenty-second,  [mrsuit  was  begun,  and  after  a  chase  of 
three  days  among  the  mountains  a  skirmish  took  place,  in 
wliich  about  a  dozen  Indians  and  two  troop(  in  wore  killed, 
and  four  troopers  wounded.  Considerable  i.ruperty  taken 
from  the  miners  was  recovered,  and  a  treaty  entered  into 
between  the  miners  and  this  branch  of  the  Rogue-river 
nation,  which  was  observed  until  January  following,  when 
a  party  from  Sailor  diggings  in  pursuit  of  unknown  rob- 
bers, by  mistake  attacked  the  treaty  Indians,  some  of  both 
sides  being  killed.  Peace  was  restored  when  the  Indian 
agent  ai)peared  and  the  affair  was  explained. 

According  to  the  report  of  the  secretary  of  war,  tho 
Indian  disturbances  in  southern  Oregon  in  1853  cost  the 
lives  of  over  one  hundred  white  persons,  and  several  hun- 
dred Indians.  In  making  his  fstimate  the  .secretary  must 
have  included  the  northern  portion  of  California,  which 
by  reason  of  the  unsettled  boundary  line  was  at  that  time 
ijretty  generally  spoken  of  as  being  in  Oregon.  The  ex- 
[)ense  to  the  general  government  was  said  to  be  seven  thou- 
sand dollars  a  day,  wifh  only  from  two  hundred  to  five 
hundred  men  in  the  field;  and  the  hostilities  in  the  short 
period  of  little  over  a  month  to  have  cost  a  total  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty-eight  thousand  dollars. 

The  loss  to  settlers,  computed  by  a  commission  consist- 
ing of  L.  F.  Grover,  A.  C.  Gibbs,  and  G.  H.  Ambrose, 
amounted  to  a  little  less  than  forty-six  thousand  dollars, 
nearly  eighteen  thousand  of  which  was  deducted  from  the 
price  paid  by  the  government  for  the  Rogue-river  lands  to 
cover  losses  and  pay  for  improvements  vacated.  There- 
fore it  might  be  said  that,  after  all,  the  United  States 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


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paid  heavily  in  one  way  and  another  for  this  portion 
of  Oregon.* 

As  to  the  people  whose  stock  had  been  killed,  whose 
houses  and  fences  destroyed,  and  as  to  the  widows  and 
fatherless  children  left  by  the  war,  the  little  indemnity 
money  to  be  outained  at  the  end  of  congressional  deliber- 
ation and  commissioners'  awards  counted  as  nothimj 
against  their  losses.  Many  of  the  claimants  failed  to 
receive  this  pitiful  payment,  and,  in  1872,  the  balance  of 
the  appropriation  for  this  purpose  was  illegnlly  turned 
back  into  the  treasury,  where  it  remained  for  ten  years 
longer  before,  by  the  labor  of  several  attorneys  and  an 
order  of  Secretary  Fairchilds,  it  was  placed  back  to  tlie 
credit  of  the  claimants.  And  then  the  commissioner  of 
Indian  affairs  and  the  secretary  and  auditor  of  the  treas- 
ury, were  unable  to  find  the  original  report  of  the  com- 
missioners of  award,  refusing  to  pass  any  claim  without  it, 
or  without  an  act  of  congress.  However,  at  length,  through 
the  persistency  of  B.  F.  Dowell  of  Jacksonville,  !he  origi- 
nal report  was  discovered,  and  the  claims  all  settl'^c^  thirty 
vear^^  after  the  war. 


The  feeling  of  security  which  followed  the  treaty  and 
the  eslablishment  of  Foi-t  Lane  was  of  short  duration. 
The  Indians  having  had  time  to  consider  the  terms  of  the 
treaty  in  all  its  parts,  were  dissatisfied  and  insolent.     On 

^Thc  names  o.  hose  who  received  a  pro  riitn  of  thirty-four  and  seventy-scvon 
hiiiidrodtlis  per  cent  oik  of  the  tifteeu  thouRand  dollars  retained  from  tlic  appropria 
'Jon  to  carry  out  the  treaty  of  18a;!,  were:  Martin  AnKCll,  John  Anderson,  James 
Abraham,  Sl-ertack  Abraham,  John  Aicy,  Clinton  'darney,  John  lienjamin,  David  N. 
Birdseye,  Michael  Itrenuan,  \Vm.  N.  Ballani,  JanieM  Hrnce,  Cram,  Koncrs  it  Co.,  Thr- 
dosla  Cameron,  Slla.s  Day,  Kdwurd  Day,  James  K.  Davis,  Diiun  A.  .WiudiiiR,  .'^Igmond 
Knlin(<er,  Wm.  M.  Kllioti,,  David  Evans,  Daniel  K.  Fisher,  Asn  ;■.  I'ordyce,  Thomas 
Frazzell,  James  11.  Fryer,  (lalley  A  Oliver,  John  (iheen.  Hv.rriU  U.  (irlflln,  Sam  Cnilih, 
Hall  it  Burpee,  David  Ilayhart,  .  ohn  H.  Hardin,  ()hi;iilah  D.  Harris  Henry  Ilaui, 
>[ary  Ann  llodKKins,  K.lins  Huntl>;»<to'..  Wm.  M.  Hughes,  D.  Irwin.  Albert  B.  Jcn- 
nisoTi,  Thomas  P,  Jewott,  Wm.  Kohle'-,  Wm.  S.  Kin^;,  Nicholas  Kohenstcln,  Nathan 
B.  I.ane,  James  L.  London,  John  Marklcy,  Hol>crt  It.  Mctcalf,  John  K.  Miller,  Tra 
veena  Mcf<mih,  Mc'ireer,  Dr'iry  i';  Kiiiinclls,  James  Moouey,  Franois  Nassarett,  Win. 
Newton,  Fdlth  M.  Nickel,  Hiram  Milay,  John  I'airlck,  SvHoster  Tease.  Jf)hn  Tonne- 
ger,  Dan  Ha;,  .nond,  P'ph.  Kuymond,  John  K.  Koss,  Lewis  Rothorend,  Frederick  Kosen- 
Rtock,  Hcnr-'  'lowland,  T,  B.  Sanderson,  Freeman  Smith,  Tlcasp.nt  W.  .Stone,  John 
Swiuden,  Gdorge  U.  C.  Ttiylor,  Jam«H  C,  Tolmau,  William  '>'horjpkou,  John  Triplott, 


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the  sixth  of  October  a  merchant  of  Jacksonville,  James 
C.  Kyle,  a  partner  of  Thomas  Wills,  who  was  murdered 
on  August  fifth,  was  also  killed  within  two  miles  of  Fort 
Lane.  Soon  after  ToUowed  the  news  of  the.  trouble  with 
the  lower  Rogue-rivers  already  mentioned,  resulting  from 
the  murder  of  three  white  men.  Although  these  Indians 
were  subdued,  there  was  again  awakened  a  feeling  of  un- 
easiness, which  was  the  precursor  of  further  trouble. 

The  change  in  the  habits  of  the  treaty  Indians  was  fol- 
lowed b}'  sickness  among  them,  which,  being  complained 
of,  the  agent  allowed  them  greater  liberty.  As  might  have 
been  foreseen^  this  liberty  was  abused,  and  the  discontent 
on  both  sides  deepened.  The  trial,  conviction,  and  execu- 
tion of  the  murderers  of  Edwards  and  Kyle  in  January 
did  not  tend  to  the  cultivation  of  friendly  relations.'' 

About  the  eighteenth  of  January,  a  party  of  Rogue- 
rivers,  Shastas,  and  Modocs,  led  by  chief  Bill,  stole  the 
horsts  belonging  to  a  mining  camp  on  Ootionwood  creek, 
driving  them  into  the  mountains.  A  company  was  has- 
tily organized  to  go  in  pursuit  and  recover  the  horses. 
When  on  the  trail  thoy  were  shot  at  from  ambush,  and 
Hiram  Hulan,  John  Clark,  John  Oldfield,  and  Wesley 
Mayden  were  killed. 

A  messenger  vas  disi»atched  to  Fort  Jones,  then  com- 
manded by  Captain  Judah,  who  set  out  at  once  with 
twenty  men,  all  his  available  force,  to  fol'  nv  the  trail  of 

V.  .n.  G.  F.  Vauk,  Welter  *  Rase,  Samuel  WlUlftras,  Charles  -  'ilMama,  Isaac  Woolen, 
ami  Jeremiah  Vaniell.  The  settlers  who  gave  up  their  i.  iprovement*  on  tlie  land 
vescrvod  wore  Piivifi  V.vans,  Mntthov  <i.  Kcunody,  John  G.  <'(X)k,  William  Hutchin- 
son. '"Charles  Gray.  Robert  B.  Metca)!',  Jacob  Gall,  (ieoige  H.  C.  Taylor,  John  M.  Silcott, 
aod  James  f.esley :  Heport  of  Snperinteiuteiit  Talmor,  in  I'niteil  States  house  exe- 
cutive dociunonts,  M.  pp.  3-fi,  thirty -oihlith  Congiess,  second  session. 

■'The  murderers.  Ind.i.n  Tom  and  Imllaii  ileorge,  were  indicted  and  had  a  fair 
trial.  Having  no  counsel,  the  court  appointed  I).  B.  Breniian  and  V.  V.  I'rim  to  de- 
tend  them.  Agent  ('\ilver  and  I.ouls  Oenois  acted  as  interpreters  to  the  court  and 
jury.  The  officers  of  tbo  court  were  ;  O.  R,  McFaddcn,  judge  ;  S.  Sims,  prosecuting 
attorney;  Matthew  G.  Kennedy,  sherilV;  and  Lycurgus  Jackson,  clerk.  The  jury 
impaneled  were:  S.  IX  Vandyke,  Kdward  McCartic.  T.  Grcgard,  A.  Davis,  Robert 
Hasgadine,  A.  D.  Lake,  .lames  Hamlin.  Samuel  Hall,  Frederlfik  Alberdtne,  F.  Heber, 
and  R.  Hendersou.  The  sentence  of  tlic  court  wu.-i  that  the  convicted  Indians  should 
be  ;i,.:'g  on  the  niueteenth  of  February.  The  .sentence  was,  however,  on  account  of 
♦ne  trou')leKome  times,  carried  out  u  few  days  after  the  trial.  These  were  the  only 
ladians  -ver  punished  lor  crime  by  the  authorities  lu  southern  Oregon. 


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the  Indians,  which  led  him  to  a  cave  near  tlie  Klamath 
river,  in  which  stronghold  they  had  fortified  themselves. 
In  conjunction  with  a  volunteer  company  under  Greiger, 
captain,  he  reconnoitered  the  position,  and  finding  it  too 
strong  to  be  taken  without  artillery,  withdrew,  and  dis- 
patched Lieutenant  Crook  and  D.  Sorrell  to  Fort  Lane  t<j« 
bring  up  a  mountain  howitzer.    Several  days  were  occu- 
pied in  this  expedition,  Captain  Smith   arriving  on  the 
twenty-sixth  with  Lieutenant  Ogle  and  fifteen  dragoons. 
The  regular  force  now  amounted  to  thirty-eight,  rank  and 
file,   and   the  volunteers  numbered   forty-five.     Captain' 
Judah  falling  ill,  remained  in  camp  with  eight  regulart:' 
and  a  few  of  Greiger's  men,  and  on  the  twenty-seventh- 
the  attack  was  made. 

The  cave  occupied  by  the  Indians  was  in  the  face  of  an 
almost  perpendicular  palisade,  three  hundred  feet  above 
the  valley,  the  approach  being  in  front  and  easily  defended. 
Captain  Greiger,  with  seventeen  men,  took  his  position  on 
top,  and  the  remainder  of  the  volunteers,  with  Lieutenant 
Bonnycastle,  with  his  command  and  the  howitzer,  were 
stationed  in  front.  Owing  to  the  angle  at  which  the 
howitzer  was  fired  it  had  no  other  effect  tlian  to  frighten 
the  Indians,  who  now  cried  out  for  peace,  a  prayer  wiiicli 
Smith,  who  knew  less  about  Indian  fighting  than  he  did  a 
year  or  two  later,  was  quite  ready  to  grant.  But  to  this 
the  volunteers  were  unwilling  to  consent,  saying  the  mur- 
derers must  be  punished,  and  Smith  after  moving  the  gun 
to  a  different  position  fired  a  few  more  inefiectual  sliell.'s, 
During  the  afternoon  Greiger  was  struck  ])y  a  shot  from  the 
cave  and  killed,  to  the  great  sorrow  of  his  company,  for  lie 
was  an  estimable  man  and  useful  citizen. 

Night  coming  on  the  forces  encamped  in  front  of  the 

cave,  and  Bill  sent  three  Indian  women  to  ask  for  a  talk, 

".    Captain  Smith  granting  the  request,  and  going  to  the  cave 

the  following  morning  with  Eddy,  a  citizen,  to  hold  the 

interview.     He  found,  he  says,'"'  about  fifty  Shastas,  who 


•United  StftteR  house  executive  document!',  p.  8>',  thirty-fifth  coiiRrens,  second 
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declared  that  they  loved  peace  and  had  lived  on  terms  of 
friendship  with  the  white  people  about  Yveka  and  Cotton- 
wood, but  that  the  miners  at  the  latter  place  bad  ill-treated 
their  women,  for  which  reason  they  had  left  that  neigh- 
borhood." Accepting;  this  apology  for  theft  and  murder, 
Captain  Smith  advised  Bill  to  remain  in  his  stronghold 
where  he  would  be  safe  from  the  volunteers.  On  learning 
Smith's  views,  and  there  being  no  further  prospect  of 
bringing  tl  c  Indians  to  justice,  the  volunteers  returned 
home  with  vhe  body  of  their  captain,  taking  with  them 
some  Indian  ponies. 

Troubles  between  the  miners  on  the  beaches  between 
Port  Orford  and  Coos  bay  and  the  Coquille  Indians  broke 
out  in  January,  1854.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the 
proceedings  of  a  meeting  called  on  the  twenty-seventh 
of  the  month  to  consider  the  situn^'  n: — 

At  a  meeting  of  the  miners  and  citizens  u.«-  iuhlt-ii  at  tJic  (Joquille 
ferry-house  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  Indian  din  'ultiew,  the 
following  resolutions  were  adopted. 

On  motion,  A.  F.  Soap  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  A'ni.  li. 
I'ackwood  appointed  secretary. 

All  persons  having  observed  any  hostile  movement  of  the  Indians 
were  called  upon  to  state  tlie  facts. 

•John  A.  Pension  stated  that  he  discovered,  on  the  twenty-thinl 
instant,  an  Indian  riding  a  horse  up  and  down  th(*  beach.  He  went 
over  to  the  Indian  village  to  see  whose  horse  it  was.  It  proved  to 
Ite  a  horse  that  Mr.  Whike  had  ridden  up  from  I'ort  Drfoid.  1  (  Pen- 
sion 1  took  the  horse  from  the  Indian  and  went  to  the  chief.  H«' 
attempted  to  take  the  trappings  ofT  the  horse.  I  would  not  allov 
him  to  do  .so,  wanting  them  jis  proi-f  of  his  conduct.  I  expostulated 
with  them  in  regard  to  their  conduct.  Th(>y  laughed  at  me  and 
ordered  me  to  'Intnivd. 

Mr.  Whike,  being  present,  corroborated  the  al)ove  statement. 

.Fohn  A.  Pension  stated  further:  On  the  twenty-fourth  instant 
there  were  three  men  on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  I  went  over 
to  ferry  them  acro.^s.  They  sisked  me  the  reason  why  the  Indians 
wanted  to  drive  them  back  ( to  the  mines),  and  not  let  them  cross 

'It  Is  undoubtedly  tnie  that  smrnt'  men  ftmong  the  miners  treated  the  Indian 
women  brntally ;  hut  the  Indians  themselves  sold  tlielr  wives  and  daughters  to  them 
without  shame. 


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tlie  river.  An  Indian  present  seemed  to  be  in  a  great  passion,  using 
the  words  "God  damn  Americans"  very  frequently. 

Mr.  Tliomas  Lowe  corroborated  the  above  statement. 

Mr.  Malcolm  stated  that  yesterday  ( the  twenty-sixth  instant ) 
the  Indian  chief  John  shot  into  a  crowd  of  men  standing  in  front 
of  the  ferry-house  at  that  time. 

Mr.  Thomas  Lowe  and  Mr.  Whike  corroborated  the  above  state- 
ment. 

Mr.  Whike  and  Thomas  Lowe  state  that  early  this  morning  ( the 
twenty-seventh)  they  discovered  the  rope  by  which  the  ferryboat 
was  tied  up  to  be  cut  in  two,  having  been  done  in  the  night  of  the 
twenty-sixth  instant.  The  boat  would  have  been  lost  had  it  net 
been  buoyed  out.' 

Mr.  George  H.  Abbott  stated :  I  came  here  yesterday  evening 
( the  twenty-sixth ),  and  finding  difficulties  existing  between  the 
whites  and  Indians,  and  having  an  interpreter  with  me,  I  sent  for 
the  chief  for  the  purpose  of  having  an  explanation.  He  returned 
for  answer  that  he  would  neither  explain  nor  be  friendly  with 
the  whites  on  any  terms.  I  sent  back  the  Indian  the  second  time, 
insisting  on  an  explanation.  He  ( the  chief )  sent  back  word  that  he 
would  not  come,  nor  give  any  explanation  whatever,  and  that  he 
would  kill  every  white  man  that  attempted  to  come  to  him,  or  go  in 
his  village;  that  he  intended  to  kill  the  men  at  the  ferry  arid  destroy 
their  houses;  that  he  was  going  to  rid  his  country  of  all  white  men; 
that  it  was  no  use  talking  to  him,  and  that  if  they  (the  whites) 
would  take  out  his  heart  and  wash  it,  he  would  still  be  the  same. 

Mr.  George  H.  Abbott,  interpreter:  Interpretation  of  the  above 
corroborated  by  Joliii  Groloiiise  (  half-breed). 

Jiesoived,  That  the  Indiaiiw  in  this  vicinity  are  in  a  state  of  hos- 
tility toward  the  whites  fiMiu  their  own  acknowledgements  and 
declarations. 

Renolved,  That  tomorrow  morning,  the  twenty -eighth  instant, 
as  early  as  possible,  we  will  move  upcn  and  attack  the  Indian  vil- 
lage. 

By  vote,  Geo.  H.  Abbott  is  elected  captain  of  this  expedition,  A. 
F.  Soap,  first  lieutenant,  and  Wm.  H  Packwood,  second  lieutenant. 
(Signed.)  A.  F.  Soap,  Chairman. 

Wm.  H.  Packwood,  Secretary. 

Continuing  the  narrative  of  the  proceedingg  followiiig 
the  meeting  above  reported,  the  following  is  an  abstract  of 
Captain  Abbott's  official  report  to  Governor  Davis:  T'le 
Indian  village  (the  same  where  T' Vault's  party  was 
attacked  in  J  850),  was  situated  on  both  sides  of  the  river, 


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'Tho  above-mentioned  persons  arc  the  ferrymen  at  ttic  CoquiUe  river, 


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about  one  and  a  half  miles  from  the  mouth,  one  part  on 
the  north,  and  two  on  the  south  side,  tne  huts  on  the  north 
yide  being  situated  on  open  ground,  and  easy  of  approach, 
while  those  on  the  south  were  in  the  edge  of  a  thicket 
connecting  with  a  heavy  body  of  timber. 

It  was  supposed  that  if  the  Indians  made  a  stand  it 
would  be  at  that  part  of  the  village  occupied  by  the  chief, 
namely,  the  lower  division  on  the  south  side.  Abbott 
divided  his  company  into  three  detachments,  Lieutenant 
Soap  with  one  being  sent  to  take  position  on  a  mound 
overlooking  the  village  on  the  north  side;  Packwood  took 
a  circuitous  route  through  the  woods  to  a  position  close  to 
the  upper  village  on  the  south  side,  while  Abbott  ap- 
proached the  lower  portion  of  it,  also  by  a  circuitous  route. 
At  a  given  signal,  the  firing  of  a  rifle,  a  simultaneous 
attack  was  to  be  made.  Except  that  Packwood  did  not 
get  into  position  before  the  signal  was  given,  all  happened 
as  had  been  planned,  and  before  daylight  the  attack  was 
made  from  three  points.  The  Indians  were  completely 
surprised  and  unable  to  offer  much  resistance;  some  fled 
into  the  woods.  Sixteen  were  killed  and  four  wounded. 
Twenty  old  men,  women,  and  children  were  captured, 
with  their  stores  of  provisions,  and  twelve  canoes.  Their 
huts  containing  their  arms  and  ammunition  were  burned. 
"The  Indians,"  wrote  Abbott  to  the  governor,  "were  thus 
severely  chastised  without  any  loss  on  the  part  of  the 
whites,  which  will  undoubtedly  have  a  salutary  eftect  on 
all  the  Indians  inhabiting  this  coast  from  the  Umpqua  to 
Rogue  river." 

After  the  massacre,  for  it  could  not  be  called  a  battle, 
whatever  may  be  said  of  the  necessity  for  such  measures, 
Abbott  sent  three  of  the  captive  women  to  invite  the  chief 
to  a  peace-talk.  He  returned  for  answer  that  a  great 
number  of  his  people  had  been  killed,  and  he  was  himself 
wounded;  all  he  desired  was  peace,  and  the  friendship  of 
the  white  people  for  the  lomainder  of  his  band.  His  heart 
he  declared  was  changed,  and   Abbott  was  requested  to 


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send  a  chief  of  the  Sixes-river  band,  who  was  in  his  camp, 
to  him,  with  the  assurance  that  it  would  be  safe  to  do  so, 
when  he  would  come  and  talk,  which  he  did  the  same 
day.  A  treaty  of  peace  and  friendship  was  entered  into, 
the  volunteers  returning  to  their  usual  avocations. 

The  same  evening  the  miners  and  citizens  held  another 
mooting,  Mr.  McNamara  in  the  chair,  when  it  was — 

JicKolved,  That  whereas  the  Indians  have  been  defeated,  come  in 
and  sued  for  peace,  and  as  they  liave  met  witli  considerable  loss  of 
life  and  property  at  our  hands,  we  deem  it  suitable  to  return  all  their 
property,  and  the  prisoners  we  have  in  our  possession. 

Remlved,  That  two  copies  of  the  proceedings  of  the  meetings  of 
the  last  two  days  held  by  the  miners  and  citizens  be  drawn  up  for 
the  purpose  of  forwarding  one  copy  to  the  governor  of  this  territory, 
and  one  to  the  Indian  agent  at  Port  Orford. 

The  Indian  agent  at  Port  Orford  was  S.  M.  Smith,  who 
'."ived  at  Coquille  ferry  on  the  day  following  this  affair, 
in  company  with  Lieutenant  Kautz,  and  who,  to  quote 
from  Abbott's  report,  "made  every  exertion  to  get  to  the 
scene  of  difficulties  before  hostilities  commenced,  but  was 
there  only  in  time  to  establish  a  more  permanent  under- 
standing with  the  Indians,  which  he  did  in  a  manner 
highly  creditable  to  himself  as  u  public  official." 

Reading  between  the  lines  of  this  praise  of  the  govern- 
ment officers,  we  might  discover  a  purpose  to  forestall  the 
efforts  of  Liieutenant  Kautz  and  the  agent,  which  in  the 
opinion  of  the  miners,  founded  on  experience,  would 
amount  to  nothing. 

On  the  thirtieth  of  January,  in  a  public  meeting  at  Ran- 
dolph City,  a  short  distance  from  (Joquille  ferry,  H.  R. 
Scott  in  the  chair,  and  J.  B.  O'Meally,  secretary,  the  fol- 
lowing proceedings  were  had: —  ■^..,. 

CoQUii.LE  Mines,  O.  T,,  ) 

RANDOM'ir  City,  .'?Oth  .January,  1854.) 

In  pursuance  with  the  wishes  of  the  citizens,  a  public  meeting 
which  was  to  be  held  yesterday  was  adjourned  until  today,  when 
the  meeting  was  held  at  ilandolph  City,  in  order  to  take  into  con- 
sideration, and  reconsider  the  resolutions  that  were  passed  and 
adopted  here  last  Saturday,  twenty-eighth  instant,  as  well  as  the 


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resolutions  and  proceedings  passed  and  adopted  at  a  public  meeting 
lield  at  Coqullle  river  (the  seat  of  war),  which  were  read  at  this 
meeting  today,  and  were  sanctioned  and  iiigldy  approved,  relative 
to  the  hostilities  evinced  by  the  Indians  at  (Joquille  against  whites. 

Upon  the  meeting  being  called  to  order,  H.  R.  Scott  was  ap- 
]>ointed  ohairnmn,  and  J.  B.  0'M.mlly,  secretary,  when  the  follow- 
ing resolutions  were  passed  and  adopted  : — 

Jiesolval,  Whereas  the  Indians  in  this  vicinity  have  been  very 
troublesome  for  some  time  iMV^t,  i.  e.,  ever  since  tlie  discovery  of  the 
mines,  on  account  of  their  nuiny  thefts,  it  being  unsafe  to  leave  a 
house  alone  while  the  inhabitants  were  absent  at  work,  the  Indians 
being  in  the  habit  of  ransacking  such  houses,  taking  all  the  i)ro- 
visions  and  other  articles  such  as  they  could  conveniently  secrete, 
and  l)econiing  more  hostile  in  their  ftiovemeuts  tvery  day ;  and 
that  the  threatening  attitude  of  the  Indians  a  few  days  since  at 
('oquille  river  called  for  immediate  and  decisive  action  ;  and,  as  it 
wius  considered  necessary  for  the  safety  of  the  lives  and  property  of 
the  citizens,  that  prompt  and  energetic  measures  should  be  taken,— 

BcMolved,  That  we  consider  the  threatening  and  menacing  aspect 
of  the  Indians  at  the  Co«iuille  river  on  tlie  twenty-seventh  and 
twenty-eightli,  amounting  '        leclaration  of  war  on  their  part. 

Fenolved,  That  the  pro..  ..nd  timely  action  of  the  citizens  and 
minei's  assembled  at  the  Coiiuille  river  on  the  twenty-seventh  and 
twenty-eighth  instants,  has  struck  a  decisive  blow,  which  we  believe 
has  quelled  at  the  commencement  an  Indian  war,  which  might 
liave  lasted  for  months,  causing  much  bloodshed  and  expense  to 
the  people  in  general,  and  we  have  also  a.scertained  that  a  large 
<iuantity  of  secreted  firearnis  and  powder  was  destroy  1  in  the  burn- 
ing of  the  Indian  villages. 

Rexolved,  That  duplicates  of  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting  Ix' 
drawn  up  for  publication,  one  copy  to  be  sent  tt)  the  Indian  agent  at 
Port  Orford,  and  others  to  be  transmitted  to  the  different  newspapers 
in  Oregon  and  California  ;  and,  it  is  further 

RfKo/rrd,  That  a  copy  of  the.  resolutions  passed  and  adopted  at 
the  meeting  held  last  Saturday,  twenty-eighth  instant,  at  Randolph 
City,  shall  accompany  the  resolutions  passed  and  adoi)ted  here 
today. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  meeting  are  Justlj-  due  and 
ln'reby  given  to  our  fellow-citizens  who  have  behaved  so  nobly  in 
suppressing  with  a  small  force  of  volunteers  the  Indians,  on  the 
twenty-seventh  and  twenty-eighth  instants,  at  (^oquille  river,  who 
bad  declared  war,  and  from  the  most  autlientic  information  that  we 
have  obtained,  after  mature  investiguMon,  we  have  every  rea.son  to 
lielieve  that  the  Indians  were  on  the  eve  of  conimenciug  an  out- 
ttreak  against  the  whites. 

(Higtied.)  H.  R.  800TT,  Chairman. 

J.  B.  O'MKAi.iiY,  Secretary. 


328 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Thus  was  checked,  for  the  time  being,  an  outbreak  in 
this  direction.  Whether  or  not  the  presence  of  troo^js  and 
a  howitzer  in  the  Rogue-river  valley  had  the  effect  to 
restrain  the  rising  discontent  among  the  Indians,  it  is 
certain  that  in  spite  of  it  there  were  fewer  murders  by 
them  in  the  summer  of  1854  than  for  three  years  previous. 
Edward  Phillips,  a  miner  on  Applegate  creek,  was  mur- 
dered in  his  own  house  April  fifteenth.  Daniel  Gage  was 
killed  on  June  fifteenth  in  tlie  Siskiyou  mountains.  A 
man  named  McAmy  was  killed  near  DeWitt  ferry,  on  the 
Klamath  river,  June  twenty-fourth,  and  Thomas  O'Neal 
about  the  same  time.  Some  time  during  the  same  month, 
or  a  little  later,  John  Crittenden,  John  Badger,  Alexander 
Sawyer,  and  a  man  named  Wood,  were  murdered  by  the 
Modocs  or  Pit-river  Indians  on  the  southern  immigrant 
road,  at  Gravelly  ford,  in  the  Humboldt  valley;  and  in 
September,  a  Mr.  Stewart  of  Corvallis,  Oregon,  was  killed 
on  the  same  road.  On  the  second  of  November,  Alfred 
French,  formerly  connected  with  the  Chronicle  newspaper 
at  Independence,  Missouri,  was  murdered  by  Indians  near 
Crescent  City. 

The  murderers  in  every  case  escaped  punishment,  and 
so  far  as  the  officers  of  the  regular  army  stationed  in  the 
country  were  concerned,  were  defended  rather  than  chas- 
tised, owing  to  a  prejudiced  and  arbitrary  sentiment 
towards  civilians  entertained  by  General  Wool,  at  this 
time  in  command  of  the  division  of  the  Pacific.  Whoever 
has  read  his  correspondence  with  Adjutant-General  Thomas 
must  have  perceived  his  strong  bias  against  the  people  as 
distinguioiied  from  the  army,  from  governor's  down  to  the 
humblest  citizen,  and  his  especial  dislike  of  volunteer 
organizations.  The  reports  of  the  officers  in  command  of 
posts  in  Oregon,  California,  and  Washington,  were  colored 
by  this  feeling  exhibited  by  the  general  of  division,  and 
their  correspondence  was  too  often  distorted  by  their  sense 
of  what  was  expected  of  them  by  their  chief. 

The  murder  of  the  persons  named  on  the  southern  im- 


frie 
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to 
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secod 


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THE  ROOUE  RIVER  WARS. 


329 


migrant  road  led  to  the  fear  that  the  Modocs  might  repeat 
the  wholesale  matjsacres  of  1852.  In  the  absence  of  a 
sufficient  military  force  at  the  posts  in  Oregon,  Governor 
Davis  had  written  to  General  Wool  for  troops  to  perform 
the  service  of  patrolling  the  roads  both  north  and  south, 
by  which  the  immigration  entered  Oregon,  but  Wool  was 
either  unable  or  unwilling  to  furnish  them.  He  did,  how- 
ever, reenforce  Smith's  squadron  with  a  detachment  of 
horse  lately  under  Wright's  command,  which  marched  to 
Xlamath  lake  and  back,  reporting  no  danger  from  Indians. 
The  real  service  was  performed  for  the  southern  route  by 
a  volunteer  force  under  Jesse  Walker,  with  the  approba- 
tion of  acting  Governor  Curry. 

The  cost  of  this  expedition,  which  had  no  fighting  to 
do,  but  which  was  probably  a  useful  object  lesson  to  the 
Indians,  was  forty-five  thousand  dollars.  Its  enemies 
named  it  the  "  Expedition  to  fight  the  immigrants,"  and 
denounced  Quartermaster-General  C.  S.  Drew  and  others 
as  thieves  on  account  of  it.  The  regular  army  officers 
took  up  the  cry,  and  declared  the  expedition  unnecessary 
and  a  fraud  upon  the  government,  which  must  foot  tlie 
bills.  These  accusations  led  to  investigation  as  to  the 
prices  charged  by  the  merchants  of  Yreka,  who  furnished 
the  supplies,  whose  testimony  was  corroborated  by  the 
merchants  of  Jacksonville,  showing  the  current-  prices 
during  that  year.  A  mass  of  evidence  was  collected  at 
additional  cost,"  and  years  of  delay  in  the  settlement  of 
accounts  resulted.  Forty-five  thousand  dollars  was  a  large 
sum,  but  an  Indian  war  would  have  cost  more,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  the  loss  of  life;  and  the  i)eople  of  southern  Oregon 
considered  peace  at  any  price  worth  all  it  cost. 

But  the  feeling  of  white  men  in  Oregon  who  had  lost 
friends  or  property,  or  both,  were  not  soothed  by  the 
knowledge  that  General  Wool,  in  sending  a  rei'nforcement 
to  Fort  Lane,  had  declared  it  was  not  to  protect  the  settlers 
and  miners  that  troops  were  needed,  but  to  protect  the 


'  United  States  house  miscellaneous  documents,  47,  pp.  32-36,  tliirty-liaii  congress, 
second  session. 


830 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Indians  against  white  men,  and  that  for  this  latter  pur- 
jiose  the  force  in  Oregon  should  be  increased.  His  request 
to  Lhe  secretary  of  war  for  more  troops  in  his  department 
accompanying  such  declarations,  was  —  as  it  should  havo 
been  —  refused,  and  Oregon  remained  as  it  had  for  so  many 
years  been,  undefended,  except  as  the  people  to  the  best  of 
their  ability  took  care  of  themselves. 

In  his  correspondence  with  the  war  department,  Oenernl 
Wool  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  immigration  to  Cali- 
fornia and  Oregon  would  soon  render  unnecessary  those 
posts  already  established,  and  declared  that  if  it  were  left 
to  his  discretion  he  sliould  abolish  them,  namely,  Forts 
Jones,  Reading,  and  Miller  in  northern  (■alifornia,  and 
Dalles  and  Lane  in  Oregon.  In  their  place  he  would  have 
a  temporary  post  on  Pit  river,  another  on  Puget  sound, 
and  possibly  one  in  the  Snake-river  country. 

Of  the  inability  of  immigrants  to  protect  themselves 
proof  was  furnished  in  the  month  of  August  near  old  Fort 
J>oise,  when  a  party  of  Kentuckians,  numbering  twenty- 
one  men,  women,  and  children,  led  by  Alexander  Ward, 
was  attacked  and  massacred,  only  two  boys  being  left  alive, 
who  were  rescued. 

The  horrors  of  the  Ward  massacre  called  for  the  imme- 
diate chastisement  of  the  Indians  in  the  Boise  country. 
There  was  at  Fort  Dalles,  the  nearest  point  whore  a  soldier 
could  be  found,  only  a  single  company  of  men,  under 
Major  Granville  O.  Ilaller.  With  about  sixty  of  tiiese, 
and  a  few  citizens  who  chose  to  accompany  the  expedition. 
Major  Haller  took  the  road  to  Boise,  if  only  to  make  a 
show  on  the  part  of  the  government,  for  the  information  of 
the  Indians,  of  its  desire  and  intention  to  protect  its  people 
and  punish  their  destroyers.  On  Hallcr's  arrival  in  the 
Snake  country,  the  Indians,  well  advised  of  his  move- 
ments, had  retired  to  the  mountains  where  it  was  too  late 
to  attempt  following  them,  and  he  could  only  march  back 
to  The  Dalles. 


inarcJ 


THE  nOGUE   lUVKB  WARS. 


331 


It  is  not  necessary  in  this  place  to  say  more  of  the  Bois«' 
affair  than  that  llaller  acconijdished  the  following  sum- 
mer the  hanging  of  the  leaders  of  the  massacre,  returning 
to  The  Dalles  in  Septemher,  185.',  just  in  time  to  take  j)art 
in  a  war  nearer  his  post. 

But  apropo  of  the  discord  between  the  civil  and  military 
authorities,  (Jovernor  Curry, on  learning  that  Haller's  first 
expedition  was  not  likely  to  accomplish  anything,  on  the 
eighteenth  of  September,  1854,  issued  a  proclamation 
calling  for  two  companies  of  volunteers  of  sixty  men  each, 
to  march  to  Boise  and  punish  the  Indians.  These  com- 
panies were  to  be  enlisted  for  six  months,  unless  sooner 
discharged,  and  to  furnish  their  own  horses,  e(iuipments, 
arms,  and  ammunition,  and  choose  their  own  officers,  re- 
porting to  Brigadier-General  Nesmith  on  the  twenty-fifth. 
The  governor  issued  commissions  to  (leorge  K.  Sheil  as 
assistant  adjutant-general;  to  John  McCracken  as  assistant 
quartermaster-general;  and  to  \'^ictor  Trevitt  as  commis- 
sary and  quartermaster.  But  Nesmith,  on  learning  that 
Colonel  Bonneville  of  Fort  Vancouver  had  refused  a  re- 
quest of  the  governor  for  arms  and  supplies,  giving  it  as 
liis  opinion  that  a  winter  campaign  was  neither  necessary 
nor  practicable,  expressed  a  like  opinion,  and  the  call  for 
for  volunteers  was  withdrawn.  Meanwhile,  events  were 
marching  on.  ^ 


CHAFPER  III 


8mai.1.  militaky  fokceoftiik  paciric  — affaiiuiof  the  indian  bl'pcuintendencv 
—  The  Tkkaty  ok  Wali.a  W am, a  — Conduct  ov  the  ("hikkh  at  the  Cocncii,— 

SFEKCH   ok   t^AYL-.SK    l(K.M)    CHIEF— THK    INKLVKNCE  OF    l,A\V VKK  —  Ol'POBITION  OK 

Kamiakin  — Treaty  skinkd  — Renewal  ok  Troubi.ks  in  Houthekn  Obeiion  — 

Ml'RDKIW  — VoLUNTEKll  CoMl'ANIKJf  AND  RKOUI.AHS  DIHAOKKE  — TH0UBI,F-S  ON  THK 
COgUlI.I.K— Ml'RDER  OK'l'KAYEI.ERH  IN    KOUUK-UI VER  AND  UMI'HIM  VALLKYS  — THK 

LuPTON  AKKAiR  — Massacres  ok  October  Ninth  — Death  i>k  Mrh.  WAfiONKR  — 
Bravery  ok  Mrs.  Harrih— Armin*.  ok  thk  1'eopi.e  — IIostii.itim  Oenerai,— 
The  Ninth  Ueoiment— Hatti.k  of  Skull  Har  — More  Murders- (iUARDiN<i 
RoAUM  and  Settlements  — Battle  OF  Hungry  Hill  — Conduct  of  Indian  Affairs 
BY  THE  Superintendent— The  Governor  Cai.lk  for  Volunteers—  Ninth  Rb(ii- 
MENT  Disbanded  — Northern  and  Southern  Battalions— Consolidation  Into 
THE  Second  Kfoiment  ok  Okf.oon  Mounted  Volunteers  — Regulars  Assist  the 
Territorial  Forces— Attempt  to  Capture  "The  Meadows"— Fight  of  Alcorn 
on  Little  Butte  Creek  — Fiqht  of  Rice  on  Rouue  River— Batti.k  of  "The 
Cabins"— Fight  on  Afpiegate  Creek  hvBrih'e,  O'Neal,  and  Alcorn  — Thank- 
less Service  — Northern  Companies  Discharged— Kechuits  Called  For. 


i 


Tjie  total  military  force  in  the  department  of  the  Pacific 
at  the  expiration  of  1854  was  twelve  hundred, —  dragoons, 
infantry,  and  artillery, —  of  which  three  hundred  and 
thirty-five  were  stationed  in  Oregon  and  Washington. 
But  others  were  under  orders  for  the  Pacific  coast.  The 
army  bill  had  failed  to  pass  in  Congress,  and  only  through 
smuggling  a  section  into  the  appropriation  bill  providing 
for  two  more  regiments  of  cavalry  and  two  of  infantry,  was 
any  increase  in  the  army  made  possible.  This  was  accom- 
plished by  the  delegation  from  the  Pacific;  and  it  was 
further  provided  that  arms  should  be  distributed  to  the 
militia  of  the  territories,  according  to  the  act  of  1808, 
arming  the  militia  of  the  states.  No  other  or  special  pro- 
vision was  made  for  the  defense  of  the  northwest  territories, 
and  this  was  the  military  situation  at  the  beginning  of 
1855. 

It  should  be  noted  before  entering  upon  the  recital  of 
the  events  of  this  year  that  the  superintendent  of  Indian 
affairs,  Palmer,  was  able  in  the  month  of  October  preced- 
ing to  assure  the  tribes  with  whom  he  had  made  treaties 

(332) 


THE   nOaUE  HIVED  WARS. 


833 


tliat  thoy  Iiad  been  ratified  by  congress,  although  with 
some  nnicndmeiits  to  which  they  gave  their  assent  with 
evident  reluctance.  One  of  these  allowed  other  tribes  to 
be  placed  on  their  reservation  —  an  intrusion  whicli  the 
jealous  nature  of  the  Indian  resents  with  bitterness; 
another,  consolidated  all  the  Rogue-river  tribes  in  one  — 
an  equally  offensive  measure  for  the  same  reason. 

Palmer  had  intended  to  remove  the  Indians  of  the 
Wallamet  valley  east  of  the  Cascades,  but  found  them  un- 
willing to  go,  and  the  Indians  on  the  east  side  of  the 
mountains  unwilling  to  receive  them  on  account  of 
their  diseased  condition.  As  this  was  a  reasonable  ob- 
jection from  a  civilized  point  of  view,  he  gathered  them 
upon  a  reservation  called  the  Grand  Kond,  in  the  county 
of  Polk,  to  the  infinite  disgust  of  the  settlers  in  that 
district.  But  Palmer  was  a  man  who  took  his  own  wav 
about  things,  and  as  lie  did  his  work  thoroughly,  without 
pother,  those  from  whom  he  derived  his  authority  seldom 
meddled  with  him.  If  he  was  arbitrary,  he  was  generally 
in  the  right,  and  it  saved  a  deal  of  trouble  to  give  him  the 
management.  He  had  much  ado  to  secure  and  keep 
worthy  agents,  on  account  of  the  small  amount  allowed 
them  in  salaries  —  so  small  indeed  as  to  offer  an  argument 
for,  as  well  as  an  inducement  to  peculation.  lie  had, 
however,  at  the  different  agencies  such  men  as  Philip  F. 
Thompson,  E.  P.  Drew,  Nathan  Olney  (who  succeeded 
Parrish),  R.  R.  Thompson,  W.  W.  Raymond,  William  J. 
Martin,  and  Robert  Metcalf.  S.  H.  Culver  was  superseded 
on  the  Rogue-river  reservation  by  George  H.  Ambrose; 
and  Ben  Wright  was  appointed  to  the  charge  of  the  tribes 
on  the  southern  coast. 

No  treaties,  other  than  the  informal  and  temporary 
agreements  made  by  Dr.  White  under  the  provisional 
government,  had  ever  been  made  with  the  tribes  of  east- 
ern Oregon  or  Washington;  nor  had  the  subject  been  ap- 
proached when  1. 1.  Stevens,  the  newly  appointed  governor 
of  Washington  crossed  the  country  at  the  head  of  an  ex- 


wn 


334 


INDIAN  WARS   OF   OREGON. 


••I 


pedition  surveying  for  a  Pacific  railroad  route,  and  had 
conferred  with  several  of  the  tribes  on  the  north  side  of 
tho  Columbia  concerning  the  sale  of  their  laids.  They 
h.ad  seemed  well  disposed  towards  the  government  and 
willing  to  sell,  and  Stevens  had  so  reported.  On  the 
strength  of  this  report  Stevens  and  Palmer  had  been  ap- 
pointed commissioners  to  make  treaties  with  these  tribes, 
and  money  had  been  appropriited  for  the  purpose. 

But  ill  the  time  which  ha^'  intevvened  between  Stevens' 
first  appearance  auiong  then:  and  the  spring  of  1855  many 
things  had  occurred  to  chaige  the  friendly  feeling  then 
expressed  into  one  of  doubt,  if  noi  of  fear  and  hostility. 
For  there  are  no  greater  gossips  and  newsmongers  in  the 
world  than  Indians,  whose  childish  imaginp'ons  quickly 
seize  upon  any  hint  of  coming  events  to  di.stort  and  mag- 
nify it.  They  had  beon  alarmed  by  the  rumor  of  Palmer's 
design  of  settling  the  Wallamet  tribes  east  of  the  moun- 
tains. They  weie  informed  of  the  troubles  in  southern 
Oregon  from  the  coast  to  Grose  lake,  and  of  the  cxpedi- 
titjns  sent  out  against  the  Modocs  and  against  the  Snakes. 
Tho  Cayuses  had  not  forgotten  the  tragciy  of  Waiilatpu, 
and  their  punisliment;  the  Ne/,  Perces  were,  as  they  hnd 
been  always,  cautious  and  conservative.  It  was,  in  trutli, 
not  a  propitious  time  for  treaty  naking  with  the  powerful 
tribes  of  the  trans-Cascades  country. 

But  the  co.iimand  having  gone  forth,  Governor  Stev('n.s 
made  some  }irelimiii  ry  movements  during  the  winter  of 
1854-5,  bv  sending  among  the  Indians  of  eastern  Wnj^li- 
ington,  Mr.  James  Doty,  abeady  known  to  them  as  his 
tru-sted  aid,  who  explained  tho  nature  of  the  council  to 
which  they  were  invited  in  May,  securing  their  promises 
to  bo  present,  and  also  Ihc"'*  assent  to  the  j)ro]t(Kj;itioii  to 
j»urchasp  their  lands,  e.ccept  such  portions  as  they  wisiied 
to  reserve  for  tlu'ir  permanent  homes.  Tho  first  council 
was  to  be  held  with  tlic  Yakimas,  'ayu.so8.  Walla  Walla.", 
and  Nez  Perces,  in  the  Walla  Walia  valley,  on  an  ancient 
council  ground  of  the  Yakima  nation,  selected  by  Kaniia- 


m 


■■';    H. 


w: 


i^ 


THE  ItOGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


335 


kin,  chief  of  this  people,  and  about  five  miles  distant  from 
Waiilatpu. 

The  goods  and  agricultural  implements  intended  for 
presents  to  the  chiefs,  together  with  the  necessary  supplies 
for  a  large  camp,  were  transported  above  The  ]-)alles  in 
keelboats,  the  first  freight  carriers  on  the  upper  Columbia 
river,  and  this  their  first  freight.  The  goods  were  disem- 
barked and  stored  at  Fort  Walla  Walla  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  then  in  charge  of  Mr.  James  Sinclair.  Tlie 
commissioners  were  escorted  from  The  Ddles  to  the  council 
grounds  by  foriy  drngoons  under  Lieutenant  Archibald 
(iracie,  which  force  was  raised  to  forty-seven  by  the  ad- 
dition en.  route  of  a  squad  which  had  been  out  for  a  week 
in  the  vain  search  for  some  Indian  murderers. 

I'^roni  Walla  Walla,  the  commissioners  repaired  at  once 
to  the  council  ground,  leaving  their  escort  to  follow.  The 
spot  selected  proved  to  be  a  beautiful  one,  and  was  made 
comfortable  by  the  erection  of  a  long  arbor  for  dining, 
supplied  with  tables  made  o^  logs  s[)lit  down  the  middle 
and  placed  upon  rude  trestles  v.ith  the  flat  side  up.  Seats 
were  similarly  improvised,  and  the  place  made  to  wear  a 
picturesquely  inviting  aspect.  Plenty  of  time  was  allowed 
for  these  preparations  and  for  the  arrival  of  the  military, 
that  is  to  say,  from  the  twentieth  to  the  twenty-fourth,  be- 
fore the  Indians,  ever  dilatory  on  such  occasions,  began  to 
assemble. 

The  first  to  arrive  were  chiefs  Lawyer  and  Looking  Glass 
of  the  Nez  Perces,  who  encamped  near  the  commissioners 
after  having  displayed  with  their  followers  in  their  wai 
costume,  the  startling  evolutions  described  in  the  account 
given  by  Or.  White's  visit  to  the  Nez  Perces  in  1843.  Two 
days  latei  the  Cayuses  arrived,  making  a  similar  display; 
and  on  the  twenty-eighth  the  Yakimas,  the  whole  assem- 
bl{.ge  numbering  between  lour  and  five  thousand  {)ersons, 
lof  both  sexes  and  all  ages.  When  all  were  assembled, 
two  days  more  were  consumed  in  the  effort  to  get  to  busi- 
;iess,  the  majority  of  the  Indians  being  sullenly  opposed 


336 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


to  tlie  matter  iu  hand,  and  some,  especially  the  Ca^'uses, 
being  evidently  hostile,  regarding  the  troops  with  scowling 
disapproval. 

On  the  thirtieth,  the  council  was  finally  opened  and  its 
object  explained.  But  it  was  soon  apparent  to  the  com- 
missioners that  dealing  with  the  tribes  of  the  interior, 
healthy  and  robust,  besides  having  had  the  benefit  of  the 
teaching  and  example  of  honorable  traders  and  sincere 
Christian  missionaries,  was  a  more  difficult  matter  far  than 
making  treaties  with  the  decaying  tribes  of  the  Wallamet 
and  lower  Columbia,  or  the  wild  men  of  the  southern 
Oregon  valleys  and  coast. 

Watchful,  shy,  and  reticent,  little  progress  was  made  day 
after  day  in  the  negotiations.  Speeches  were  delivered  on 
both  sides,  and  although  glimpses  of  shrewdness,  and  bits 
of  eloquence  adorned  some  of  them,  they  advanceil  <he 
jal  issue  not  at  all.  Concerning  the  sale  of  the  Cayuse 
lands,  the  head  chief  gave  utterance  to  the  following 
fanciful  thoughts: — 


'■ii 
I*' 


I  wonder  if  tho  ground  hsis  anytbing  to  say?  I  wonder  if  tlie 
ground  is  listening  to  what  is  said.  *  *  *  1  hear  wliat  the  ground 
says.  Tlie  ground  says,  "  It  is  the  Great  Spirit  which  placed  nie 
lien;.  Tlie  (ireat  Spirit  t^jlls  nie  to  take  care  of  the  Indians,  to  fe«Hl 
them  aright.  Tlie  (ireat  Spirit  appointed  the,  roots  to  feed  the 
Indians  on."  The  water  says  the  same  thing,  "The  (Jreat  Spirit 
directs  me  feed  the  Indians  well."  The  gri'ss  says  tlie  same  thing, 
"  Feed  the  horses  and  cattle."  The  ground,  \kater,  and  grass  say, 
"The  Great  Spirit  has  j<;iven  us  our  names.  We  have  tliese  names 
and  hold  them.  Neither  the  Indians  nor  the  whites  have  a  right  t<> 
change  these  names."  The  ground  says,  "The  Great  Spirit  hits 
|)laced  me  here  to  produce  all  that  grf)WP  on  me  — trees  and  fruit." 
The  same  way  the  ground  says,  "It  was  from  me  man  was  made." 
The  Great  Spirit  in  placing  men  on  the  earth  lesired  them  to  take 
good  care  of  the  groiuid,  and  do  each  other  no  harm.  The  (Jreal 
Spirit  said,  "  You  Indians  who  take  care  of  wrta'n  jKirtions  of  the 
country  should  not  trade  it  ofl' except  you  get  a  fair  price."  " 

This  speech  was  as  interesting  as  any,  and  in  its  closinj; 
sentence  embodied  the  summing  up,  which  in  l)rief  wasaii 

■>  Kipt'  Indian  CimncU,  \>i>.  22- »j. 


tub:  rogue  river  warn. 


337 


effort  to  heighten  the  value  of  the  lands,  and  claim  the 
highest  price,  quite  like  more  civilized  men. 

But,  claiming  that  their  lands  were  worth  a  high  price 
was  not  done  expecting  to  sell ;  it  was  only  to  discourage 
buying.  Over  and  over  the  commissioners  set  forth  the 
advantages  to  the  red  race  of  acquiring  the  knowledge  to 
be  imparted  by  the  white  race.  Their  logic  and  painstak- 
ing explanat'oas  fell  on  closed  ears.  Owhi,  a  chief  of  the 
Yakimas  an(>  brother-in-lav/  of  Kamiakin,  was  wlioUy  op- 
posed to  a  treaty  sale  of  the  Yakima  lands,  as  was  Kam- 
iakin also.  Pcu-i)eu-mox-mox  had  abandoned  his  usua^ 
deference  to  whi^o  men's  views,  and  stood  up  bravely  for 
the  right  of  his  race  to  hold  the  soil.  The  Cayuses  werj 
all  against  the  treaty.  Joseph  and  Looking  Glass,  war- 
chief  of  the  Ne?.  Perces,  were  opposed  to  it.  Only  Lawyer, 
who  had  been  head  chief  of  the  Nez  Percos  ever  since  the 
Cayuse  war,  and  the  death  of  Ellis  and  Richard,  threw  his 
influence  on  the  side  of  the  commissioners,  to  whom  his 
word  had  been  given  previous  to  the  opening  of  the  nego- 
tiations. 

Two  contrary  opinions  have  been  held  concerning  Law- 
yer— one,  that  he  was  vain  and  selfish,  attaching  himself 
to  the  power  that  could  keep  him  in  office;  and  the  other, 
that  he  was  a  wise  and  shrewd  politician,  doing  always 
what  was  best  for  his  people.  Probably  he  was  a  little  of 
both,  as  Lieutenant  Kip  says:  "1  think  it  is  doubtful  if 
Lawyer  could  have  held  out  but  for  his  pride  in  his  small 
sum  of  book  lore,  wiiich  inclined  him  to  cling  to  his  friend- 
ship with  the  whites.  In  making  a  speech  he  was  able  to 
refer  to  the  discovery  of  the  contirent  by  the  Spaniards, 
and  the  story  of  Columbus  makiuij  the  egg  stand  on  end. 
He  related  how  the  red  men  baa  receded  before  the  white 
men  in  a  manner  that  was  hardly  calculated  to  pour  oil 
upon  the  troubled  waters;  yet,  as  his  father  had  agreed 
with  Lewis  and  Clarke  to  live  in  peace  with  the  whites,  ho 
was  in  favor  of  making  a  treaty." 

The  numerical  strength  of  the  Nez  Perces  was  .such  that 

22 


388 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OllEGON. 


on  securing  their  alliance  depended  the  fate  of  the  treaty, 
if  indeed  they  escaped  becoming  involved  in  war  on  ac- 
count of  it,  as  at  some  points  in  the  discussion  seemed  im- 
minent. Even  among  the  Nez  Perces  themselves  there 
was  discord.  Looking  Glass,  from  the  time  he  appeared 
at  the  council,  had  been  insolent  in  his  behavior,  and  the 
little  force  of  fifty  troopers  were  kept  ready  for  action  in 
case  of  an  outbreak.  Joseph,  who  pretended  to  a  more 
distinguished  line  of  ancestry  than  Lawyer,  and  who 
thought  he  should  have  been  high  chief  in  his  place,  as 
he  probably  would  liave  been  but  for  the  interference  of 
the  white  admirers  of  Lawyer,  determinedly  refused  to 
sign  the  treaty. 

The  proposition  in  the  treaty  most  difficult  to  gain  ac- 
ceptance was  a  common  reservation  for  all  the  tribes  pres- 
ent in  the  Nez  Perces  country.  Finding  that  this  feature 
of  the  treaty  would  defeat  it  if  further  insisted  upon,  the 
commissioners  finally  proposed  separate  reservations  in  all 
the  tribal  lands,  to  which  proposition  there  was  a  general 
and  apparently  a  cordial  assent.  Kamiakin  only  would 
agree  to  nothing.  When  pressed  by  Stevens  to  express  his 
views,  he  exclaimed,  "What  have  I  to  say?"  and  relapsed 
into  sullen  silence.  Two  days  afterwards,  on  the  eleventh 
of  June,  he  signed  the  treaty  along  with  all  the  other 
chiefs,  giving  as  a  reason  for  his  change  of  purpose  that 
he  did  ii  for  the  good  of  his  people.  Joseph,  some  years 
later,  denied  having  signed  this  treaty,  and  pretended  to 
the  ownership  of  the  Wallowa  valley  in  Oregon,  a  claim 
not  justified  by  the  facts,'-  but  asserted  by  his  son,  Young 
Joseph,  and  made  the  basis  of  a  bloody  war  in  1877. 

The  Nez  Perces  received  for  their  lands  outside  an  ample 
reservation,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  annuities; 
the  Cayuses  and  Walla  Wallas  were  united  and  given  u 
reservation  in  the  beautiful  Umatilla  valley,  and  received 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  The  Yakimas 
received  the  same  as  the  Nez  Perces,  and  were  allowed  the 


nWoodi'  Statu* of  Young  Joteph,  etc.,  p.  36. 


THE   ROGUE   RIVER  WARS. 


839 


best  lands  on  the  south  side  of  the  Yakima  river.  In  each 
case  there  was  the  express  provision  that  all  the  lands  not 
included  in  the  reservations  were  open  to  settlement  from 
thenceforward,  excepting  those  improved  by  the  Indians 
who  were  to  receive  pay  for  such.  Mills,  schools,  mechanic 
arts,  and  all  the  usual  aids  to  civilization  were  assured. 
A  year  was  allowed  in  which  to  remove  to  the  reservation, 
and  accustom  themselves  to  their  new  conditions.  In  short, 
the  treaty  as  a  treaty  was  irreproachable,  although  those 
concerned  in  framing  it  had  been  at  so  much  trouble  to 
secure  its  acceptance. 

The  demeanor  of  the  chiefs  after  signing  was  cordial, 
many  of  them  expressing  their  thankfulness  that  the  nego- 
tiations had  ended  so  happily.  The  goods  intended  for 
presents  were  distributed;  agents  were  appointed,  R.  R. 
Thompson  to  the  Umatilla;  W.  H.  Tappan  to  the  Nez 
Perce;  and  A.  J.  Bolan  to  the  Yakima  reservation. 

On  the  sixteenth  of  June,  Stevens  proceeded  northward 
to  treat  with  the  Spokanes,  Cci'ur  d'Alenes,  and  other  tribes 
in  Washington  territory,  while  Palmer  returned  to  The 
Dalles,  making  treaties  with  the  tribes  between  Powder 
river  and  the  Cascade  range,  purchasing  all  the  land  in 
eastern  Oregon  north  of  the  forty-fourth  parallel,  and  as- 
signing the  Indians  to  a  reservation  including  the  Tyghe 
valley,  and  some  warm  springs,  from  which  it  took  its 
name  of  Warm  Springs  reservation. 

After  accomplishing  all  this  really  arduous  work,  Palmer 
returned  home,  well  pleased  to  have  succeeded  so  well  and 
entirely  unaware  that  he,  with  all  his  party  and  the  troops, 
had  barely  escaped  massacre  at  the  council  grounds  in  the 
Walla  Walla  valley  through  the  refusal  of  Lawyer  to  con- 
sent to  the  treachery.  Such,  the  Nez  Perces  afterwards  de- 
clared was  the  truth,  and  the  demeanor  of  the  Cayuses  and 
Yakimas  certainly  sustained  the  charge. 

It  has  since  been  alkj^ed  in  palliation  tliat  the  treaties 
were  forced  upon  the  Indians;  that  their  objections  were 
not  regarded;  that  a  general  council  furnished  the  oppor- 


■«Wl 


340 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OIIEGON. 


'■li 


tunity  and  the  temptation  for  intrigue;  that  the  commis- 
sioners should  have  been  escorted  by  a  larger  body  of  troops 
and  have  been  surrounded  by  every  impressive  ceremonial, 
this  being  the  way  to  make  savages  as  well  as  civilized 
men  respectful.  Quien  Sahc*  It  was  well  at  any  rate  that 
Lawyer  was  able  to  avert  the  blow. 

While  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  was  busied 
with  treaty  making  in  the  north,  trouble  was  again  brew- 
ing in  southern  Oregon.  Following  some  minor  disturb- 
ances, on  June  first  Jerome  Dyar  and  Daniel  McKaw  were 
murdered  on  the  road  between  Jacksonville  and  Illinois 
valley.  On  various  pretenses  the  Indians,  especially  those 
living  formerly  on  Applegate  creek  and  Illinois  river, 
roamed  about  the  country  off  the  reservation,  and  in  June 
a  party  of  them  made  a  descent  on  a  mining  camp,  killing 
several  men  and  capturing  property  of  considerable  value. 

A  volunteer  company  calling  themselves  the  "Independ- 
ent Rangers"  was  organized  at  Wait's  mill  in  Rogue-river 
valley,  and  commanded  by  H.  B.  Hayes,  who  reported  to 
John  E.  Ross,  colonel  of  the  ter  itorial  militia,  for  recogni- 
tion, which  went  in  pursuit  of  the  guilty  Indians.  This 
was  the  first  organization  of  any  military  company  since 
the  treaty  with  the  Rogue-rivers  in  1853.  The  agent  on 
the  reservation  hearing  of  the  movement,  notified  Captain 
Smith  of  Fort  Lane,  who  took  out  his  dragoons  and 
gathered  up  all  the  straying  Indians  he  could  find,  brouglit 
them  back  to  the  reservation  where  they  were  safe.  A 
portion  of  them  who  were  not  brought  in  were  pursued 
into  the  mountains,  and  one  killed.  A  skirmish  took 
place,  in  which  a  white  man,  one  Philpot,  was  killed,  and 
several  horses  wounded.  Skirmishing  continued  for  a 
week,  without  very  serious  results  on  either  side. 

In  August,  a  white  man  having  sold  a  bottle  of  whisky 
to  some  strolling  Indians  from  the  reservation,  they 
attacked  a  party  of  miners  on  the  Klamath,  killing  John 
Pollock,  William    Hennessey,  Peter    Heinrich,  Thomas 


777^  ROGUE  RTVER  WARS. 


841 


Gray,  Edward  Parrish,  John  L.  Fickas,  F.  D.  Mattice,  T. 
D.  Mattice,  and  two  other  men  known  as  Raymond  and 
Pedro.    Several  Indians  were  also  killed  in  the  fight. 

A  company  of  volunteers  was  organized  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Siskiyous,  and  commanded  by  William  Martin, 
proceeded  to  the  reservation,  and  demanded  the  surrender 
of  the  murderers,  which  demand  Captain  Smith  refused 
on  technical  grounds.  He  could  not  deliver  persons 
charged  with  crime  into  the  hands  of  a  merely  voluntary 
assemblage  of  men.  Later,  however,  in  November,  some 
arrests  were  made  on  a  requisition  from  Siskiyou  county. 

Another  affair  in  the  month  of  August  produced  a 
strong  feeling  against  the  military  even  more  than  the 
Indians.  An  Indian  in  the  Port  Orford  district  shot  at 
and  wounded  James  Buford  near  the  mouth  of  Rogue 
river.  Ben  Wright,  the  agent,  delivered  the  Indian  to 
the  sheriff  of  Coos  county,  who,  having  no  place  in  which 
to  confine  his  prisoner,  delivered  him  to  a  squad  of  soldiers 
to  bo  taken  to  Port  Orford  and  placed  in  the  guardhouse. 
While  the  canoe  containing  the  prisoner  and  his  guards 
was  passing  up  the  river  to  a  place  of  encampment,  it  was 
followed  by  Buford,  his  partner  Hawkins,  and  O'Brien,  a 
trader,  determined  to  give  the  Indian  no  chance  of  escape 
tlirough  the  sympathy  of  the  military  authorities.  Watch- 
ing their  opportunity  they  fired  upon  the  canoe,  killing 
the  prisoner  and  another  Indian.  The  fire  was  promptly 
returned  by  the  soldiers,  who  killed  at  once  two  of  the 
white  men,  and  mortally  wounded  the  third. 

The  indignation  aroused  by  this  affair  against  the  mili- 
tary was  intense.  The  cooler  licsds  saw  that  technically 
the  soldiers  were  in  the  right;  but  the  majority  could  not 
jierceive  the  propriety  of  putting  white  men  on  a  par  with 
Indians.  Even  an  Indian,  they  f^lt  sure,  would  never 
have  shot  down  men  of  his  own  race  in  defense  of  white 
men.  A  contMipt,  too,  for  military  dignity  was  supplant- 
ing respect.     An  Indian  had  shot  into  a  cr(*wd  in  which 


342 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREO  ON. 


Lieutenant  Kautz  was  standing,  the  ball  passing  so  near 
that  Kautz  believed  himself  to  be  struck,  and  fell  to  his 
knees.  On  examination  it  was  shown  that  the  bullet  had 
not  touched  the  lieutenant,  and  that  he  had  fallen  simply 
from  the  nervous  shock  of  a  belief  in  a  wound.  This  in- 
cident was  greatly  enjoyed  by  civilians,  and  helped  to  allay 
some  of  the  irritation  in  the  public  mind  of  this  part  of 
the  country.  But,  although  soberer  counsels  prevailed 
over  an  inclination  to  fight  both  soldiers  and  Indians, 
there  was  in  the  air  that  threat  of  something  to  come 
which  would  not  allow  of  rest  either  to  the  white  or  the 
red  man. 

On  the  second  of  September,  Greenville  M.  Keene  of 
Tennessee  was  killed  on  the  reservation  while  attempting, 
with  several  others,  to  recover  some  stolen  horses.  Two  of 
the  party  were  wounded  and  forced  to  retreat.  On  the 
twenty-fourth,  Calvin  Fields  of  Iowa  and  John  Cunning- 
ham of  Sauve  Island,  Oregon,  were  killed,  and  Harrison 
Oatman  and  Daniel  Britton  wounded,  while  crossing  the 
Siskiyou  mountains  with  loaded  teams.  Their  eighteen 
oxen  were  also  slain.  Captain  Smith  on  receiving  the 
news  ordered  out  a  detuchment,  but  was  unable  to  make 
any  arrests.  On  the  twenty-fifth,  Samuel  Warner  was 
killed  near  the  same  place. 

Notwithstanding  these  acts  of  hostility,  such  as  usually 
precede  a  general  outbreak,  Agent  Ambrose  occupied  him- 
self in  writing  letters  for  the  public  press  over  the  signa- 
ture of  "A  Miner,"  in  which  he  declared  the  innocency  of 
the  reservation  Indians  and  their  good  disposition  towards 
the  white  inhabitants.  "  God  knows,"  he  said,  "  I  would 
not  care  how  soon  they  were  all  dead,  and  I  believe  the 
country  would  be  greatly  benefited  by  it,  but  I  am  tired  of 
this  senseless  railing  against  Captain  Smith  and  the  In- 
dian agent  for  doing  their  duty,  obeying  the  laws,  and 
preserving  our  valley  from  the  horrors  of  a  war  with  a 
tribe  of  Indians  who  do  not  desire  it,  but  wish  for  peace, 
and  by  their  conduct  have  shown  it."    The  itom  de  pluvic 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


343 


of  "Miner"  did  not  long  deceive  any  one  in  southern 
Oregon;  nor  the  affectation  of  sentiments  often  ascribed 
to  miners  in  the  first  lines  of  this  paragraph,  tend  to  con- 
ciliate this  class. 

Pearly  in  October  a  party  of  roving  reservation  Indians 
were  discovered  encamped  near  the  mouth  of  Butte  creek, 
on  Rogue  river,  and  it  was  suspected  that  among  them 
were  some  who  had  been  annoying  the  settlers.  Upon 
this  suspicion  a  company  of  about  thirty  men,  commanded 
by  J.  A.  Lupton,  proceeded  before  daybreak  on  the  eighth 
of  October  to  attack  this  camp,  which  was  surprised  and 
terribly  chastised,  twenty-three  being  killed  and  many 
wounded  before  it  was  learned  that  the  majority  of  the 
victims  were  non-combatanls,  or  old  men,  women,  and 
children.  The  survivors  took  refuge  at  Fort  Lane,  where 
their  wounds,  and  their  wailings  for  their  dead,  excited 
much  pity  in  the  breasts  of  (Japtain  Smith  and  his  troopers, 
who  went  out  to  view  the  field  after  the  slaughter,  instead 
of  preventing  it.  In  this  affair  Lupton,  who  was  major  of 
militia,  was  killed,  and  eleven  of  his  company  wounded,  a 
proof  that  the  Indians  were  not  all  unarmed. 

This  occurred  on  the  morning  of  the  eighth  of  October. 
It  has  been  sometimes  alleged  that  the  events  following  on 
the  ninth  were  the  immediate  outcome  of  tiie  attack  at 
Butte  creek,  but  such  could  not  have  been  the  case. 
Savages  do  not  move  with  such  celerity.  They  could  not 
have  armed  and  organized  in  a  day,  and  must  for  some 
time  have  been  making  preparations  for  war  before  they 
could  have  ventured  upon  it.  Armed  Indians  were  by 
the  treaty  made  suspects,  and  to  have  been  armed  and 
supplied  with  ammunition  evidenced  a  long  period  of 
looking  forward  to  an  outbreak.  The  reservation  and 
Fort  Lane  favored  such  an  intention.  The  former  was  a 
safe  hiding  place,  and  the  latter  a  refuge  in  case  of  detec- 
tion or  pursuit.     . 

On  the  night  of  the  eighth  two  men  were  killed  and 
another  wounded,  who  were  in  charge  of  a  pack  train  at 


844 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


Jewett's  ferry.  Jewett's  house  was  fired  upon,  but  no  one 
killed.  A  considerable  number  of  Indians  had  gathered, 
apparently  by  concert,  near  this  place,  who  about  day- 
break proceeded  down  the  river  to  Evans'  ferry,  where 
they  found  Isaac  .Shelton  of  the  Wallamet  vallo}'  on  his 
way  to  Yreka,  and  mortally  wounded  him.  Still  further 
down  was  the  house  of  J.  K.  .Jones,  whom  thoy  killed; 
also  mortally  wounding  his  wife,  and  pillaging  and  burn- 
ing liis  house. 

Below  this  place  was  the  hot  of  J.  Wagoner.  On  the 
the  way  to  it  the  Indians  killed  four  men.  Mr.  Wagoner 
was  absent  from  his  liome,  having  gone  that  morning  to 
escort  Miss  Pellet,  a  temperance  lecturer,  from  IJuflalo,  New 
York,  to  Sailor  diggings.  The  fate  of  Mrs.  Wagoner  and 
her  four-year-old  daughter,  Mary,  was  never  certainly 
known,  the  house  and  all  in  it  having  been  burned.  She 
was  a  young  and  beautiful  woman,  well  educated  and  re- 
fined, and  the  uncertainty  concerning  her  death  or  the 
manner  of  it  was  a  horrible  torture  to  her  husband,  who 
survived  her.  One  story  told  by  the  Indians  themselves, 
was  that  she  fastened  herself  in  her  house,  carefully  dressed 
as  if  for  a  sacrifice,  and  seating  herself  in  the  center 
of  the  sitting-room  with  her  child  in  her  arms,  awaited 
daath,  which  came  to  her  by  fire.  But  others  said,  and 
probably  with  truth,  that  she  was  carried  off,  and  her  child 
killed  because  it  cried  so  much.  TJie  mother  refused  to 
eat,  and  died  of  grief  and  starvation  at  "The  Meadows." 
( 'aptain  Wallen  lias  said  thai  two  scalps  captured  from  tlie 
Indians  at  the  battle  of  Cow  creek  in  1850  were  identified 
as  those  of  Mrs.  Wagoner  and  her  child,  the  mother's  beau- 
tiful hair  being  unmistakable;  and  the  Indian  stories  may 
none  be  the  actual  truth. 

From  the  smoking  ruins  of  the  Wagoner  homo,  the  In- 
dians proceeded  to  the  place  of  George  W.  Harris,  wlio  be- 
ing at  a  little  distance  from  his  house  and  suspecting  from 
their  appearance  that  they  meant  to  attack  bin),  ran  quickly 
in  and  seized  his  gun.     As  they  came  on  with  hostile  word.s 


THE   nOGUE   RIVER  WARS. 


845 


and  actions  he  shot  one,  and  wounded  another  from  his 
doorway,  where  he  was  himself  shot  down  a  few  moments 
later,  leaving  his  wife  and  little  daughter  to  defend  them- 
selves, which  they  did  for  twenty-four  hours,  before  help 
ai  rived. 

'>ragging  her  husband's  body  inside  and  barring  the 
door,  Mrs.  Harris  instructed  her  daughter  how  to  make 
bullets,  while  she  stood  guard  and  prevented  the  Indians 
from  approaching  too  near  the  house  by  firing  through 
cracks  in  the  walls  at  every  one  detected  in  the  attempt  to 
reach  it.  In  this  painfully  solicitous  manner  she  kept  off 
the  enemy  until  dark,  when  they  withdrew.  Alone  with 
her  husband's  dead  body,  and  her  weary  and  frightened 
child,  she  spent  the  long  night.  Fearing  that  the  Ji,.aans 
would  return  with  rei-nforcements  in  the  morning,  towards 
dawn  she  stole  forth,  locking  the  house  behind  her,  and 
concealed  herself  and  daughter  under  a  pile  of  brush  at 
no  great  distance  away,  where  she  was  found,  blackened 
with  powder  and  stained  with  blood,  many  hours  later  by 
a  detachment  of  troops  under  Major  Fitzgerald.'^ 

The  other  victims  of  the  outbreak  of  the  ninth  of  Octo- 
ber were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haines  and  two  children,  Frank 
A.  Reed,  William  Given,  James  W.  Cartwright,  I'owell, 
Bunch,  Hamilton,  Fox,  White,  and  other.s,  on  the  road 
between  P>ans'  ferry  and  (Jrave  creek;  two  young  women, 
Miss  Hudson  and  Miss  Wilson,  on  the  road  between  Indian 
creek  and  Crescent  City ;  and  three  men  on  Grave  creek» 
))elow  the  road.  It  was  altogether  the  bloodiest  day  the 
valley  had  ever  seen. 

Wljen  the  news  that  the  settlements  were  attacked 
reached  Jacksonville,  a  company  of  twenty  men  quickly 
armed  and  took  the  trail  of  the  Indians.  They  were  over- 
taken and  joined  by  Major  Fitzgerald  with  fifty-five  troop- 
ers from  Fort  Lane.  On  arriving  at  Wagoner's  place  they 
found  thirty  Indians  engaged  in  plundering  the  premises, 


"Mrs.  Harris  aflerwartls  married  Aaron  Clinmliers.    Slie  died  in  Jackson  county 
lu  lUbV,  lilghly  respected  by  the  community. 


840 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


who,  when  the  volunteers  —  tlio  first  on  tlie  ground  —  ap- 
peared, greeted  them  with  derisive  yells,  dancing,  and  in- 
sulting gestures;  but  when  they  beheld  the  dragoons,  Had 
precipitately  towards  the  mountains.  A  pursuit  of  two  or 
three  miles  proved  unavailing,  the  troop  horses  being  jaded 
by  a  long  march;  and  after  patrolling  the  road  for  several 
hours,  Fitzgerald  returned  to  Fort  Lane  and  the  volun- 
teers to  their  homes  to  make  ready  for  the  prolonged  con- 
test which  was  evidently  before  them. 

An  express,  carried  by  T.  McFaddeu  Patten,  was  already 
well  on  the  road  to  the  seat  of  government  to  inform  the 
governor,  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs,  and  the 
military  authorities  at  Vancouver  of  the  condition  of  affairs 
in  the  south.  So  far,  however,  were  the  latter  from  being 
able  to  afford  any  aid,  that  an  express  was  at  that  very 
time  on  the  road  to  Fort  Lane  with  a  requisition  for  troops 
to  be  used  in  the  north,  as  we  shall  see  hereafter. 

On  the  tenth  of  October,  Lieutenant  Kautz  had  set  out 
from  Port  Orford  with  a  party  of  citizens  and  soldiers  to 
make  an  examination  of  a  proposed  route  for  a  wagon 
road  from  that  place  to  Jacksonville.  At  the  great  bend 
of  Rogue  river,  thirty  miles  from  the  coast,  he  found  the 
settlers  in  much  alarm  at  a  threatened  attack  from  the  In- 
dians on  Applegate  creek,  and  returned  to  the  fort  for  a 
larger  supply  of  arras  and  ammunition,  to  enable  him  to 
engage  the  hostiles  should  they  be  met  with.  A  few  days 
after  resuming  his  march  he  was  attacked,  and  fought, 
losing  five  of  his  company,  three  citizens  and  two  soldiers, 
lie  was  barely  able  to  secure  an  orderly  retreat  with  the 
remainder  of  his  party,  and  the  Indians  were  only  pre- 
vented from  securing  a  considerable  amount  of  ammuni- 
tion by  his  caution  in  unloading  the  pack  animals  at  the 
beginning  of  the  engagement. 

In  looking  over  the  field  it  was  perceived  that  all  the 
Indians  in  the  country  from  Yreka  to  the  Umpqua  canon, 
and  from  the  coast  to  Modoc  land,  were  hostile,  with  the 


THE   nOdUK   niVEU  WARS. 


.347 


exception  of  Sam  and  his  band,  wlio,  since  the  treaty  of 
1853,  had  apparently  kept  faith  with  the  government. 
But  so  subtile  is  tlie  Indian  character  that  few  trusted  in 
this  appearance.  For  while  even  one  chief  is  friendly  the 
treaty  j)ayment8  go  on;  the  reservation  is  a  refuge  from 
avenging  pursuit  of  robVjers  and  murderers,  and  the  pro- 
tection of  government  troops  is  accorded  so  long  as  any 
portion  of  a  tribe  remains  true  to  its  obligations.  It  is, 
therefore,  plainly  to  the  interest  of  the  Indians  contem- 
plating mischief  to  possess  the  privileges  of  a  reservation, 
and  the  fact  that  a  considerable  portion  of  a  tribe  makes 
its  home  there,  is  no  security  against  hostilities  by  the 
lusty  warriors,  who  are  excused  by  their  chiefs  on  account 
of  youth  for  the  commission  of  acts  of  a  criminal  nature. 
This  lesson  had  been  impressed  upon  the  people  by  the 
events  of  the  past  few  years,  and  filled  them  with  doubt 
concerning  any  Indian  probity. 

It  now  behooved  the  inhabitants  of  southern  Oregon  to 
prepare  to  meet  the  emergency.  Estimating  the  number 
of  Indians  who  could  be  called  warriors  at  no  inore  than 
four  hundred,  four  times  that  number  of  white  men  would 
be  required  to  subdue  them  on  account  of  their  better 
knowledge  of  the  country,  their  ability  to  appear  simul- 
taneously at  several  points,  and  of  disappearing  rapidly 
on  the  approach  of  troops,  wearing  out  the  horses  and 
men  engaged  in  pursuit.  They  were,  besides,  well  armed 
and  supplied  with  ammunition;  whereas  the  volunteers 
had  neither  in  any  amount.  The  men  mustered  between 
the  ninth  and  eleventh  only  numbered  one  hundred  and 
fifty,  because  no  more  could  be  armed.  The  Indians  had 
slyly  bought  up  all  the  rifles  and  revolvers  in  the  country, 
and  were  skilled  in  the  use  of  them.  The  only  thing  that 
was  attempted  for  several  days  was  to  protect  the  most 
exposed  settlements,  and  keep  open  the  roads  north  and 
south. 

A  company  of  which  J.  S.  Rinearson  was  captain,  was 
on  the  tenth,  divided  into  squads,  and  sent,  ten  to  the 


■  it 


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348 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OR  EG  ON. 


mouth  of  the  Umpqaa  car  Jii,  five  three  miles  south  to 
Leving's  place,  five  to  Turner's,  seven  miles  further  south, 
and  six  to  the  Grave-creek  house.  On  the  eleventh,  thirty 
men  made  a  scout  down  Rogue  river  to  the  mouth  of 
(ialice  creek,  twelve  of  them  having  no  other  arms  than 
pistols.  The}'  were  provisio!;ed,  blanketed,  and  sometimes 
armed  by  the  settlers  they  served. 

The  United  States  troops  in  southern  Oregon  at  this 
time  weri)  two  full  companies  of  dragoons  at  Fort  Lane, 
under  Major  Fitzgerald  and  Captain  Smith,  and  sixty-four 
infantry  at  Winches*er,  in  the  Umpqua  valley,  under  Lieu- 
tenant (Gibson,  escort  to  Lieutenant  Williamson  on  his 
survey  of  a  railroad  route  from  the  Sacramento  to  the 
Wallamet,  and  who  now  retraced  his  steps  to  Fort  Lane. 
The  small  garrison  at  Fort  Orford  was  not  available,  and 
Fitzgerald's  company  was  ordered  north  before  troops  were 
j>ut  in  the  field  here,  leaving  one  company  of  dragoons 
and  one  of  infantry  to  defend  the  isolated  southern  divis- 
ion of  the  territory. 

On  the  twcirtb  of  October,  Colonel  John  E.  Ross  ol  the 
nintii  legiment  of  Oregon  militia  ordered  Major  James  IL 
Russell  to  report  to  him  without  delay.  Some  captains  of 
militia  were  already  in  the  field,  while  other  companies 
Were  commanded  by  any  men  who  had  the  qualities  of  a 
leader,  and  on  the  application  of  citizens,  thet?  were  duly 
commissioned.  At  the  re<iuest  of  M.  ('.  Barkwell,  a  com- 
pany was  raised  by  R.  L.  Williams  for  the  protection  of 
his  neigliborhood.  The  settlers  at  Althouse,  on  Illinois 
river,  petitioned  to  have  Theoron  Crook  empowered  to 
raise  a  comp-^ny  to  range  the  mountains  in  that  vicinity.'^ 


I'J 


'*This  putilioii  was  signed  by  Hiram  Klco,  .1.  ,J.  Kote,  Krcileiick  Rhoda,  I.UKius  ii. 
Hart,  8.  Mattliuws,  Charles  I".  Wilson,  EliiiHWiuklebiick,  S.  V.  Puifran,  .lolin  Morrow. 
Allen  Knapp,  \V.  H.  H.  Donirlas,  William  Lane,  J.  T.  Mlanri,  Ceorgo  H.  Orsyson,  U.  T. 
Brickley,  J.  II.  Huston,  L.  Cofl'ey,  II.  Kastou,  .lolm  Murphy.  H.  h.  Hrockway.  A.  I.. 
Si'oU,  George  W.  Comegys,  Jamea  (',.  Castlemau,  I\  I).  Drake,  .lolin  M.  ilale,  K.  U. 
Crane,  Alden  Whitney,  .loshna  Harlan,  S.  II.  Harper,  M.  P.  Howard,  R.  H.  A.  Colwell. 
litorge  Lake,  Thomas  Lake,  demge  Cohlence,  .lacob  Kandbush,  I'tler  t'olean,  I'.  S. 
Harr,  WIlMam  T.a'.i''e.  Robert  Roue.  N.  II.  Palmer.  James  Hale.  F.  fi,  Cohen,  Sigmund 
U'Ulner,  William  Chapruaii.  John  K.  I'osl,  John  W.  Meridelh,  .\.  .More,  Thomas  Ford. 


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THE  ROGUE  lUVER  WARS. 


349 


The  settlers  and  miners  of  Phccnix  mills,''  Illinois  valley, 
Deer  creek,  and  (Malice  creek,  also  petitioned  for  permission 
to  raise  companies  for  defense,  and  tlie  outlying'  settlements 
prayed  for  guards  to  be  sent  them. 

The  volunteer  companies  raised  before  the  twentieth 
numbered  fifteen.  Of  twelve  of  them  the  following  infor- 
mation has  been  preserved:  T.  S.  Harris,  captain  of 
company  A;  James  Jiruce,  company  B ;  J.  H.  Rinearson, 
company  C.  Rinearson's  lieutenants  were  W.  P.  Wing,  I. 
N.  Bentley,  and  R.  W.  Henry.  R.  L.  Williams  was  captain 
of  company  D;  E.  B.  Stone,  first  lieutenant,  and  E.  K. 
Elliott,  sergeant.  W.  B.  Lewis  was  captain  of  company 
E;  his  lieutenants,  W.  A.  J.  Moore  and  — .  White;  his  ser- 
geant, I.  D.  Adams.  A.  S.  Welton  was  captain  of  comj)auy 
F;  Miles  T  Alcorn,  captain  of  company  G,  his  lieutenant 
being  J.  M.  Osborne.  W.  A.  Wilkinson  was  captain  of 
company  H;  T.  Smith,  captain  of  company  I:  S.  A.  Frye, 
captain  of  company  K;  Abol  (Jeorge,  captain  of  company 
L,  and  F.  R.  Hill,  captain  of  company  M.  The  names  of 
Orrin  Root,  T.  J.  Gardner,  M.  M.  Williams,  M.  P.  Howard, 
and  — .  Playes  appear  in  official  correspondence  as  captains ; 
the  names  of  Daniel  Richardson,  H.  P.  Conroy,  and  — . 
Morrison  as  lieutenants,  and  W.  M.  Evans  as  orderly 
sergeant.  C.  S.  Drew  was  appointed  adju'  "it;  C.  West- 
feldt,  (|uartermaster  and  commissary,  ui  C.  B.  Brooks, 
surgeon.  J.  B.  Wagoner  and  .John  HilUnan  were  em- 
ployed in  the  dangerous  duty  of  express  riding.  Wagoner 
remaining  in  tlie  sei'vice  as  long  as  the  first  volunteer 
organization  lasted.  Other  names  here  preserved  are  those 
that  have  croi)ped  up  in  the  correspondence  gathered  to 


ami  — .  GilhartH.    This  list  is  oopicvl  from  B.  ¥.  Itowell's  colloctloii  of  Indian  war 
(loQumeiits,  from  whloli,  loo,  many  faols  have  boon  drawn  for  this  history. 

'The  petition  from  I'hii'nix  nsiUs  was  signed  by  H.  M.  Wnitu  (fonnder  of  VVhUs- 
burR,  Wasliii.Kton  ),  ^iamuel  Colvcr.  Joseph  Tracy,  ,)arlns  V.  Kennedy,  M  M.  Williams, 
and  .1.  T.  any.  The  ix-titioners  from  lliinois  valley  and  Deer  ereck  were :  .lohn  it, 
I'osl,  William  <  bapman,  ti.  K.  BriKRS,  ,1.  N.  Knight,  A.  J  Henderson,  William  1!.  Hay, 
I.  Reeves,  Joseph  Kirhy,  K.  T.  Olds,  Samuel  White,  William  i;.  Uandolpli  i-'rederlrk 
Rhoda,  I,.  I'.  Hart,  y^leximder  McBride,  r.  ('.  Luther,  S.  Scott,  O.  K.  Riley,  J.  T.  !,. 
.Mills,  and  — .  t'oltiuell :    Copied  from  11.  J-'.  DoweU'n  ludiun  war  documcntn. 


350 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


assist  in  the  collection  of  Indian  war  claims  by  B.  F. 
J)owell  of  Jacksonville,  already  referred  to  in  a  previous 
note. 

Considering  the  obstacles  to  he  overcome,  and  the  perils 
of  the  service,  the  organization  of  the  ninth  regiment  by 
Colonel  Ivoss  was  creditable  to  that  officer  and  the  men 
enlisted.  As  fast  as  they  couid  be  armed,  men  were  sent 
to  guard  exposed  settlements,  and  scouts  were  kept  on  the 
move,  looking  for  the  enemy,  as  well  as  detachments 
ordered  to  attend  pack  trains  on  the  roads  leading  from 
('rescent  City  to  the  various  mining  camps,  or  from  Jack- 
sonville to  the  volunteer  camps;  for  the  Indians  must  now 
depend  chiefly  upon  what  they  could  capture  for  their 
supplies. 

The  first  engagement  between  the  volunteers  and  In- 
dians occurred  on  the  seventeenth  of  October,  at  Skull 
bar  6f  Kogue  river,  a  short  distance  below  the  mouth  ol 
(Jalice  creek,  where  company  E  was  encamped.  In  camp 
were  gathered  all  the  miners  from  the  diggings  in  the 
vicinity,  including  some  C'hinese  who  had  been  driven 
from  their  claims,  besides  some  captive  Indian  women 
and  boys. 

Skull  bar  lay  on  the  soutli  side  of  the  jiver  and  had  for 
a  background  a  high  ridge,  covered  with  a  dense  growtli 
of  lin/el  nnd  young  firs.  The  thickets  had  been  cut  away 
for  some  distance  thnt  no  lurking  places  for  the  foe  might 
be  afforded  within  riile  shot  of  the?  camjt,  and  a  l)rea!^t 
work  of  logs  thrown  up  on  the  side  most  open  to  attack. 

It  was  discovered  on  the  day  above-mentioned  that  the 
forest  on  tiie  hillside  was  swarming  with  Indians,  nnd  »<> 
drive  them  back  I.  W.  Pickett,  witli  six  men,  charged  the 
hiiihes.  lie  was  received  with  a  galling  fire,  and  fell,  his 
men  being  forced  to  retreat.  Lieutenant  Moore  then  took 
a  position,  sheltered  by  a  bank,  on  that  side  of  camp  Inm 
which  attack  seemed  most  imminent,  where  he  fou-^ht  for 
four  hours  under  a  heavy  fire,  himself  and  nearly  half  h)^ 


f- 


THE   tiOaUE   rUVER  WAIiS. 


m^ 


men  being  wounded,  when  they  also  were  oonipolled  lo  re- 
treat. Captain  Lewis  was  himself  three  times  struck  and 
severely  wounded. 

The  Indians  discovering  that  the  weakest  point  in  the 
volunteer  position  was  on  its  left,  made  a  bold  attack  in 
tliat  quarter,  but  lost  by  it  one  of  their  most  powerful 
Shasta  warriors,  which  incident  for  a  brief  space  operated 
as  a  check.  Then,  finding  that  the  volunteers  were  not  dis- 
lodged with  rille  balls,  they  shot  lighted  arrows  into  their 
camp,  giving  them  much  ado  to  prevent  a  conMagration. 
Indeed,  during  the  fighting  the  mining  town  of  Galice 
Creek  was  consumed,  with  the  exception  of  one  building, 
occupied  as  the  company's  l)"adquarters.  When  night 
closed  in,  nearly  one-third  of  company  E  were  hms  de 
combat.  The  killed  were  J.  W.  Pick-tt  and  Samuel  Saun- 
ders; the  mortally  wounded,  Benjamin  Taft  and  Israel  D. 
Adams;  the  severely  wounded.  Lieutenant  Moore,  Allen 
ICvans,  Milton  Blackledge,  .Joseph  Tmpqua,  John  Ericson, 
and  Captain  Lewis.  In  his  report  to  his  colonel,  Lewis 
boasted  that  he  had  "fought  the  hardest  battle  ever  fought 
this  side  of  the  Rocky  mountain.«;.''  More  thai,  two  thou- 
sand five  hundred  shots  had  tiie  enemy  fired  that  day, 
but  his  men  had  not  llinched.  Two  facts  are  brought  to 
light  by  this  report — one,  thai  the  camp  was  ill  chosen; 
the  other,  tha*  the  Indians  possessed  en  abundance  of  am- 
munition which  they  must  have  been  a  year  in  gathering. 

Such  was  the  facility  with  which  the  Indians,  knowing 
every  part  of  the  country,  could  move  undetected  from 
}»oint  to  point,  that  while  the  regulars  under  Captain 
Judah,  nnd  volunteers  under  Bruce  and  Harris,  were  in 
hot  pursuit  of,  wit'ioiit  finding  the  enemy,  they  were 
appearing  Hud  vanishing  in  a  manner  so  illusory  as  to 
bewilder  the  jnilitary  authorities,  wbeth'^r  local  or  national. 
At  the  very  time  that  Colonel  Ross  an n or n red  his  opinion, 
upon  ovidt-Jice,  tliat  the  main  streiigfth  of  the  Indians  was 
centered  at  "The  Meadows," — a  narrow  Mtretch  of  bottom 
land  below  Galice  creek,  where  mountains  rise  on  either 


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INDIAN.  WAliS   OF  OliEOON. 


side  of  Rogue  river  high,  craggy,  timbered  for  the  most 
part  densely  with  live-oak,  manzanita,  chinquapin,  and 
chaparral,  with  occasional  bald,  grassy  slopes,  the  meadows 
being  covered  with  rank  grass  and  shrubs,  on  which  cat- 
tle could  subsist  even  in  winter, — they  were  away  on  Cow 
creek  committing  depredations. 

On  the  twenty-third,  while  a  party  of  wagoners  anil 
drovers  were  at  the  crossing,  they  were  ambushed  and 
attacked ;  Holland  Bailey  of  Lane  county  being  killed, 
and  four  others  wounded.  The  remainder  of  the  paHy 
retreated  wi-l;  all  the  haste  possible,  pursued  and  har- 
russed  for  several  hours.  On  the  same  day  ti\o  houses  of 
Turner,  Bray,  Redfield,  Fortune,  and  others  in  Cow-^i'eek 
valley  were  burned.  It  was  impossible  to  guard  every 
.settler's  home,  but  the  families  were  gathered  at  a  few  for- 
tified t<laces,  while  the  men  were  on  duty  elsewhere,  and 
the  Indians  were  destroying  their  property.  Not  a  settle- 
ment l)ut  was  threatened,  not  a  pack  train  on  the  road  but 
was  liable  to  Capture,  nor  any  traveler's  life  safe.'* 

This  condition  of  affairs  prevented  any  concerted  action, 
had  it  been  desired,  between  the  regular  and  volunteer 
forces;  or  any  maasing  of  their  strength,  but  kept  both  in 
rapid  and  -.'xhausting  movement. 

However,  on  the  twenty-eighth,  Fitzgerald,  being  in  the 
(irave-creek  liills,  south  of  Cow  creek,  discovered  an  Indian 
encampment,  and  wishing  to  attack  it  sent  a  dispatch  to 
Ross,  who  immediately  ordered  ('Lvi)tains  Harris,  Wei  ton, 
(Jeorge,  Williams, and  I.ewis  to  reenforce  him.  IJruce  and 
Rineanson  coming  in  i  little  later,  were  also  ordered  tu 
( Jrave  creek,  where  on  the  thirtieth,  were  concentrated  twi) 
hundred  and  fifty  volunteers,  and  one  hundred  and  live 

"*Tlic  following  iDcldcnt,  Ulustrat've  ul'  the  timen,  is  fiirniiihed  !>y  .John  Wallen, 
later  a  ('Hi)ti.in  in  the  vol«ut«cr  forcf  :  Ivens'  train  was  ahea.i,  ray  own  next,  i.iii 
ville  CHUie  l)('hi:u1  me,  then  Fox  and  Tcraploton.  ami  last  a  .Spani.sH  train.  Ax  we 
starlofi  down  ilu"  mountain  the  Indians  fired  upon  the  trains,  i  liad  dismounlcil, 
and  as  llie  llrlng  commenced  1  .sprang  upon  the  bell  |)ony,  widch  was  passing  mv 
wiiliout  a  rider,  and  started  in  a  run  dt.wn  tho  mountain.  I  passed  Iven.s,  and  sooii 
l.invillc  passed  me.  When  we  reached  a  place  of  safety  1  foui'd  all  had  escaped 
unhurt  except  Ivens,  who  waH  slightly  wounded,  and  had  bl^  clothes  riddled  with 


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regulars,  although  on  account  of  the  illness  of  Fitzgerald, 
only  a  portion  of  his  troops  were  available. 

When  Ross  arrived  at  the  rendezvous  late  that  night, 
he  found  Captain  Smith  of  the  first  dragoons  impatient  to 
attack.  Spies  from  his  own  and  the  volunteer  force  had 
found  the  enemy's  position  to  be  on  a  hill  difficult  of 
approach,  and  well  fortified.  A  map  had  been  made  for 
use  by  the  officers,  and  Smith  assumed  command  of  the 
combined  forces.  Although  it  was  already  half  past  ten 
o'clock  in  the  evening,  orders  were  issued  to  march  at 
eleven. 

Smith's  plan  was  to  plant  howitzers  on  an  eminence 
three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  that  occupied  by  the  Indians, 
and  having  divided  the  companies  into  three  columns, 
stationed  so  as  to  enclose  the  Indians,  to  open  his  battery 
upon  them  before  he  had  been  discovered.  Hit  design 
was  frustrated  tiirough  some  one  having  set  fire  to  a  tree, 
and  after  a  toilsome  night  march  he  was  unable  to  surprise 
the  enemy.  On  arriving  on  the  edge  ot  a  ravine  in  front 
of  the  enemy's  position,  instead  of  shelling  the  Indians  in 
their  siicnghold,  a  charge  was  ordered.  The  hill  on  which 
the  Indians  were  fortified  was  bald  on  the  south  side,  by 
which  the  troops  were  approaching,  except  for  a  short  but 
tangled  undergrowth  with  which  also  the  ravine  they  had 
to  cross  was  filled.  On  the  north  of  the  Indian  position 
there  was  a  heavy  forest. 

It  should  be  here  stated  that  an  unexpected  roenforce- 
ment  had  arrived  during  the  night,  consisting  of  two 
companies  of  a  battalion  called  out  by  CJoverno'"  Curry; 
their  captains  being  Joseph  Bailey  and  Samuel  Cordon. 
To  these  two  companies  was  assigned  the  duty  of  tlanking 

huUetn.  The  bell  boy  had  mounted  a  fast  horse,  and  lying  low  on  his  uaok  had  not 
hern  hit  The  Indians  cnptured  six  mulos  belonging  to  Ivens,  flfty  to  Fox  and  Tern- 
jileton,  and  forty  one  to  mu,  with  the  parks,  which  cost  me  Ave  thousand  and  ono 
hundred  dollars.  We  had  a  numbtr  of  oases  of  l.ullets  and  several  kegs  of  powdn, 
also  nails  The  Indians  opened  one  keg,  and  tliiding  it  uontainod  nulls,  huppoMd 
the  others  were  also  nail  kpg>,  and  left  them  unopened.  Six  day)  after  they  attacked 
vlth-^nM'  on  (talire  creek,  Ivens  !>.iid  Sander*  Imlnii  unable  to  esetkpe  for  several  days 
NiHti  the  Afplegnt«  house,  »hieh  mm  gutnted  b;  VVjlte,  i'>«nch,  Hainos,  JinU  loutoti, 

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on  the  north  to  intercept  tlie  Indians  in  the  woods  when 
the  charging  force  should  have  driven  them  from  their 
fortification. 

The  captains  who  led  in  the  charge  were  Rinearson  and 
Welton,  their  companies  being  augmented  by  portions  of 
others,  and  a  part  of  the  regular  force  also,  all  rushing 
with  eagerness  to  fire  the  first  shot.  As  had  been  antici- 
pated, the  Indians  took  shelter  in  the  woods,  but  were  not 
mot  by  Bailey  and  Gordon  as  designed,  their  men  finding 
it  impossible  to  penetrate  the  dense  and  tangled  under- 
wood in  a  body ;  and  were  not  driven  back  upon  the  com- 
panies of  Harris  and  Bruce,  who  were  awaiting  them  in 
concealment,  as  had  been  anticipated.  These  two  com- 
manders therefore  joined  the  army  ii:  fiont.  Thus  nothing 
happened  but  the  unexpected. 

The  day  passed  in  vain  efforts  to  get  at  the  Indians,  who 
could  not  be  approached  without  extreme  ,)<:ril,  until  three 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  when  Captain  Smith,  with  a  small 
force  of  dragoons,  made  an  assault.  Srveral  rounds  were 
discharged  with  the  short  cavalry  arms,  which  were  wholly 
ineffectual  against  the  rifles  of  the  Indians,  when  the 
troopers  fell  back,  having  several  killed  and  wounded. 
Firing  continued  until  dark,  when  tho  whole  force  wont 
into  camp  at  a  place  named  by  them  "Bloody  Spring," 
where  the  wounded  were  being  cared  for,  and  where  they 
all  went  supperless  to  their  blankets. 

At  sunrise  the  next  morning  the  Indians  Mitiicked  and 
engaged  the  troops  for  several  hours,  when,  being  n^pulsed, 
they  withdrew.  The  troops  then  marched  bank  to  Kort 
Bailey  on  Grave  creek,  bearing  their  wounded  on  litters. 
In  this  battle  tho  volunteers  lost  twenty-six  men  killed, 
wounded,  and  missing.  Company  A  lost  Jonathan  A. 
Pedigo,  mortally  woundcJ,  ai.d  Ira  Mayfield,  L.  F.  Allen, 
William  Purnell,  Williams  JIans,  .John  Goldsby,  and 
Thomas  Gill,  wounded  severely.  Company  B,  Charles 
Goodwin,  wounded  mortally.  Company  C,  Menry  Pearl, 
.Jacob  W.  Miller,  and  .James  Pearcy  killed ;  Enoch  Miller, 


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W.  H.  Crouch,  and  Ephriam  Yager  wounded.  Company 
D,  John  Winters  killed;  John  Stannes,  and  Thomas  Ryan 
wounded.  Company  F,  John  Kennedy  mortally  wounded. 
The  company  of  Captain  Bailey  lost  John  Gillespie,  killed ; 
John  Walden,  John  C.  Richardson,  James  Laphar,  Thomas 
J.  Aubrey,  and  John  Pankey  wounded.  Gordon's  company 
had  Hawkins  Shelton,  J.  M.  Fordyce,  and  William  Wilson 
wounded.  The  regular  troops  lost  three  killed  in  action, 
one  by  accident,  and  seven  wounded,  among  whom  was 
Lieutenant  Gibson.  The  Indian  loss  could  not  be  known, 
but  was  much  less  than  that  of  the  volunteers,  as  from  the 
nature  of  their  relative  positions  it  must  be.  Thus  the 
second  battle  with  a  considerable  Indian  force  was  fought 
with  a  great  sacrifice  of  life,'^  and  without  any  gain  in 
peace  or  possessions.  "God  only  knou  /'  wrote  a  corre- 
spondent of  the  Oregon  Statesman,  ''  when  >../  where  this 
war  may  end.  *  *  *  These  mountains  arc  worse  than 
the  swamps  of  Florida." 

We  come  now  to  consider  some  collateral  circumstances 
and  influences  affecting  the  management  and  the  morale 
of  the  war.  Before  the  news  of  the  ninth  of  October 
reached  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affaifH  at  Dayton  in 
tlie  Wallamct  valley,  <iwin^  to  the  general  restlessness  of 
the  Indians  assigned  to  reservations,  as  well  as  those  still 
roving,  ho  had  issued  "regulations  for  the  guidance  of 
agents"  in  his  superintendency,  "pending  existing  hostil- 
ities," as  follows: — 


"The  Ashlp.nd  Tidings  of  October  1»,  1877,  has  a  tribute  by  J.  M.  Sutton  to  Volun- 
teer I'ertigo,  who,  with  Mllhir.  Pearcy,  Pearl,  aud  Winters,  wa.s  buried  at  Kort  Bailey: 
".Jonathan  A.  I'odlgo  was  a  young  man  who  had  just  passeu  his  majority.  *  »  • 
My  only  Intimacy  with  him  was  duriug  our  Hcrvlce  in  the  war  of  IHo.'i,  from  the 
siivcnth  day  of  October  to  tlu!  time  of  his  death,  le.s.s  tlian  one  month.  Yet  during 
this  short  period  all  of  his  comiades  had  learned  to  love  the  name  of  Jonathan  A. 
I'edigo  for  the  great  benevolent  heart  that  beat  within  lii.s  bosom.  Brave  to  a  fault, 
ever  ready  to  do  his  duty  and  more,  the  old  men  of  our  company,  of  whom  we  had 
several,  were  relieved  by  lii."!  ever-ready  hand  from  much  of  the  rigor  of  Indian  war- 
lure.  He  would  attend  (c  their  horses,  and  occaslonslly  take  their  places  on  guard 
on  a  cold  or  rainy  night.  Being  large  and  robust,  his  greate.st  pleasure  seemed  to  he 
in  relieving  the  hardships  of  those  possessing,  in  a  smaller  degree,  the  power  of 
eiidurauce," 


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Office  Supkrintkndknt  Indian  Affairs,) 
Dayton,  O.  T.,  October  13,  18fi6.  f 

Tt  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  Indians  In  the  Willamette  vallny. 
parties  to  the  treaty  of  the  tenth  of  January,  1855,  Hhall  be  fortli- 
with  collected  uik)U  the  reaervations  heretofore  or  now  to  be  assigned 
to  them,  to  remain  under  the  direction  of  Huch  perHons  an  may  be 
appointed  to  act  for  the  time  being  as  their  local  agents. 

The  names  of  all  ivdult  males,  and  boys  over  twelve  years  of  age, 
shall  be  enrolled,  and  the  roll  calleil  daily. 

W  hen  any  one  shall  be  absent  at  roUcall,  the  fact  shall  be  noted, 
and  unless  a  satisfactory  reason  be  rendered,  the  alNientee  shall  be 
regarded  as  a  person  dangerous  to  the  peace  of  the  country,  and 
dealt  with  accordingly. 

Any  Indian  found  outside  of  his  designated  temporary  reserva- 
tion, without  being  able  satisfactorily  to  account  therefor,  shall  l>e 
arrested  and  retained  in  custody  so  long  as  shall  be  deemed  neces- 
sary ;  or  should  he  lie  a  stranger,  not  l)eionging  to  any  of  the  bands 
of  this  valley,  lie  shall  be  placed  for  safe  Iteeping  in  the  county  jail, 
or  taken  to  I'ort  Vancouver.  But  should  he  prove  a  spy  from  the 
enemy,  lie  will  be  immediately  turned  over  to  the  military  author- 
ities. 

Any  Indian  who  lias  joined  or  may  hereafter  join  the  hostile 
bands,  give  them  information,  or  in  any  way  aid  or  assist  them  in 
making  war  against  the  whites,  shall  i)e  regardeil  as  having  thereby 
forfeited  all  rights  under  the  treaty,  and  excluded  from  any  benefits 
to  he  iltrived  therefrom.  He  will,  moreover,  be  regarded  as  an  en- 
emy ;  and  it  will  be  the  duty  of  all  friendly  Indian:^  to  deliver  up 
such  to  the  agent/j  or  civil  olticeiv,  and  in  no  case  to  afford  them  en- 
couragement or  pn>t«ction. 

The  persons  designated  to  act  as  local  agents  will  use  a  sound  dis- 
cretion in  regard  to  the  iiuniber  of  firearms  rndians  may  l)e  per- 
mitted to  retain  at  their  encaiii,  in  iits. 

No  Indian  will  he  permitted  to  leave  his  assiirned  encampment 
unless  by  writttm  permit  from  the  local  or  special  agent. 

The  local  agents  will  each  be  irnisliud  with  proper  supplies  ol 
tlour  and  beef,  and  will  issue  iatl(  >s  to  tht^  liidiiiiis  when  necessary 
of  one  pound  each  per  day  to  ea(  adull,  UIkI  less  III  pioportion  to 
children,  as  they  may  Judge  theui  to  retpilre. 

Should  any  member  of  these  baiuls  (|(is|i-e  jo  reside  with  and 
labor  for  the  settlers,  he  may  be  periuitltMl  to  ilo  so,  I  he  agent  ol)- 
taining  a  guarantee  from  the  (teiMuii  for  whom  the  Itiltor  Is  per 
formed,  in  each  case,  for  the  (IdtiUty  and  good  (Miiiihitit  of  the  Indliiii 
Every  effort  will  be.  made  by  the  local  agents  to  ascerhilii  whether 
any  Indians  of  the  valley  have  left  the  settlements  with  hostile  In 
teutions;  and  the  names  of  su(!li,  together  with  the  proofs,  will  be 
reported  to  this  office. 

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357 


E.  R.  Geary  will  au|>eriuten(l  the  tirrauKement  of  eiu>anipiuent>«, 
and  deuiKnate  persons  to  act  as  local  agenta  for  the  respective  bands. 

Berryiuan  Jennings  is  appointed  special  sub-Indian  agent  for  the 
Wiilaiuette  valley,  and  as  suuii  will  cooperate  with  Mr.  Geary  in 
carrying  into  effect  the  foregoing  regulations. 

The  ene^impments  assigned  the  several  bands,  and  the  name  of 
the  local  agent  for  each,  will  be  reported  to  this  office,  and  published 
in  the  papers  of  this  valley  for  the  benefit  of  all  concerned. 

The  sauie  precautions  will  l>e  ot>served  in  regard  to  the  trit)es  and 
l)ands  within  this  su^ierin tendency  embraced  in  the  treaties  lately 
negotiated  east  of  the  Cascade  mountains;  and  agent  R.  R.  Thomp- 
son will  assign  the  temporary  encampments  to  the  weveral  bands, 
and  designate  proi}er  peraons  to  act  as  local  agents,  call  the  rolls, 
and  distribute  the  necessary  rations. 

Agent  Ambrose  will  malte  sinnlar  arrangements  in  regard  to  the 
Indians  in  the  Rogue-river  district,  embraced  in  the  treaties  of  the 
tenth  of  September,  1853,  and  eighteenth  of  Noveml)er,  18o4. 

The  various  rolls  will  iye  kept  with  accuracy  and  care,  and  for- 
warded to  tiie  superintendent's  oQice  at  Dayton;  it  lieing  deter- 
mined to  make  these  rolls  tlie  criterion  in  tiie  payment  of  annuities; 
and  no  Indian  who.se  name  is  not  enrolled,  and  who  cannot  give  a 
satisfactory  reason  for  the  omission,  or  wlio  shall  refuse  to  comply 
with  the  foregoing  regulations,  shall  be  embraced  in  said  payment. 

This  order,  tliough  it  may  Ix;  regarded  as  arbitrary,  and  unwar- 
ranted in  the  ordinary  state  of  affairs,  is,  in  view  of  existing  hostil- 
ities, deemed  nece^ssary,  as  it  is  extremely  difficult  to  dLstinguisii 
among  (mu'  Indian  population,  the  well  disposed  and  friendly  from 
the  vicious  and  hostile  ;  and  from  the  fact  that  representations  have 
l)een  made  warranting  the  l)elief  that  members  of  one  or  more  bands 
have  already  left  thin  valley  and  Joined  the  hostile  tribes  north  of 
the  Columbia  river. 

The  measure  Is  deemed  no  less  a  security  to  tlu'  white  settlements 
than  to  the  friendly  bands  of  Indians  ;  nor  is  it  designed  to  abridge 
in  tlie  least  the  rights  secured  by  the  treaties  to  the  Indians,  but  if 
possible  to  avert  liostilities  with  these  bands. 

Citizens  generally  are  rec[uesied  to  give  ihis  order  a  proper  inter- 
pretation, and  to  exercise  a  due  degree  of  forbearanc^e  in  their  deal- 
ings with  the  Indians;  itut  at  the  same  time  to  keep  a  vigilant 
watch  over  them,  and  report  to  the  acting  agents  the  presence  of 
strange  I/idlaiis  among  us;  anJ  render  such  aid,  in  tiieir  apprehen- 
MJftn,  nrf  may  tend  to  |»ro|eel  our  j)ersons  and  property,  and  secure 

Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs. 

Since  preparing  the  foregoing  regulations,  information  has  been 
received  at  this  office  that  a  portion  of  the  Indians  In  southern 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OKEOON 


m. 


Oregon  and  northern  California  have  exhibited  hoHtile  demanatru- 
tioHH  endangering  the  peace  of  the  settlementH  iu  the  valley;  it  in, 
therefore,  ordered  that  the  Indianu  embraced  in  the  treatien  of  nine- 
teenth of  September,  1863,  Iteing  the  Cow-creek  bund  of  Unipquutt, 
and  thoHe  of  the  Umpqua  and  Calapooia  tribeH,  treut«d  with  on  tho 
twenty-nintli  of  Novemluer,  1854,  be  tiH«enibied  on  the  rewrvation 
designated  by  that  treaty. 

William  J.  Martin  iu  appointed  Hpecial  Hub- Indian  agent  for  tlu> 
baudH  embraced  in  theac  two  treatieu,  and  uh  mucIi  will  cooperate 
with  agent  Cleorge  H.  Ambrose  in  carrying  out  the  foregoing  regu- 
lationH.  Hub-Indian  agent  E.  P.  Drew,  and  special  Hulvlndiun 
agent  Benjamin  Wright,  will,  if  they  believe  the  peace  of  the  settle- 
mentH  require  it,  adopt  the  same  precautions  with  tlie  tribes  and 

bands  within  their  districti). 

Joe  I.  Palmer. 

It  will  be  seen  from  this  action  of  the  superintendent 
that  before  he  had  been  made  aware  of  the  great  provoca- 
tion given  the  white  population  of  southern  Oregon  to 
treat  as  "  persons  dangerous  to  the  peace  of  the  country," 
and  to  be  "dealt  with  accordingly,"  all  Indians  absent 
from  their  reservations,  as  well  as  strangers  roving  over 
the  country,  he  had  arrived  at  conclusions  which  justified 
them  in  holding  this  view. 

Governor  (^urry,  too,  on  receiving  information  of  the 
ninth  of  October  raassucres,  together  with  a  petition  from 
Umpqua  valley  asking  for  five  hundred  volunteers  to 
defend  the  country,  issued  a  proclamation  October  fifteentli, 
calling  for  five  companies  of  mounted  men  to  constitute  a 
northern  battalion,  and  five  companies  of  mounted  men 
to  constitute  a  southern  battalion,  to  remain  in  service 
until  discharged;  each  company  to  consist  of  sixty  men, 
with  the  usual  complement  of  officers,  making  a  total  of 
seventy-one,  rank  and  file;  each  volunteer  to  furnish  his 
own  horse,  arms,  and  equipments,  and  each  company  to 
elect  its  own  officers,  and  thereafter  to  proceed  at  once  to 
the  seat  ol  war. 

The  proclamation  required  Jackson  county  to  furnish 
the  number  of  men  called  for  to  form  the  southern  bat- 
talion, who  should  rendezvous  at  Jacksonville,  elect  a 
major  to  command,  and  report  to  headquarters. 


THE  nOaUE  RIVER  WARS. 


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The  northern  hattalion  was  ordored  to  ho  ruised  —  two 
cotiipnnies  in  Lane,  and  one  each  in  Linn,  Douglas,  and 
Umpqua  counties,  to  rendezvous  at  Roseburg.  Adjutant- 
CJeneral  E.  M.  IJarnum  left  the  movements  of  the  two  bat- 
talions to  their  respective  commandcrd,  directing,  however, 
that  all  Indians  should  be  treateil  as  enemies  who  wore 
not  unmistakably  friends.  The  only  "  instructions  "  were 
to  endeavor  to  act  in  concert  with  the  regular  army 
officers. 

It  would  be  hard  to  see  in  what  respect  the  course  pur- 
sued by  the  volunteers  in  the  field  difl'ered  from  the 
governor's  or  the  adjutant-general's,  or  even  the  Indian 
superintendent's  directions;  yet  five  days  later  Governor 
Curry  ordered  disbanded  the  battalion  already  in  the  field 
from  Jackson  county,  and  raised  under  the  militia  law  of 
tlie  territory,  because,  forsooth,  information  had  reached 
him  that  Indians  had  been  slaughtered  "by  a  rabble  from 
the  neighborhood  of  Yreka,""*  and  he,  by  inference  at 
least,  classed  all  the  men  of  the  south  in  arms  against  the 
Indians  with  that  rabble,  by  which  was  meant  Major  Lup- 
ton's  party,  which  attacked  the  Indians  off  the  reservation 
on  the  morning  of  the  eighth  of  October,  and  whose  action, 
if  doubtful  in  appearance  at  the  time,  was  justified  by  the 
events  whicii  immediately  followed  it,  showing  that  the 
Indians  were,  as  he  believed,  prepared  for  mischief. 

Notwithstanding  the  disbanding  of  Kos.s'  regiment  on 
account,  presumably,  of  their  hostility  to  the  Indians,  the 
men  wer.  v^vited  to  rei'nlist  in  the  southern  battalion  to 
fight  th  se  «}ivne  Indians.  The  odium  thus  was  left  to  rest 
upon  tie  oflJ  ers,  who  were  largely  of  a  political  party 
opposed  t"  th.it  to  whicli  the  governor  belonged;  and  this 
was  supposed  to  account  for  the  slight  put  upon  those  who 
had  hastened  to  the  defense  of  their  country  at  her  mo- 
ment of  greatest  peril. 

The  first  eflect  of  the  governor's  proclamations  was  to 
suspend  volunteering.     On  the  seventh  of  November,  the 


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ninth  regiment  was  assembled  by  order  of  Colonel  Ross  at 
Fort  Vannoy  on  the  Illinois  river,  in  order  that  all  who 
desired  to  continue  in  service  might  be  mustered  in  under 
the  new  organization.  On  the  tenth,  Captains  Bruce,  Will- 
iams, Wilkinson,  and  Alcorn  offered  and  were  accepted 
in  the  order  named.  Bruce  being  elected  major,  his  first 
lieutenanc,  E.  A.  Rice,  was  elected  captain  of  company 

A,  which  then  stood.  Rice,  captain;  John  S.  Miller,  first 
lieutenant;  J.  F,  Anderson,  second  lieutenant.    Company 

B,  Williatns,  captain;  Hugh  O'Neal,  first  lieutenant:  M. 
Bushey,  second  lieutenant.  Company  C,  Wilkinson,  cap- 
tain; C.  F.  Blake,  first  lieutenant,  Edwin  Hess,  second 
lieutenant.  Company  D,  Alcorn,  captain ;  James  M.  Mat- 
noy,  first  lieutenant;  John  Osborne,  second  lieutenant. 
The  mustering  officer  was  John  K.  Lamerick;  the  adju- 
tant-general of  the  command,  0.  D.  Hoxie. 

On  the  eleventh  of  November,  Major  Bruce  issued  the 
following  order: — 

Headquarters  Southern  Battai.ion  Or.  Voi>j.,[ 
Vannoy's  Ferry,  November  11,  1856.  \ 

Information  having  been  received  tliat  armed  parties  are  atill  in 
the  field  with  the  avowed  purpose  of  waging  a  war  independent  of 
the  executive  of  this  territory',  and  in  violation  of  law  and  general 
order  No.  11,  issued  by  the  governor  October  20,  1855,  to  wit:  "It  is 
therefore  ordered  that  the  commanding  officers  of  the  battalions 
authorized  by  the  proclamation  of  the  governor  of  the  flfteenili  of 
October  instant,  will  enforce  the  disbanding  of  all  armed  parties  not 
duly  enrolled  into  the  service  of  the  territory  by  virtue  of  said  proc- 
lamation." 

As  the  peace  and  prosperity  of  our  country  depends  upon  law- 
and-order-abiding  persons,  it  is,  therefore,  expected  and  required 
that  all  persons  not  duly  enrolled  into  the  service  of  tiie  territory  by 
virtue  of  the  proclamation  of  the  governor  of  the  territory  of  Ore- 
gon, will  disband  in  accordance  with  general  order  N(/.  10.  It  is 
also  expected  and  required  that  all  persons  belonging  to  the  southern 
battalion  who  have  been  regularly  enrolled  into  the  »Mrvice  of  the 
territory  will  assist  in  carrying  out  this  order. 

Men  under  persons  assuming  authority  are  hereby  notified  that 
they  are  at  liberty  to  enroll  themselves  under  tlie  proclamation,  and 
according  to  law.  It  is  confidently  expected  that  persistence  in  vio- 
lation of  this  law  will  cease  from  and  after  this  date,  and  that  all 


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good  citizens  will  see  the  necessity  of  cheerfully  acquiescing  in  and 
strictly  conforming  to  the  laws  of  our  country. 

Jambu  Bbuoe,  Major. 
Commanding  Southern  Battalion  Oregon  Mounted  Volunteers. 

The  mustering  of  only  four  companies  left  a  consider- 
able portion  of  the  country  without  defense,  which  being 
duly  represented  to  the  governor,  he  paid  a  visit  to  the 
south,  accompanied  by  Adjutant-General  Barnum,  about 
the  last  of  November;  but  the  inspection  only  resulted  in 
the  consolidation  of  the  northern  and  southern  battalions 
into  one  regiment,  to  be  known  as  the  second  regiment  of 
Oregon  mounted  volunteers."  Here  again  occurred  an 
amount  of  friction  dangerous  to  the  efficiency  of  the  ser- 
vice through  the  election  of  regimental  officers.  The 
command  was  given  to  Captain  Williams,  and  the  lieuten- 
ant-colonelcy to  William  J.  Martin,  major  of  the  northern 
battalion,  who,  in  the  estimation  of  many,  was  entitled  to 
be  colonel.  In  all  these  matters  the  volunteers  took  a 
lively  interest. 

The  northern  battalion,  now  a  part  of  the  second  regi- 
ment of  Oregon  mounted  volunteers,  was  officered  by 
companies  as  follows :  Company  A  of  Lane  county,  Joseph 
Bailey,  captain;  Daniel  W.  Keith,  first  lieutenant;  Cyre- 
nus  Mulkey,  second  lieuteaant.  Company  B,  f^ane  county, 
Laban  Buoy,  captain;  A.  W.  Patterson,  first  lieutenant;  P. 
C.Noland,  second  lieutenant.  Company  C  of  Linn  county, 
Jonathan  Keeuey,  captain;  A.  W.  Stannard,  first  lieuten- 
ant; Joseph  Yates,  second  lieutenant.  Company  D  of 
Douglas  county,  Samuel  Gordon,  captain;  S.  B.  Hadley, 
first  lieutenant;  T.  Prather,  second  lieutenant.  Company 
E  of  Umpqua  county,  W.  W.  Chapman,  captain;  Z.  Dim- 
mick,  first  lieutenant;  J.  M.  Merrick,  second  lieutenant.^ 

"•This  consolidation  took  place  on  the  petition  of  William  J.  Martin,  major  north- 
ern battalion  ;  Edgar  B.  Stone,  surgeon ;  J.  W.  Drew,  Aaron  Rose,  J.  W.  Smith,  L.  L. 
Bradbury,  S.  F.  Chndwick,  P.  F.  Castleman,  assistant  quartermaster,  and  8.  B.  Had- 
ley, tirst  lieutenant  company  D,  "and  many  others." 

''-  Un  the  thirtieth  of  December  Lieutenant  Mulkey  resigned,  and  Charles  W.  Mo- 
Clure  was  elected  in  his  place.  Lieutenant  A.  W.  Patterson  was  transferred  to  the 
medical  department,  and  L.  Polndezter  elected  in  bis  place  :  Oregon  jourruilt,  house, 
1856-6,  ap,  14&. 


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The  lettering  was  changed  by  the  change  of  organization. 

To  go  back  a  little:  Immediately  after  the  battle  at 
Hungry  hill  on  Grave  creek,  Major  Fitzgerald  proceeded 
to  Fort  Vancouver,  and  thence  to  The  Dalles,  where  he 
remained  in  garrison  during  the  winter.  The  command 
at  Fort  Lane  was  thus  reduced  to  a  single  troop.  Captain 
Smith  had  agreed  with  the  volunteer  officers  to  meet  them 
at  the  Grave-creek  house  (Fort  Bailey)  about  the  ninth  of 
November,  prepared  to  pursue  and  fight  the  Indians,  and 
in  the  meantime  scouts  from  Bailey's  company  were  to 
find  where  they  were  in  hiding ;  for,  as  usual,  after  a  bat- 
tle, they  had  abandoned  their  position  silently  and  mys- 
teriously, to  reappear  in  some  unexpected  quarter.  But 
before  disappearing  they  had  paid  a  visit  to  the  reserva- 
tion and  burned  or  destroyed  all  the  property  of  the  peo- 
ple upon  it,  including  that  of  Chief  Sam,  and  killed  the 
agency  cattle.  Soon  after  a  number  of  houses  on  Junip- 
OfF-Joe  creek  were  burned,  hearing  of  which  Martin's  and 
Bruce's  commands,  together  with  a  small  force  of  regulars 
from  Fort  Jones,  pursued  and  fell  in  with  a  band  at  the 
mouth  of  Jump-Ofi-Joe  creek,  killing  eight. 

On  the  nineteenth.  Major  Bruce,  with  a  part  of  his  bat- 
talion, marched  up  Applegate  creek  in  company  with  Cap- 
tain .Tudah  and  his  troop  from  Fort  Jones,  but  finding  no 
Indians,  returned  to  headquarters  on  the  twentieth.  On 
the  twenty-first,  Major  Bruce  ordered  Captains  Williams 
and  Alcorn,  with  their  companies,  to  proceed  down  tlie 
west  side  of  Rogue  river,  while  he,  with  Captains  Rice 
and  Wilkinson  and  their  commands,  marched  down  the 
opposite  side  by  the  way  of  Grave  creek  to  The  Meadows, 
accompanied  by  Captain  Judah  and  Major  Martin.  The 
several  commands  arrived  in  the  vicinity  of  the  supposed 
headquarters  of  the  enemy  at  daylight  on  the  twenty-fifth, 
and  sent  out  their  spies  to  discover  the  Indian  camp.  Late 
at  night  the  spies  reported  the  Indians,  two  or  three  hun- 
dred strong,  on  a  bar  of  the  river  six  miles  above  and  very 
difficult  of  access. 


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On  the  morning  on  the  twenty-sixth,  Captain  Judah, 
with  forty-six  regulars,  and  Major  Martin,  with  one  hun- 
dred volunteers,  marched  to  a  position  opposite  the  Indian 
camp,  where,  according  to  the  plan  of  attack,  they  were  to 
be  joined  by  Major  Bruce  and  Captains  Williams  and 
Alcorn,  with  two  hundred  and  eighty -six  volunteers. 
These  were  to  cross  the  river  on  a  raft,  surround  the  en- 
emy's camp,  and  give  a  signal,  when  Judah  was  to  open 
fire  from  his  howitzer. 

The  "best  laid  schemes,"  it  is,  according  to  the  poet, 
which  "gang  aft  aglee;"  and  so  it  was  with  this  one  con- 
certed with  so  much  care  by  a  "regular"  officer.  Wild 
men,  like  birds,  must  be  taken  on  the  wing.  They  will 
not  wait  to  have  salt  put  upon  their  tails.  Major  Bruce 
was  in  the  act  of  placing  his  raft  in  the  water  at  a  little 
past  noon,  when  the  Indians  opened  fire  on  him  from  the 
cover  of  the  underbrush  and  timber  on  the  east  side.  His 
command  was  driven  to  seek  shelter  and  defend  itself  until 
dark,  when  it  withdrew,  and  the  whole  force  went  into 
camp. 

It  was  then  determined  to  send  for  supplies  and  reen- 
forcements,  and  to  force  the  Indians  out  of  their  strong- 
hold. On  the  first  of  December  an  express  arrived  from 
Captain  Smith,  informing  Judah  that  he  had  reached  a 
point  twelve  miles  below  Grave-creek  house,  but  could 
come  no  further  on  account  of  rain  and  snow  upon  the 
mountains,  and  that  in  a  few  days  more  the  mountains 
would  be  impassable.  A  council  being  held,  it  was  de- 
cided to  return  to  headquarters  to  await  a  change  in  the 
weather. 

On  the  forth  of  December  all  arrived  at  the  Grave-creek 
house,  where  they  learned  of  the  governor's  proclamation 
uniting  "the  two  battalions  into  a  regiment,  and  ordering 
the  election  of  officers  as  above  mentioned.  From  here 
Major  Bruce  proceeded  to  Fort  Vannoy  (headquarters), 
where  the  election  of  colonel  and  lieutenant-colonel  was 
held  on   the  sixth,   resulting  in  the  choice  of  Captain 


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Williams  for  the  first  position,  and  Major  Martin  for  the 
second.  On  the  seventh  the  several  companies  were  ordered 
to  different  parts  of  the  valley,  where  grass  for  their  horses 
could  be  obtained  (it  being  impossible  to  procure  hay ),  as 
well  as  to  afford  protection  to  those  localities. 

But  the  companies  were  not  permitted  to  remain  in 
quarters.  During  the  absence  of  the  volunteers  early  in 
December,  some  roving  bands  of  Indians  were  devastating 
the  settlements  on  the  west  side  of  the  south  Umpqua, 
destroying  fifteen  houses,  whose  inmates  had  been  com- 
pelled to  take  refuge  in  forts. 

On  the  twenty-fourth.  Captain  Alcorn  discovered  and 
attacked  a  camp  on  the  north  branch  of  Little  Butte 
creek,  killing  eight  warriors  and  capturing  some  horses. 
At  about  the  same  date  Captain  Rice  found  another  camp 
on  tho  north  bank  of  Rogue  river,  and  attacked  with 
thirty  men,  fighting  six  hours,  killing  the  adult  males, 
and  taking  captive  the  women  and  children,  who  were 
sent  to  Fort  Lane  to  be  guarded. 

"These  two  fights,"  wrote  a  correspondent  of  the  Oregon 
Statesman,  "have  blotted  out  Jake's  band."  That  they 
had  done  so  was  a  cause  of  congratulation  to  the  white 
settlers,  who  could  nevermore  hope  for  security  of  life  or 
property  while  they  were  alive  and  free.  But  General 
Wool  in  his  official  report  stigmatized  their  proceedings  as 
murder,  and  drew  a  pathetic  picture  of  the  women  and 
children  of  the  slaughtered  Indians  making  their  way  to 
Fort  Lane  "for  protection,"  with  their  limbs  frozen.  That 
some  had  frozen  limbs  was  probably  true,  for  the  winter 
was  an  unusually  cold  one,  a  circumstance  as  injurious  to 
the  volunteers,  many  of  whom  were  ill-clad,  as  to  the 
Indians.  But  war  is  a  trade,  whose  masters  cannot  show 
mercy,  even  to  themselves,  peace  being  obtained  only 
through  relentless  strife. 

About  the  last  of  December,  1855,  Major  Bruce,  being 
informed  by  express  from  Stirling,  that  a  party  of  Indians 


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had  fortified  themselves  in  three  deserted  log  cabins  on 
Applegute  creek,  ordered  Captains  Rice  and  Alcorn  to 
l)repare  for  a  campaign  in  the  mountains,  and  himself 
])roceeded  to  Fort  Lane  to  ask  the  assistance  of  Captain 
Smith  with  his  howitzer.  Obtaining  the  promise  of  this, 
lie  made  a  forced  march  up  to  the  forks  of  Applegate 
creek  with  Rice's  company  of  forty  men  on  the  first  of 
January,  and  on  the  second  twenty  miles  further  up  the 
creek,  where  he  found  an  independent  company  of  fifty 
citizens  from  Stirling  surrounding  the  cabins. 

Nothing  could  be  done  before  the  arrival  of  the  howitzer 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  fourth,  the  intervening  time  being 
spent  in  snow  from  six  to  twelve  inches  deep,  with  severe 
Aveather,  the  volunteers  exchanging  occasional  shots  with 
the  Indians.  In  the  three  days  of  waiting  and  suffering, 
three  Indians  were  killed  and  several  wounded,  while 
Captain  Rice  lost  one  man  killed,  and  the  citizen  company 
three  wounded. 

On  the  arrival  of  Lieutenant  Underwood  from  Fort 
Tvane,  with  forty  regulars  and  the  howitzer,  a  shell  was 
dropped  into  one  of  the  cabins,  wounding  one  Indian  and 
two  children,  when  several  were  seen  to  retreat  to  another 
cabin  a  few  yards  distant.  A  few  more  shells  were  thrown 
without  effect,  when  night  coming  on,  the  three  several 
companies  were  posted  in  a  manner  which  was  intended 
to  prevent  an  escape;  the  regulars  being  between  the 
Indians  and  the  hills,  and  the  volunteers  and  citizens  on 
two  other  sides,  the  lines  almost  meeting. 

With  all  this  precaution,  about  eleven  o'clock  the  In- 
dians crept  up  to  the  line  of  soldiers,  firing  and  yelling. 
In  the  first  surprise  a  number  broke  through  the  line  and 
escaped  to  the  hills;  but  the  regulars  recovering  them- 
selves turned  a  portion  of  them  back  towards  the  creek, 
across  which  they  succeeded  in  escaping,  the  sentinels 
being  unable  to  get  at  them  by  reason  of  the  thickets 
along  the  stream,  their  trail  being  found  by  daylight  to  be 
stained  with  blood. 


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It  was  only  the  fighting  men  of  the  beseiged,  however, 
who  had  taken  wing  when  the  sentinels  of  the  regular 
force,  not  liking  the  cold,  and  perhaps  not  liking  to  fight 
an  unseen  enemy,  returned  to  camp;  and  before  their 
commander  could  order  them  back  to  their  posts,  the 
Indian  women  with  their  children,  and  a  pack  animal, 
also  passed  the  line,  and  gained  the  hills. 

On  examining  the  cabins  it  was  found  that  the  Indians 
had  burned  their  dead,  but  had  left  a  wounded  boy  to  the 
mercy  of  his  captors.  From  him  it  was  learned  that  the 
party  occupying  the  cabins  belonged  to  chief  Jo;  and 
the  skill  with  which  he  had  fortified  his  camp  would  have 
defied  the  volunteer  arms;  it  was  only  the  howitzer  which 
could  dislodge  him.  A  subterranean  passage  had  been 
excavated  leading  from  the  cabins  to  the  open  country 
and  pits  dug  in  each  corner  of  the  cabins  deep  enough 
to  stand  in,  with  loop-holes  under  the  bottom  logs  through 
which  they  could  shoot  without  being  exposed;  all  of 
which  was  surprising  in  savage  military  science,  but  was 
probably  learned  from  communication  with  white  men. 

Bruce  wished  to  follow  the  trail  of  the  Indians,  but 
Lieutenant  Underwood  declared  his  men  unfit  for  travel- 
ing in  the  mountains;  and  the  citizen  company  were 
unprepared.  They,  therefore,  returned  to  Stirling,  and 
Underwood  to  Fort  Lane;  while  Bruce  retired  to  Camp 
Spencer,  on  the  lower  Applegate  creek,  to  recruit  the 
horses,  and  give  his  company  a  much  needed  rest  after 
three  days  and  nights  of  watching  in  snow  and  cold,  re- 
maining there  until  the  eighteenth.  On  that  date,  he  was 
joined  by  Captains  O'Neil  and  Alcorn,  with  a  part  of  their 
commands,  making  his  available  force  seventy-three  men, 
rank  and  file.  Alcorn,  with  thirty-eight  men,  took  the 
trail  of  the  Indians  up  Applegate  creek,  while  Bruce,  with 
O'Niel  and  the  remainder,  marched  up  Williams'  creek. 
Scouting  continued  for  five  days,  when  Bruce  fell  in  with 
two  Indian  spies,  running  them  to  camp,  a  distance  of 
twelve    miles.     Sending   an  express  to    hasi,en   forward 


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O'Neil,  the  major  dismounted  his  men,  twenty-one  in  all, 
and  stationing  Alcorn  with  eleven  men  on  the  left  of  the 
canon  in  which  the  enemy  was  encamped,  himself  occu- 
pied the  right  with  only  nine.  .,■:' 

li.  was  soon  discovered  that  the  Indians  were  sixty  or 
seventy  strong.  Firing  became  general,  and  both  sides  sus- 
tained losses.  Wiley  Cash  was  killed  in  this  preliminary 
engagement,  and  Daniel  Richardson  severely  wounded. 
Soon  after  these  casualties,  eight  men  were  cut  off  from 
the  little  force,  when  Bruce  collected  the  ten  left  him  and 
charged  the  Indians,  driving  them  out  of  the  canon,  re- 
lieving the  men  and  securing  a  favorable  position  for  him- 
self, though  surrounded  and  cut  off  from  his  horses.  Night 
coming  on,  he  was  compelled  to  retreat  towards  these,  but 
found  that  half  of  them  had  been  driven  off  before  the 
arrival  of  Captain  O'Niel,  who  was  on  the  ground  with 
the  news  that  he  had  sent  Lieutenant  Armstrong  an  hour 
before  dark  with  twenty-two  men  to  engage  the  enemy  on 
the  right,  while  with  twenty  men  he  had  flanked  their  left 
and  fought  them  until  dark. 

The  night  being  very  dark  and  cold,  the  whole  force 
present  withdrew  to  camp  five  miles  distant,  when  it  was 
discovered  that  Lieutenant  Armstrong  had  not  returned. 
Instead,  he  remained  on  the  ground  and  renewed  the 
attack  at  daylight  next  morning,  the  Indians  giving  way 
and  retreating  soon  after  daybreak.  It  was  found  that 
they  had  burned  their  dead  in  the  night,  making  it 
impossible  to  determine  their  loss. 

"  On  this  day,  .lanuary  twenty-fourth,"  says  Bruce  in  his 
report,  "the  colonel,  R.  L.  Williams,  arrived  in  camp  and 
took  the  command."  In  the  same  report  he  declares  that 
great  credit  is  due  "the  captains  and  lieutenants"  for  their 
coolness  and  determined  bravery  in  their  several  engage- 
ments. He  might  well  have  included  all  the  men  in  his 
command.  The  kind  of  duty  they  were  required  to  per- 
form was  a  drudging  and  thankless  service,  which  only 
the  desperate  situation  of  the  country  could  have  induced 


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them  to  engage  in.  Wrote  Captain  Rice  after  three 
months  in  the  field:  "With  the  exception  of  two  weeks 
on  Rogue  river,  the  company  has  not  camped  four  days  at 
one  place." 

During  all  the  time  since  the  battle  of  Hungry  hill,  the 
companies  which  constituted  the  northern  battalion  under 
W.  J.  Martin,  major,  and  later  lieutenant-colonel,  were  oc- 
cupied in  scouting  and  guarding  settlements,  or  escorting 
trains  and  travelers.  The  stations  in  this  part  of  the  field 
were  Camas  valley,  twenty  miles  southwest  of  Roseburg, 
iit  the  head  of  the  Coquille,  where  Captain  Bailey  had  his 
winter  quarters,  with  orders  to  furnish  unprotected  fami- 
lies in  his  vicinity  with  a  suflBcient  force  to  render  them 
safe;  Fort  Smith,  at  the  house  of  William  Henry  Smith, 
on  Cow  creek,  where  twenty-five  men  were  stationed  to 
escort  trains  between  Umnqua  caiion  and  Fort  Leland  on 
(Jrave  creek;  Camp  Eliff,  at  the  south  end  of  the  canon, 
the  station  of  Captain  Buoy,  who  was  instructed  to  protect 
fiimilies  and  keep  open  the  road  between  this  point  and 
the  crossing  of  Cow  creek;  Fort  Bailey,  five  miles  soutli 
of  the  crossing  of  Cow  creek,  where  Captain  Keeuey  was 
stationed  to  protect  the  road  from  there  to  Grave  creek; 
and  Camp  Gordon,  where  Captain  Gordon  commanded, 
eight  miles  above  the  mouth  of  Cow  creek.  Captain  W. 
W.  Chapman  was  ordered  to  divide  his  force,  about  fifty 
men  being  at  the  mouth  of  the  Umpqua,  to  keep  a  look- 
out on  the  reservation  at  that  point,  and  also  on  the  Coos 
bay  settlement,  Vvliile  thirty  men  were  encamped  on  Ten- 
Mile  prairie,  near  the  house  of  L.  D.  Kent. 

To  his  captains.  Major  Martin  issued  the  order  to  "  take 
no  prisoners;"  yet  about  Christmas  time  he  had  quite  a 
number  of  prisoners,  chiefly  women  and  children  on  liis 
hands,  whom  he  directed  Captain  Buoy  to  escort  to  the 
Grand  Rond  reservation  in  Yamhill  county.  Agent  Met- 
calt,  however,  refused  to  let  them  go,  for  the  reason  that 
they  were  nearly  related  to  the  Indians  on  the  Umpqua 


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roservution,  uiul  if  roinovi'd  Ijcforo  the  main  body  of  the 
Indians,  would  make  trouble,  and  defeat  tbo  plans  of  the 
Indian  department,  which  had  trouble  enough  already  to 
reconcile  the  people  of  Polk  county  to  th((  contoniplatod 
reservation  of  their  western  border  for  Indian  uses. 

The  following  monthly  report  of  Captain  Chapman, 
brief  as  it  is,  gives  a  more  definite  idea  of  the  service  than 
pages  of  less  succinct  narrative: — 

Deoeinber  first,  arrived  at  liittle  Moadoww  just  at  night ;  second, 
wnfl  ordered  out  next  morniny  atdayliglit;  camped  tiiat  niglit  on 
liiii  west  of  Whisliy  creelt ;  third,  by  four  o'cloclc  P.  M.  readied 
Lirave  creeli ;  lay  tiiere  until  the  sixth  ;  seventli,  marciied  througli 
the  canon  and  reached  Rnsehurg,  tliirty  miles ;  ninth,  reached 
Winchester  ;  tenth,  High  water  ;  eleventh,  arrived  at  head((uarters  at 
f 'allpooya  ;  on  the  twenty-first,  by  order,  moved  to  "  Kellogg's  "  for 
headquarters  ;  stationed  forty-five  men  at  Providence,  at  moutli  of 
Uiupqua;  selected  thirty  men  for  Kent's  station  in  Ten-Mile  prairie, 
and  ordered  remainder  to  head<iuarter8 ;  while  selecting  station 
l)elow,  l)ad  weather,  snow,  etc.,  set  in,  and  stopped  furtlier  progress. 
It  now  became  necessary  to  feed  tlie  grain  I  had  laid  in,  in  Novem- 
ber instead  of  grass,  as  ordered. 

Such  were  the  reports  —  mere  records  of  weary  marches 
over  nearly  impassable  roads,  in  rain  and  snow,  to  ward  of! 
possible  attacks  on  isolated  settlements,  or  pursue  a  small 
band  of  Indians  intent  on  robbing  if  not  on  murder;  for 
by  robbery  they  must  now  live. 

There  was  neither  i)ay  nor  glory  in  that  kind  of  warfare, 
nothing  but  self-sacrifice,  not  even  the  excitement  of  good 
fighting,  for  the  Indians  kept  in  seclusion  excepting  when 
their  spies  reported  an  opportunity  to  capture  a  pack  train, 
or  destroy  property  lelt  unguarded.  This  being  the  situa- 
tion, a  majority  of  the  regiment  under  Colonel  Williams 
applied  for  their  discharge  early  in  January,  upon  the 
ground  that  their  term  of  enlistment  had  expired,  they 
having  been  mustered  into  the  service  in  October  under 
Colonel  Ross,  and  transferred  the  following  month  to  the 
second  regiment  Oregon  mounted  volunteers.  Their  horses 
being  worn  out,  Colonel  Williams  suggested  to  Adjutant- 

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General  Banium  that  thoy  be  allowud  their  discharges,  an  ^ 
new  recruits  called  for,  who  would  be  furnished  with  fresh 
horses.  Aa  order  was  accordingly  issued  to  that  effect, 
the  enlistments  being  for  three  months,  and  most  of  the 
old  companies  of  the  southern  battalion  again  taking  the 
field. 

During  the  several  weeks  before  the  recruited  regiment 
was  ready  for  seivice,  the  southern  companies  performed 
the  duty  of  escorting  trains  and  guarding  "stations,"  as 
fortified  houses  in  which  families  had  taken  refuge  were 
called ;  and  this  they  did  because  they  must,  for  to  neglect 
it  was  to  consent  to  their  destruction.  For  the  Indian 
leaders  were  still  inflexible,  and  would  listen  to  no  over- 
tures. Indeed,  when  sometimes  coming  near  enough  in 
battle  to  be  addressed,  the  whiio  commanders  attempted 
to  reason  with  them,  they  instantly  challenged  them  to 
further  combat,  and  refused  to  confer  with  them  on  the 
subject  of  peace. 


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TKnORI.Kfl  IN  Wrihiit's  Hua-AuKNCY— Thk  CotiUii.r.K  auAi'w  — Thtr  OPBRATrriNK 
IN  ('r>Q\ni,\,K  DioTnrnr  — r.KTTRR  of  Caitain  Pack\vo''i  ,o  Govi.dSnH  C\kkv  — 
Poland's  TiOld  Beach  Company  — The  Mashache  (if  I'ubruar"  Twenty-third 

—  K      .LINO    OK    WRlOin    ANI>    POLAND  —  LONO    SlEOK    Oi'    THOSE     WHO    ESCAPED  — 

:.  OF  A  Patty  of  Rksouers  from  Port  Orkord  — Ff  .k«  ok  a  Kamtnk  — 
Timely  Arrival  ok  Rkoiilar  Tiuiops  IIndkr  Colonkl  J'ichanan  — Organiza- 
tion 01'  MiNiTK  Mf.n  — Aiinon'H  (Company  ATTArkEli  —  Inmvkerence  of  the 
Reoular  Troops  to  tiikir  Sufferinon— Petition  of  Jackpon  County  to 
(iENERAL  Wool— HiH  ArrrruDE  Towards  the  Civil  AuTHORiriFJi  — Rk-oroani- 
y.AiioN  ov  iHK  Second  Reoiment  — Kxtract  from  the  Writinhs  ok  J.  M. 
Sutton  — Ettr ACTS  from  Reports  of  Captains  O'Neil,  Hishey,  Buoy,  Oeorok, 
Sheffield,  Wallen,  Creiohton,  Harris,  and  Colonel  Kelsev  — Attack  on 
The  Meai)OWs— The  Indians  ]jisix)ixied  — Plans  of  the  United  States  Offi- 
cers for  peack— a  Fight  and  a  Council— John  Dbtkrminkd  to  Continue 
Hostilities— Smith  Attacked  Near  The  Mkadow.i— The  Battle  and  Relief 

—  Movements  OF  Volunteers  — Surrender  op  the  Indians  — They  aiie  Taken 
TO  the  Coast  Reservation  — I)i8(;omfort  and  Discontent— Military  Estah- 
i.ishmknt- Final  Close  of  Indian  Wars  in  Southwestern  Oregon  — Present 

CONLITION  OF  the  INDIANS. 


At  the  breaking  out  of  war  in  the  interior,  Ben  Wright, 
in  charge  of  the  several  bands  below  Coos  bay,  hastened 
to  make  them  acquainted  with  the  order  issued  by  Super- 
intendent Palmer,  with  whom  they  had  made  treaties,  that 
in  order  to  prevent  suspicions  concerning  their  intentions, 
and  consequent  collisions  with  white  men,  they  must 
remain  upon  their  reservations  and  avoid  every  appear- 
ance of  collusion  with  the  Rogue-river  bands.  To  those 
roving  Indians  from  the  interior  whom  he  found  on  the 
coast  he  gave  admonition,  and  ordered  them  back  to  their 
own  reserve;  otherwise  to  submit  to  arrest.  They  com- 
plied, although  insolently,  and  the  tribes'  ir  his  sub-agency 
promised  obedience  and  friendship.  But  on  arriving  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Coquille  he  found  the  settlers  alarmed 
by  appearances  among  these  Indians.  On  conferring  with 
them,  however,  they  professed  friendship,  and  ascribed 
their  restlessness  to  the  discovery  of  a  camp  of  Rogue-river 
women  and  children  in  their  vicinity,  and  to  knowing  that 

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372 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


this  circumstance  might  he  construed  against  them.  They 
also  exhibited  fear  lest  the  volunteers  operating  iu  the 
Umpqua  valley  should  come  down  upon  them,  to  extermi- 
nate them,  as  thev  had  been  informed  was  their  intention 
Wright  succeeded  in  quieting,  as  lie  believed,  their  appre- 
hensions, and  returned  to  Port  Orford,  appointing  a  local 
agent,  David  Hall,  to  look  after  them. 

Hall  was  a  member  of  a  company  on  its  way  to  the 
Coquille  camp  with  the  design  of  disarming  or  killing  the 
Indians,  who  had  been  guilty  of  the  death,  iu  1854,  of  two 
citizens,  Venable  and  Burton,  for  which  crime  they  had 
gone  unpunished,  and  who  now,  according  to  their  belief, 
were  preparing  for  further  mischief.  But  Wright  suc- 
ceeded in  allaying  this  feeling,  or  at  least  in  persuading 
them  to  trudt  their  safety  to  the  Indian  department  and 
the  United  States  troops  at  Port  Orford  yet  a  little  longer; 
and  by  making  one  of  them  local  agent,  left  the  manage- 
ment of  affairs  largely  to  his  discretion.  The  settlers  not 
being  convinced  of  the  good  intentions  of  the  Indians, 
soon  after  removed  their  families  to  Empire  City,  where  u 
fortification  had  been  erected.  The  miners  at  Randolpli 
also  concealed  their  portable  property,  and  remo'"^ed  to 
Port  Orford  for  safety ;  and  at  tile  mouth  of  Rogue  river  a 
fortified  house  was  prepared  for  a  refuge  in  time  of  trouble. 

These  events  occurred  immediately  after  the  outbreak  in 
Rogue-river  valley.  On  the  fifth  of  November  Wright  wrote 
Major  Reynolds  at  Port  Orford,  "I  deem  it  expedient  and 
necessary  to  request  you  to  allow  the  present  force  stationed 
at  Port  Orford  to  remain  as  a  means  of  enabling  me  to 
carry  out  my  plans  for  the  preservation  of  peace  among 
the  Indians  of  my  district,  and  for  the  security  of  white 
citizens;"  which  request  was  granted. 

Early  in  November,  the  Coos  county  people,  being  still 
apptehensive,  raised  a  company  of  nineteen  men,  who 
applied  to  the  local  Indian  agent.  Hall,  for  authority  to 
defend  the  people  of  his  district  —  the  governor  having 
discountenanced  independent  companies.    On  his  author- 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


878 


ity,  and  by  agreement  between  th^  agent  and  themselves, 
they  carried  out  their  design,  as  shown  in  the  following 
compact: — 

Fort  Kitchen,  Coos  County,  O.  T.,  November  6,  ISS.'j. 
Articles  of  agreement  made  and  entered  into  between  David 
Hall,  local  Indian  agent  for  the  Coquille  district,  on  the  part  of  the 
United  States,  and  the  undersigned  persons,  to  wit :  We,  the  under- 
signed, do  hereby  agree  to  serve  and  obey  all  orders  given  ua  by 
David  Hall,  local  Indian  agent  for  the  Coquille  Indians,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  promoting  and  maintaining  peace  between  the  Indians  in 
liis  charge  and  the  settlers,  or  citizens  of  the  United  States  in  this 
valley;  also,  to  prevent  other  Indians  now  at  war  with  the  United 
States  from  joining  and  forcing  the  Indians  in  this  district  into  a 
war  with  the  United  States;  and  to  serve  until  such  times  as  peace 
may  be  declared,  unless  relieved  or  discharged,  and  to  receive  for 
such  service  sucli  pay  and  emoluments  as  the  United  States  may 
think  fit  to  give  us.  (Then  follow  nineteen  names,  and  the  affidavit 
of  the  agent.) 

I  certify,  on  honor,  that  believing  the  public  tranquility  required 
tlie  measures  I  have  adopted,  I  have  contracted  with  and  engaged 
the  above-named  men  to  assist  me  in  promoting  and  maintaining 
tlie  iieace  as  above  specified. 

David  Hall, 
Local  Indian  Agent,  Coquille  District,  Coos  County,  O,  T, 
Witnesses:    H.  W.  Banfoko, 

Elijah  Mouts,  J.  P., 

Coos  County,  Coquille  Precinct,  O.  T. 

The  same  day  on  which  the  agreement  was  signed  a 
site  was  selected  on  tlie  Coquille  river  for  the  erection  of 
a  for i^.ifi cation,  which  was  named  Fort  Kitclien,  and  which 
in  li  few  days  was  so  nearly  picketed  that  it  could  be  de- 
fended by  half  a  dozen  men.  Captain  I'ackwood  then, 
witi)  less  than  a  third  of  the  little  force,  made  a  scout  up 
the  3outh  fork  of  the  river  on  the  twelfth  of  November  to 
look  after  the  property  of  several  settlers  who  were  absent 
from  their  places.  They  found  that  a  house  had  been 
robbed  of  a  large  amount  of  flour,  and  thereupon  Hall 
sent  an  express  to  Port  Orford  to  notify  sub-Indian  agent 
Ben  Wright  of  the  absence  of  the  Indians  from  the  reser- 
vation, of  the  robbery,  and  other  matters  connected  there- 
with, and  asking  him  to  come  to  Coquille  to  settle  with 


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m. 


the  Indians,  and  relieve  the  men  he  ( Hall )  had  contracted 
with  to  aid  him  in  keeping  the  peace;  the  settlers  above 
having  in  the  meantime  returned  and  forted  themselves  at 
the  place  of  a  Mr.  Roland,  after  leaving  tlreir  families  at 
Coos  bay  for  safety. 

Captain  Packwood,  while  waiting  for  Wright's  a[)pear- 
ance,  remained  at  Fort  Roland  to  watch  the  Indians,  and 
became  convinced,  although  they  pretended  to  be  friendly, 
they  they  were,  if  not  in  league  with,  at  least  very  much 
excited  by  the  visits  to  them  of  the  hostile  Indians  from 
the  Rogue-river  camp.  Pending  Wright's  arrival,  Pack- 
wood  ordered  the  Indians  off  the  reservation  to  be  arrested, 
two  of  them.  Elk  and  Long  John,  to  be  treated  as  crimi- 
nals if  attempting  to  escape,  and  shot.  The  whole  band 
were  notified  of  the  order,  and  that  those  who  peaceably 
obeyed  would  be  treated  as  friends.  John,  however,  man- 
aged to  escape,  and  when  the  express  returned  from  Port 
Orford  it  brought  only  the  news  that  Wright  was  absent 
down  the  coast,  and  that  a  company  of  volunteers  was 
gone  up  to  the  big  bend  of  Rogue  river,  about  twenty-five 
miles  from  Fort  Roland,  to  watch  the  Indians.  This 
dearth  of  news  left  the  local  agent  without  instructions, 
and  Packwood  released  the  prisoners  he  had  taken,  advis- 
ing all  the  band  to  go  on  the  reserve  and  remain  quiet. 

On  the  twenty-second  of  November  sixteen  men  from 
Coos  bay  joined  the  Coquille  guards  at  Fort  Kitchen. 
On  the  same  day  the  local  agent,  Hall,  was  relieved  by 
William  Chance,  who  accepted  the  services  of  the  guards 
and  the  sixteen  recruits  on  the  same  conditions  as  those 
agreed  to  by  his  predecessor,  certifying  on  his  lionor  tliat 
he  believed  the  public  tranquility  required  the  measures 
adopted.  The  instructions  issued  to  Packwood  after  the 
flight  of  Long  John  directed  Iiim  to  treat  all  Indians,  in 
future,  without  a  pass,  as  enemies,  those  belonging  to  chief 
Washington's  band  havmg  commenced  hostilities  by  burn- 
ing the  house  of  a  Mr.  Hoffman,  robbing  the  house  of  J. 
J.  Hill  of  four  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  provisions,  rob- 


THE  ROOUE  RIVER  WARS. 


876 


bing  the  house  of  Mr.  Woodward,  cutting  adrift  the  ferry- 
boat at  the  crossing  of  the  Coquille,  with  other  similar 
acts  of  enmity. 

On  the  twenty-third  Chance  took  a  party  of  the  guards 
and  went  to  the  forks  of  the  Coquille  to  try  to  persuade 
Washington  to  go  upon  the  reservation,  but  found  ihe 
chief  had  erected  a  barricade  on  the  point  between  the 
two  branches  of  the  river,  where  he  could  only  be  ap- 
proached by  water  at  a  great  disadvantage.  As  the  party 
came  in  view  he  stationed  himself,  gun  in  hand,  behind 
a  myrtle  tree,  and  twice  raised  it  to  fire,  but  seeing  several 
rifles  pointed  in  his  direction  refrained. 

Chance  hastened  to  send  a  friendly  Indian  to  invite 
Washington  to  a  conference,  which,  after  some  parleying, 
he  consented  to.  Rumors  were  then  sent  to  inform  the 
Indians  up  the  river  that  they  must  go  upon  the  reserva- 
tion if  they  would  not  be  treated  as  suspects;  after  which 
the  agent  returned  to  Fort  Kitchen,  while  the  guards  with 
liim  continued  on  to  Fort  Roland  under  their  captain, 
Pack  wood. 

On  the  following  day,  having  received  such  orders,  this 
detachment,  after  allowing  time  for  the  Indians  to  move 
as  directed,  marched  down  the  north  and  east  side  of  the 
south  fork,  and  meeting  two  Indians,  one  of  whom  was 
armed  with  a  gun,  and  who  either  through  fear  or  hos- 
tility made  as  if  he  would  have  used  it,  shot  them,  killing 
one  and  wounding  the  other,  who  escaped.  Near  the  forks 
of  the  river  another  Indian  was  wounded,  after  which  the 
company  returned  to  Fort  Kitchen. 

Concerning  these  acts  of  the  guards,  Packwood  explains, 
in  a  report  to  Governor  Curry,  in  which  he  relates  with 
great  candor  all  that  occurred,  that  the  Indians  had  been 
warned  by  sub-agent  Wright  in  October  to  keep  upon  the 
reservation ;  also  by  David  Wall,  local  agent,  and  by  his 
successor,  William  Chance;  and  that  "it  would  have  been 
madness  and  folly  to  use  gentle  means  any  further,"  but 
that  force  was  necessarily  resorted  to.    The  order  to  the 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


Indians  to  remain  on  the  reservation  was  given  in  their 
own  interest,  as  when  the  hostile  Indians  from  the  interior 
made  incursions  into  their  country  and  committed  depre- 
dations, they  were  likely  to  be  suspected  and  treated  as 
enemies,  all  of  which  they  perfectly  understood,  and  in 
despite  of  which  they  continued  to  roam  about  the  settle- 
ments. 

No  news  being  received  from  Wright,  and  the  local  agent 
being  reluctant  to  undertake  disarming  the  Indians,  the 
Coos  bay  men  becoming  alarmed  for  their  families  returned 
home  December  eleventh,  leaving  the  giiards  as  first  or- 
ganized. The  weather  being  now  very  cold  in  the  moun- 
tains, whicl  were  covered  with  snow  so  that  emissaries 
from  the  Rogue-river  Indians  were  believed  to  be  barred 
out,  the  white  people  in  Coos  county  recovered  somewhat 
from  their  apprehensions,  and  the  guards  being  stationed  in 
three  several  detachments  among  the  settlements,  allowed 
themselves  to  hope  for  peace. 

On  making  a  visit  to  the  beach  where  their  provisions 
were  stored,  two  of  the  guards  from  Fort  Koland  found 
Long  John  in  the  cabin  cooking,  and  other  Indians  on  the 
outside  peering  through  the  cracks.  They  demanded  an  ex- 
planation, which  John  endeavored  to  avert  first  by  lying, 
and  then  by  giving  the  war-whoop  apparently  to  summon 
others  to  his  aid,  when  he  was  shot.  The  men  fearing  an 
attack,  hastened  back  to  camp,  and  again  quiet  reigned  in 
the  CoquiJle  region. 

On  the  twenty-fourth  of  December,  Wright  arrived  at 
Fort  Kitchen,  spending  three  days  with  the  Indians,  who 
laid  the  blame  of  all  the  disturbances  which  had  hap- 
l>ened  upon  the  white  people.  They  promised  to  remain 
quiet  and  obey  orders.  Wright  accepted  the  Indian  prot- 
estations of  innocence,  and  informed  tlie  guards  that  their 
organization  must  be  approved  by  tlie  governor  in  order 
to  secure  any  compensation  for  their  services  to  his  depart- 
ment, whereupon  Captain  Packwood  discharged  his  com- 
pany, and  made  a  report  in  due  form  of  his  operations 


TEE  ROOUE  RIVER  WARS. 


877 


and  expenses,  which  was  forwarded  to  the  executive,  who 
was  asked  to  recognize  them  as  volunteers  under  his  ]>roc- 
lamation  of  November  fifteenth.  It  was,  however,  only 
at  a  later  period,  when  Packwood  reorganized  his  company 
under  a  proclamation  of  the  executive  as  the  "Coquille 
Minute  Men,"  that  thay  came  to  be  recognized  as  belong- 
ing to  the  volunteer  service,  their  muster  roll  dating  back 
to  November  sixth. 

This  rather  lengthy  account  of  the  volunteer  service  in 
this  region  is  introduced  in  this  place  because  certain 
statements  were  made  derogatory  to  the  people  of  this 
isolated  portion  of  Oregon,  and  to  such  an  extent  as  to 
influence  public  opinion  to  their  injury.  In  a  subsequent 
communication  to  Governor  Curry,  speaking  on  this  sub- 
ject, Packwood  says: — 

We  had  just  cause;  and  should  it  be  urged  that  there  was  the 
military  at  Port  Orford,  and  consequently  no  necessity  for  organiz- 
ing a  company,  I  would  only  refer  to  the  fact  that  they  remained 
tliere  after  knowing  our  situation,  and  would,  I  believe,  have  re- 
mained there  all  the  same  had  all  the  Indians  of  southern  Oregon 
l)een  concentrating  on  us.  And  the  military  have  never  been  used 
in  this  portion  of  Oregon  for  the  purpose  of  averting  Indian  hostili- 
ties, but  only  come  on  the  field  in  treaty-maliing  time,  after  the 
exasperated  citizens  have  assembled,  conquered,  and  brought  the 
Indians  to  terms.  There  is  another  thing  some  persons  take  upon 
tliemselves  to  do,  and  that  is  to  decide  that  a  community  of  people 
are  in  no  danger  from  Indian  hostilities.  The  above  decision  has,  I 
iKjlieve,  been  made  in  our  case.  *  *  *  There  seems  to  be  an 
oianiou  afloat  that  several  white  men  must  lose  their  lives  before 
Indians  are  "hostile."  I  hold  to  a  very  different  one,  and  consider 
the  following  as  hostile  acts,  especially  when  a  chief  and  his  band 
turns  out  to  defend  the  perpetrators,  to  wit :  breaking  open  and  rob- 
bing houses;  stealing  ammunition,  etc.;  stealing  blankets  and  other 
articles;  robbing  cornfields;  poisoning  dogs  ( invaluable  here);  ob- 
stinately remaining  oft'  the  reservation  for  the  purpose  of  harboring 
Indians  from  the  Umpqua,  Cow  creek,  and  Rogue  river,  and  to 
concoct  a  plan  to  exterminate  the  whites  on  this  river.  [Then 
follows  a  narrative  of  his  own  escape  from  being  killed  when  the 
Coquilles  were  exulting  over  the  tidings  of  the  massacres  of  white 
families  in  Rogue-river  valley.]  *  ♦  *  I  found  that  nothing  but 
a  mild,  firm,  and  energetic  course  with  the  Indians  here  would 


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avert  a  war  with  them,  as  they  knew  all  the  particuIarH  of  the 
Indian  wav  in  the  Interior;  helieved  also  from  what  had  been  told 
them  "by  some  white  man  "  that  the  time  had  come  when  they 
muat  either  exterminate  the  whites,  or  the  whites  would  extermi- 
nate them.  Such  was  the  impression  on  the  minds  of  the  Indians 
here  at  that  time.  Their  number  of  fighting  men  is  forty-six  to 
fifty,  and  should  a  party  of  Rogue-river  Indians  have  efl'ected  a 
junction  with  them  at  tlie  time,  they  could  easily  have  overwhelmed 
UH  with  numbei's.  Our  nunil>er  at  that  time  being  eleven  men  near 
the  forks,  and  four  men  in  the  mountains.  Our  arms  for  defense 
were  nine  long  rifles,  two  government  rifles,  two  shotguns,  two 
single-barreled  pistols,  and  two  revolving  pistols.  The  Indians  were 
in  proportion  to  their  number^  nearly  as  well  oft"  as  we  were,  both 
in  arms  and  ammunition,  as  the  Klickitat  tribe  have  been  supply- 
ing tliem  with  both  for  the  last  two  years. 

This  communication  of  a  settler  of  a  good  degree  of 
intelligence  and  acquainted  with  Indian  characteristics, 
goes  far  to  account  for  the  feeling,  quite  universal  at  this 
period,  that  the  regular  military  authorities  were  indiffer- 
ent to  the  alarm  felt  by  exj  •  ^id  settlements,  and  that  they 
would  not  move  to  prevent  hostilities,  but  only  to  "chas- 
tise" and  then  "protect"  the  Indians  "after  a  few  white 
men  had  lost  their  lives." 

About  the  time  referred  to  in  Packwood's  report,  Indian 
Agent  E.  P.  Dre^',  in  charge  of  the  Qmpq  .a  and  Coos  bay 
Indians,  became  convinced  that  the  latter  were  holding 
communication  with  the  hostiles,  and  made  haste  to  collect 
them  on  the  reservation  at  the  mouth  of  the  Umpqua  river, 
where  he  placed  over  them  a  local  agent.  Shortly  after  ho 
found  the  settlers  from  Coos  and  Coquille  valleys  congre- 
gated at  Empire  City,  and  a  company  formed  (those  who 
had  resigned  from  the  guards  probably),  to  punish  the 
.savages  for  fresh  depredations.  An  attack  was  made  on 
them  at  Drolley's,  on  the  lower  branch  of  the  Coquillo, 
four  being  killed,  a'id  four  captured  and  hanged.  This 
chastisement  seerr  i  to  have  convinced  these  Indians  of 
the  folly  of  attem^«ing  to  follow  the  example  of  the  Roguo- 
rivers,  for  they  remained  quiet  during  the  winter,  beini; 
closely  watched  and  guarded. 


THE  ROOUE  RIVER  WARS. 


379 


In  the  month  of  November,  a  company  was  raised 
among  the  miners  at  Gold  Beach  and  the  southern  coast 
generally,  with  John  Poland  for  captain.  It  did  not  be- 
long to  the  second  regiment  as  organized  under  the  procla 
mation  of  the  governor;  but  since  the  proclamation  made 
no  provision  for  the  defense  of  the  coast  counties,  and  since 
the  military  force  at  Fort  Orford  was  entirely  inadequate, 
even  with  the  desire  to  be  useful,  which  was  said  to  bo 
lacking,  to  the  task  of  guarding  the  lives  and  property  of 
the  people,  this  company  performed  guard  duty  during 
the  period  between  the  proclamation  of  the  fifteenth  of 
November  and  that  of  January  eighteenth,  which  dis- 
charged the  northern  and  southern  battalions,  and  called 
for  recruits. 

The  encampment  of  this  company  had  been  at  the  big 
bend  of  Rogue  river,  between  the  interior  and  coast  tribes, 
during  the  winter,  but  in  February  it  was  moved  down  to 
within  a  few  miles  of  the  coast  settlements  in  order  to  re- 
cruit the  company  to  the  standard  of  sixty  privates  and 
eleven  officers,  as  ordered  by  the  governor,  to  fill  up  the 
regiment  by  recruiting. 

So  quiet  had  been  the  coast  tribes  for  some  time  that 
suspicion  of  their  intentions  was  almost  forgotten;  and  on 
the  night  of  the  twenty-second  of  February,  an  anniver- 
sary ball  was  given  at  Gold  Beach,  or  Whaleshead,  near 
the  mouth  of  the  river,  which  was  attended  by  Captain 
Poland  and  the  majority  of  his  men,  a  few  being  left  to 
guard  camp.  Early  on  the  morning  of  the  twenty-third, 
before  the  dancers  had  returned  to  camp,  the  guard  was 
attacked  with  such  suddenness  and  fury  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  Indians  that  but  two  out  of  ten  were  able  to  escape. 
One  of  these,  Charles  Foster,  being  concealed  in  the  woods 
near  the  scene  of  the  massacre,  was  witness  of  much  of 
the  terrible  slaughter  and  mutilation,  and  able  to  identify 
those  concerned  in  it,  who  were  seen  to  be  suca  as  lived 
abort  the  settlements,  and  were  professedly  friendly. 

Ben  Wright  was  then  at  the  house  of  J.  McGuire,  about 


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INDIAN  WAIIS  OF  OUEQON 


four  miles  from  the  coast,  and  between  the  volunteer  camp 
and  Whaleshead.  Early  in  the  day,  and  while  Captain 
Poland  was  with  him,  Wright  received  a  visit  from  some 
Indians  of  the  Mackanotins  tribe,  who  had  a  village  on 
the  south  side  of  the  river  opposite  McGuire's,  who  came 
ostensibly  to  inform  him  that  Enos,'  a  notorious  half-breed, 
who  had  been  with  the  hostile  llogue -rivers  all  winter, 
was  in  their  camp,  and  they  wished  to  have  him  arrested.* 

Without  a  suspicion  of  treachery,  Wright  and  Poland 
repaired  to  the  Indian  village,  wliere  they  were  immedi- 
ately seized  and  killed,  with  the  most  revolting  blood- 
thirstiness,  being  mutilated  beyond  recognition.  Wright's 
heart,  as  subsequently  learned  from  the  Indians  them- 
selves, was  cut  out,  cooked  and  eaten,  in  admiration  of  his 
courage,  which  they  hoped  by  this  act  of  cannibalism  to 
make  themselves  able  to  emulate. 

Every  house  on  the  river  below  big  bend,  sixty  in  all, 
was  burned  that  day,  and  twenty-six  persons  killed.  The 
persons  who  suffered  were  Ben  Wright,  Captain  Poland, 
Lieutenant  B.  Castle,  P.  McClusky,  C.  C.  Ilolcomb,  Henry 
Lawrence,  Joseph  Wagoner,  Joseph  Wilkinson,  Patrick 
McCullough,  E.  W.  Howe,  J.  H.  Braun,  Martin  Reed, 
George  Reed,  Lorenzo  Warner,  Samuel  Ilendrick,  Nelsoi: 
Seaman,  W.  R.  Tulles,  John  Idles,  Joseph  Leroc  and  two 
sons,  John  Geisell  and  four  children,  while  Mrs.  Geisell  and 
two  daughters  were  taken  into  captivity.  Subsequently 
to  the  first  attack,  Henry  Bullen,  L.  W.  Oliver,  Daniel 
Richardson,  John  Trickey,  and  Adolf  Smoldt  were  killed, 
making  thirty-one  victims  of  this  massacre.  Seven  differ- 
ent points  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  were  attacked 
within  twelve  hours,  showing  how  well  concerted  was  the 
outbreak. 

When  the  alarm  was  given  at  Gold  Beach,  some  of  the 
officers  of  Captain  Poland's  company  were  still  there,  and 

^Indian  Affairs  Jieport,  1850,  pp.  201-2;  Oregon  Stalenman,  March  It,  185C;  Cretcmt 
City  Herald,  extra,  February  25, 1866. 

=  Enos  was  hanged  at  Port  Orford  In  l&W  for  his  part  in  the  murder  of  Wright  and 
Poland.    He  was  guide  to  Fremont  in  1813. 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


381 


on 


Rolf  Bledsoe,  first  lieutenant,  was  at  once  chosen  to  com- 
mand. He  concentrated  the  men,  women,  and  children  to 
the  number  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  at  the  unfinished 
fortification  known  as  "Miners'  Fort,"  which  they  hastened 
to  complete  and  to  stock  with  the  provisions  at  hand,  and 
otherwise  to  prepare  to  stand  a  seige  —  for  seige  it  was  likely 
to  be,  with  no  force  in  that  part  of  the  country,  either 
regular  or  volunteer,  sufficiently  strong  to  deliver  them. 

Charles  Foster  by  using  great  caution  reached  Port  Or- 
ford,  carrying  the  news  of  the  outbreak.  But  Major  Rey- 
nolds, in  command  of  the  post,  dared  not  divide  his  handful 
of  men,  nor  would  the  citizens  of  Port  Orford,  only  about 
fifty  in  number  at  this  time,  consent  to  the  w'  hdrawal  of 
this  force.  They,  however,  dispatched  a  whaleboat  down 
the  coast  to  open  communication  with  the  fort,  which  act 
of  kindness  only  brought  with  it  further  disaster,  for  the 
boat  was  overturned  in  the  surf,  and  the  six  citizens  in  it 
drowned,  their  bodies  being  cut  to  pieces  by  the  savages 
who  were  watching  their  eff'orts  to  land,  and  who  would 
have  butchered  them  had  they  lived  to  reach  the  shore. 
The  men  who  so  generously  sacrficed  themselves  for  the 
consolation  of  their  fellows  in  misfortune,  were  11.  C 
Gerow,  a  merchant  of  Port  Orford,  and  formerly  of  New 
York  state;  John  O'Brien,  a  miner;  Sylvester  Long,  a 
farmer;  William  Thompson  and  Richard  Gay,  boatmen, 
and  Felix  McCue. 

The  boat  not  returning.  Captain  William  Ticheuor,  the 
founder  of  Port  Orford,  sent  his  schooner  Nelly  to  bring 
off  the  people  of  Whaleshead,  but  was  prevented  by 
adverse  winds  from  approaching  the  shore.  Again,  the 
schooner  Gold  Beach,  at  a  later  date,  left  Crescent  City 
with  a  volunteer  company,  designing  to  attack  the  In- 
dians; but  they,  too,  were  prevented  from  landing,  and 
the  inmates  of  the  fort  could  only,  with  sinking  hearts, 
witness  these  repeated  failures. 

Arms  were  scarce  at  the  fort,  the  Indians  having  cap- 
tured those  of  the  volunteers,  but  they  kept  a  careful 


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382 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


guanl,  and  after  a  single  attack  on  the  twenty -fifth,  the 
Indians  seldom  approached  within  rifle  shot,  although  the 
rolling  sand  hills  in  the  vicinity  favored  by  sheltering 
them  from  observation.  Under  cover  of  darkness,  milk 
for  the  children  was  sometimes  obtained  from  the  cows 
feeding  near  the  fort.  Once  an  attempt  was  made  to 
jiather  potatoes  from  a  field  in  daylight,  but  soon  the  men 
emi)loyed  discovered  the  wary  foe  creeping  upon  them 
under  the  shelter  of  the  .sand  dunes,  and  were  forced  to 
retreat  in  haste  to  the  fort,  one  man  being  killed  and  four 
wounded  before  they  reached  covi-r.  Whenever  after  this 
an  Indian's  head  was  discovered  peering  over  the  edge  of 
a  ridge  it  was  shot  at,  and  the  marksmen  took  true  aim. 

Ten,  twenty,  thirty  days  passed,  during  which  the  silence 
of  death  brooded  over  the  country.  Port  Orford  was  the 
only  place  in  Oregon  to  which  the  news  of  the  massacre 
had  been  carried,  and  to  send  it  to  the  governor  at  the 
capital,  or  to  San  Francisco  to  the  military  authorities, 
took  time,  when  steamers  made  only  monthly  or  bi-monthly 
trips  along  the  coast.  The  Indians,  always  well  informed 
of  the  movements  of  the  volunteers,  had  seized  upon  that 
jjcriod  when  the  disbandment  of  companies,  and  the  slow 
recruiting  of  them  rendered  the  state  soldiery  practically 
useless,  so  that  even  after  the  news  of  the  tragedy  had 
filtered  through  the  Indians  lines  and  reached  the  volun- 
teer camps,  it  found  them  unprepared  to  act. 

Thus  time  wore  on  while  the  Indians  waited  for  famine 
and  despair  to  place  a  hundred  victims  in  their  bloody 
hands. 

On  the  thirty-first  day,  ah  I  what  sound  breaks  the  pain- 
ful silence  of  this  tragic  solitude?  Fife  and  drum,  and 
the  tramp  of  many  feet!  To  the  strainiug  eyes  of  the  im- 
prisoned inmates  of  the  fort  was  revealed  the  ravishing 
sight  of  two  companies  of  the  United  States  troops  march- 
ing up  from  Fort  Humboldt  to  their  relief.  Instantly  the 
Indians  fled  to  the  hills,  and  the  people  rushed  out  into 
the  free  air  with  shouts  of  gladness. 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


383 


In  the  mouiitimc,  (iovernor  Curry,  boing  tuuglit  by  the 
Ciold  Beach  disaster  that  a  few  hundred  men  could  not 
protect  so  hirge  an  extent  of  territory  as  southern  Oregon 
from  a  roving  enemy,  early  in  March  authorized  the" 
organization  in  exposed  localities  of  cunij)anies  of  minute 
men,  and  recognized  those  already  formed  as  belonging  to 
this  branch  of  the  service. 

Under  this  order  George  II.  Abbott  was  engaged  in  the 
recruiting  service  at  Fort  Johnson  in  Chctcoe  valley  early 
in  March,  with  the  intention  of  going  to  the  relief  of  the 
Bledsoe  command  at  Gold  Beach,  when  he  learned  that 
Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel  Buchanan  of  the  regular  army 
)iad  arrived  at  Crescent  City  by  sea,  and  was  marching  up 
the  coast  to  take  charge  of  the  Indian  war  in  southern 
Oregon. 

Abbott's  company  being  only  thirty-four  strong,  he 
thought  it  prudent  to  hold  back  a  little,  and  even  re- 
mained three  days  in  camp  six  miles  north  of  Chetcoo 
river  to  allow  Buchanan's  force  to  come  up  within  support- 
ing distance.  On  the  sixteenth  of  March  the  .  .^ulars 
were  only  five  miles  in  the  rear,  and  the  volunteers  started 
forward  towards  Pistol  river,  sixteen  miles  distant,  which 
was  reached  about  two  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  seven- 
teenth, when  preparations  were  made  to  attack  an  Indian 
village  at  break  of  day.  The  village  was  found  to  be 
abandoned,  and  was  burned.  Seeing  two  or  three  Indians 
on  the  hills  half  a  mile  distant  herding  horses,  Abbott 
made  a  sortie  with  thirteen  men  to  gain  their  attention 
and  capture  their  horses.  But  on  coming  near  it  was  dis- 
covered that  instead  of  two  or  three,  at  least  fifty  Indians 
were  in  the  immediate  vicinity  and  more  arriving  with 
every  moment.  A  hasty  retreat  to  the  beach  was  effected, 
the  Indians  following,  and  a  runnrng  fire  was  kept  up 
until  within  supporting  distance  of  camp,  when  the  In- 
dians were  repulsed  in  a  brisk  skirmish.  A  messenger 
was  sent  to  Colonel  Buchanan,  while  the  enemy  gradually 
surrounded  the  volunteers,  who,  by  sharpshooting,  kept 


884 


INDIAN  WAIiS   OF  ORKGON. 


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■i;-; , 

S',  ■!■ 


them  at  a  distancG,  while  they  selected  a  position  natur- 
ally strong  and  erected  an  enclosure  of  logs,  fifty  feet 
square  and  about  four  feet  high.  In  this  were  placed 
•their  provisions  and  water;  the  horses  of  the  company 
being  picketed  in  open  ground  under  cover  by  their  guns. 

About  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  seventeenth 
the  Pistol-river  Indians  were  rei'nforced  by  a  body  of 
Roguo-rivers,  mounted  and  on  foot.  At  sunset  the  main 
l)ody  began  an  approach  from  the  mouth  of  Pistol  river, 
protecting  their  jjersons  by  rolling  logs  in  front  of  thoni, 
while  smaller  parties  approached  from  the  south  along  the 
sand  hills  bordering  the  beach,  and  from  the  east  over  the 
grassy  Hat  where  the  animals  were  tethered. 

The  situation  now  appearing  critical,  Abbott  threw  out 
a  party  of  skirmishers  under  cover  of  a  sand  hill,  on  the 
south,  and  leaving  the  horses  to  be  defended  by  the  fori, 
took  another  small  party  and  stationed  himself  among  the 
drift  logs  and  sand  drifts  to  oppose  the  main  body  of  the 
enemy.  Contrary  to  Indian  usage,  the  action  was  con- 
tinued after  dark,  the  Indians  charging  the  volunteers 
with  the  most  desperate  courage  and  confidence,  but  suf- 
fering more  losses  than  the  white  men,  who  as  long  as  it 
was  light  enough  fought  with  rifles,  and  at  close  quarters 
with  revolvers,  but  in  the  darkness  found  double-barreled 
shotfruns  most  effective.  In  this  night's  fight  Kirby  Mil- 
ler, a  recruit,  was  mortally  wounded,  dying  in  an  hour 
after  being  carried  into  the  fort,  and  a  citizen  named 
Sloan  wounded  slightly.  During  the  night  ten  horses 
and  twenty  mules  and  equipments  were  captured  by  the 
Indians. 

Fighting  continued  with  intermissions  through  the 
eighteenth,  and  until  two  o'clock  P.  M.  of  the  nineteenth, 
at  which  time  Colonel  Buchanan  arrived,  having  moved 
as  slowly  as  if  he  had  not  been  called  upon  for  aid,  and 
saying  in  reply  to  suggestions,  that  he  did  not  desire  to 
engage  the  Indians  at  Pistol  river.  On  the  last  day  T.  J. 
Sharp,  an  independent  volunteer,  was  wounded,  which 


THE  HOOVE   ItlVEH  WARS 


885 


comprised,  with  one  dead  and  one  other  wounded,  the 
totul  loss  of  men  in  a  three  days'  fight.  The  Indian  loss 
wad  twelve  killed,  and  sevenil  wounded.  The  bravery 
di.splayed  by  both  sides  was  very  {;reat,  the  Indians  having 
to  advance  in  the  lace  ol'  u  fortifictl  foe,  and  the  volunteers 
having  to  defend  them.selves  against  six  times  their 
numbers. 

The  indifl'erencc  of  Buchanan  to  tlie  fatigues  and  suffer- 
ings of  Abbott's  party  was  u  subject  long  dwelt  on  by  the 
settlers  whom  they  were  hastening  to  relieve,  and  who 
resented  the  cold  blooded  manner  in  which  the  army 
officer  reproved  the  volunteers  for  "meddling  with  things 
they  did  not  understand."  He  might,  they  thought,  have 
shown  some  kindness,  even  while  obeying  (leneral  Wool's 
order  "not  to  recognize  the  volunteers  in  the  field."  He 
was  to  show  these  unmartial  men  how  to  conduct  an 
Indian  war.     We  shall  see  presently  how  he  did  it. 

The  intermission  of  aggressive  operations  during  the 
interval  between  the  order  disbanding  the  two  battalions 
and  the  recruiting  of  the  regiment,  afforded  much  en- 
couragement to  the  enemy.  The  citizens  of  Jackson 
county  seeing  that  the  business  of  the  country  was  being 
ruined,  m.any  persons  having  removed  to  the  Wallametin 
consequence  of  the  Indian  troubles,  and  all  merchantable 
property  being  unsafe,  whether  in  transit  from  ( 'rescent 
City,  or  in  warehouses  after  arrival;  also  that  volunteering 
proceeded  slowly,  petitioned  (reneral  Wool  to  send  a  suf- 
ficient body  of  United  States  ti'oops  to  southern  Oregon  to 
protect  the  people,  or  end  the  war. 

Ever  since  Wool  had  assumed  command  of  the  Pacific 
department  ho  had  behaved  with  a  degr*"  '^f  hauteur 
towards  civil  authorities  which  had  gained  lim  the  dislike 
of  every  governor,  and  had  occasioned  some  complaints  to 
the  secretary  of  war,  who  had  adm-nistered  to  him  reproof 
very  irritating  to  his  arbitrary  nature.  He  was  too  good 
a  soldier,  howev.r,  not  to  obey  when  commanded,  and 

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when  it  was  indicated  to  him  that  he  should  give  his  per- 
sonal attention  to  Oregon  and  Washington,  he  had  yielded 
and  come  in  person  to  look  after  army  affairs  in  the  north- 
west. 

The  first  visit  of  the  general  to  Vancouver  was  in 
November,  1855,  and  he  returned  to  San  Francisco  with- 
out communicating  in  any  way  with  the  governor  of 
Oregon.  About  midwinter  he  paid  a  second  visit  to  Van- 
couver to  inquire  into  the  conduct  of  some  of  his  own 
officers  who  had  so  far  forgotten  themselves  as  to  tight  in 
the  same  battles  with  volunteers  —  even  to  call  for  the 
assistance  of  volunteers.  Again  in  March  he  returned, 
accompanied  by  the  troops  intended  to  answer  the  petition 
of  Jackson  county,  and  conquer  the  Indians  at  the  same 
time.  It  was  while  on  his  way  to  Vancouver  that  he  left 
at  Crescent  City,  March  eighth,  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Buchanan,  with  officers  and  men  to  the  number  of  ninety- 
six,  rank  and  file.  On  arriving  at  Vancouver  he  ordered 
to  Port  Orford,  Captain  Auger  of  the  fourth  infantry,  to 
reenforce  Major  Reynolds  of  the  third  artillery,  who  was 
directed  to  protect  the  friendly  Indians  and  the  army 
stores  at  that  place.  Captain  Floyd  Jones,  fourth  infantry, 
at  Fort  Humboldt,  was  ordered  to  Crescent  City  to  protect 
friendly  Indians,  and  to  guard  army  supply  trains,  a  duty 
performed  for  months  by  tlie  volunteers.  Captain  Smith 
of  Fort  Lane  was  directed  to  repair  to  Port  Orford  with 
eighty  dragoons,  to  make  a  Junction  with  Buchanan,  and 
a  general  rendezvous  was  appointed  in  the  Illinois  valley, 
where  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  was  to  meet 
the  Indians  in  council  after  the  troops  had  brought  them 
to  reason,  and  the  volunteer.'  were  prevented  from  harrass- 
ing  them.    Such  were  the  general's  plans. 


But  these  too  deliberate  movements  did  not  commend 
themselves  to  the  governor  or  the  people  of  Oregon.  Tlie 
legislature  of  185.5-6  had  elect'^d  a  southern  Oregon  man, 
J.  K.  Lamerick,  brigadier-ger.eral,  and,  as  was  probably 


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intended,  this  concession  to  local  pride  and  prejudice  kept 
aglow  the  fading  fire  of  patriotism,  and  promoted  the 
recruiting  of  the  southern  battalion.  There  were  those  of 
the  north  who  found  cause  of  complaint  against  Colonel 
R.  L.  Williams,  and  when  an  election  for  colonel  took 
place,  John  Kelsey  of  the  northern  battalion  was  chosen 
to  that  office,  with  W.  W.  Chapman,  lieutenant-colonel. 
Major  Bruce  retained  his  office  in  the  southern  battalion, 
and  William  H.  Latshaw  was  made  major  of  the  northern, 
vice  Martin  resigned,  to  take  a  civil  office. 

At  no  time  had  military  operations  ceased,  but  some 
companies  had  immediately  reformed  and  kept  the  field 
in  detachments,  guarding  trains  and  settlements.  In  the 
latter  part  of  February,  about  the  time  of  the  uprising  on 
the  coast,  the  Indians  had  appeared  again  in  the  Illinois 
valley,  killing  two  men  and  wounding  three  others,  and 
soon  after  shot  a  citizen  named  Guess,  who  was  ploughing 
in  a  field  on  Deer  creek,  his  wife  and  two  children  being 
domiciled  at  the  house  of  Dr.  White,  some  distance  away. 
It  was  already  night  when  news  of  the  killing  of  Guess 
was  brought  to  Captain  O'Neil,  who,  with  a  detachment  of 
his  company,  was  scouting  in  the  vicinity;  but  he  set  out 
immediately  to  recover  the  body  of  the  murdered  man, 
and  convey  it  to  his  family.  A  descrii)tion  of  that  night's 
ride,  and  the  duty  performed  by  O'Neil  and  his  company, 
dramatically  illustrates  the  lives  and  characters  of  the 
volunteers.  It  is  here  condensed  from  the  pen  of  J.  M. 
Sutton,  himself  a  volunteer,  who  lived  to  write  of  those 
troublous  times,  but  who  has  long  since  passed  over  to  the 
silent  mpjority: — 


The  trail  led  through  a  forest  wliich  intensified  the  darkness. 
Philip  Weavej,  who  lived  in  the  vicinity,  a(!ted  as  ?uide,  and  was 
careful  to  report  every  place  where  an  ambush  might  be  feared, 
when  the  captain  would  ride  forward  and  through  the  pass  with 
two  or  three  men  before  allowing  the  remainder  to  advance.  Ar- 
riving at  the  roost  dangerous  crossing  of  a  deep  ravine,  Captain 
O'Neil  d  i-ccted  Sergeant  Stannis  to  take  four  men  and  go  down  the 
gulch  U>  a  lower  trail,  while  Corporal  Qeddes  went  above  to  another 


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crossing,  t^'hen  he  would  move  on  by  the  main  trail,  and  all  would 
meet  on  the  other  side,  thus  giving  an  opportunity  for  some  to 
escape,  or  to  rescue  the  others  in  case  of  an  attack. 

Wlieu  he  had  reached  half  way  to  the  bottom  of  the  ravine  the 
horses  gave  unmistakable  signs  of  smelling  Indians,  and  the  cap- 
tain, in  a  low  voice,  gave  the  order  to  trot  briskly  forward.  They 
were  met  at  the  bottom  by  a  volley  of  rifle  shots.  Putting  their 
h  .ses  to  the  top  of  their  spsed,  the  company  made  a  dash  for  the 
opposite  side  in  the  darkness  and  gained  the  bank,  the  Indians 
shouting  and  yelling.  As  soon  as  the  volunteers  were  out  of  the 
ambush  they  returned  shots  and  yells.  licaving  their  horses  in  care 
of  a  guard,  they  poured  a  brisk  fire  into  the  thicket  where  the  In- 
dians were  stationed,  but  without  being  able  to  take  aim  at  any- 
thing. However,  in  a  short  time  the  Indians  stopped  firing  and 
were  heard  retreating  up  the  opposite  side  of  the  ravine;  and  the 
darkness  not  permitting  a  pureuit,  the  company,  which  had  sus- 
tained no  injury,  pursued  its  way  to  the  house  of  Dr.  White,  when> 
two  men,  neighbors,  were  found  stationed  midway  between  the  house 
auc  the  horse  corral,  guarding  boti  while  Mrs.  Uuess,  not  knowing 
what  was  going  on  outside,  sat  waiting  for  her  husband,  ignorant  of 
though  fearing  the  cause  of  his  absence  so  far  into  the  night. 

The  volunteers  placed  their  horses,  ready  to  mount,  under  guard, 
and  set  out  to  look,  or  to  feel  in  the  darknes  for  the  body  of  the  mur- 
dered man,  under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Weaver.  As  they  neared  the 
field  they  heard  the  oxen  with  which  Guess  had  been  ploughing  — 
still  hitched  to  the  plough  — running  and  surging  around  the  field 
in  great  terror.  The  captain  divided  his  men,  sending  one  squad  to 
the  left  hand  side  of  the  field,  with  orders  to  go  up  the  outside  to 
the  middle,  and  there  leave  all  but  two  who  were  to  climb  the  fence 
and  cro&^  over  to  the  middle  of  the  ploughed  ground,  and  there 
await  further  orders,  while  he  performed  a  similar  movement  on 
the  right.  Cautiously  each  party  filed  up  the  sides  of  the  fence  to 
the  place  where  they  were  to  cross  and  meet  in  the  middle  of  the 
field. 

Not  a  sound  could  be  heard  save  the  dull  measured  tread  of  the 
men,  and  an  occasional  rush  and  quick  spasmodic  snort  of  the  oxen. 
Koon  was  heard  the  anxiously  expected  "  Here  it  is !  "  and  all  was 
again  hushed  and  still.  The  oxen  seemed  to  know  that  friends 
were  near,  for  they  were  now  standing  quietly  by  the  fence  and  did 
not  move  when  Weaver  went  to  them,  but  when  they  heard  his 
voice,  with  which  they  were  familiar,  they  answered  with  low 
plaintive  lowing,  while  to  make  their  recognition  complete,  they 
tried  to  touch  him  with  their  noses  as  he  passed  before  them. 

When  all  was  ready,  four  men  took  up  the  body  on  a  stretcher 
rudely  constructed  of  rails,  and  preceded  by  a  guard  set  out  for  the 
house.  Taking  the  body  into  a  small  room  it  was  huiriedly  pre- 
pared for  burial,  for  it  was  now  nearly  dawn.    Four  bullets  were 


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found  to  have  penetrated  the  body  from  the  front,  one  through  the 
heart,  one  through  the  left  shoulder,  the  other  two  through  the 
breast.  While  the  body  was  being  prepared  for  burial,  Weaver, 
who  had  called  upon  Mrs.  Guess,  came  into  the  room  and  said  she 
had  asked  if  her  husband  was  dead  ;  but  that  he  had  evaded  the 
(juestion,  as  be  would  not  tell  her.  No  one  could  be  found  to  per- 
form the  painful  office,  and  it  devolved  upon  Captnin  O'Neil,  who, 
as  all  who  knew  him  will  recollect,  was  no  coward  ;  yet  he  shrunk 
from  this.  Ikit  time  was  pressing  and  he  must  perform  the  sad 
duty.  How  it  was  performed  is  not  known,  but  that  he  told  her 
the  terrible  truth  was  soon  evident  from  the  anguished  cries  o"  the 
widowed  wife  and  fatherless  children  ;  sounds  deeply  painful  to  all 
who  stood  around  that  lifeless  body  on  that  February  morning. 

Such  were  the  duties  in  which  volunteers  were  month 
after  month  engaged,  their  time  being  divided  between 
skirmishing  with  the  enemy,  protecting  property,  rescuing, 
if  possible,  those  in  peril,  burying  the  victims  of  savage 
hate,  and  removing  their  helpless  families  to  places  of 
safety.  If  they  lacked  the  discipline  of  mercenary  soldiers, 
they  did  not  lack  either  courage  or  sympathy. 

The  following  brief  reports  found  hi  some  of  the  monthly 
returns  further  illustrate  the  conduct  of  the  war.  Writes 
Captain  O'Neil  of  how  he  spent  the  month  of  February: — 

The  company  for  the  pa.st  month,  as  will  be  seen  by  weekly 
report,  has  been  stationed  on  Applegute,  and  Illinois  valley.  The 
most  of  the  men  have  been  continually  on  the  move,  scouting  ami 
escorting  piick  trains  from  Illinois  valley  to  Jacksonville.  No  gen- 
eral movements  have  been  made  toward  the  Indians  this  njonth, 
the  greatest  number  of  men,  in  pursuance  of  order  No.  '11,  having 
l>een  discharged,  and  recruits  very  hard  to  get.  This  month  pas-sed 
out  by  mustering  in  of  recruits  on  February  29,  '5(). 

Captain  Bushey  writes: — 

February  nineteenth,  organized  by  electing  captnin,  fii-st  and 
second  lieutenants,  and  first  sergeant  at  headquartei-s  ;  remained  in 
camp  until  the  twenty-fourth  ;  marched  fifteen  miles  down  Rogue 
river  ;  twenty-fifth,  marched  to  Fort  Vaimoy,  crossed  the  river,  and 
went  down  two  miles  and  caniped  ;  twenty-sixth,  captain  and  nine 
men  went  as  scouts  to  the  mouth  of  Jump-Off-Joe  creek,  returning 
in  Ihe  evening;  no  Indian  signs  discovered;  remained  in  camp 
twenty-seventh,  twenty-eighth,  and  twenty-ninth,  preparing  for  a 
trip  in  the  mountains. 


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March  first,  captain,  witli  a  party  of  twenty-men,  started  into 
the  mountains ;  second,  discovered  Indian  trail  and  followed  it  to 
near  their  camp  on  Wolf  creek,  about  one  mile  from  ite  mouth  ;the 
captain  and  two  men  went  near  the  camp,  and  found  from  fifty  to 
one  hundred  men,  women,  and  cliildren  ;  third,  sent  one  man  back 
with  an  expreas  to  Colonel  Williams,  then  at  Fort  Vannoy ;  the 
same  night  Major  Bruce  arrived  with  all  the  troops  around  Camp 
Vannoy  ;  fourth,  found  the  Indians  had  moved  camp  up  the  creek  ; 
fifth,  followed  their  trail ;  Major  Bruce  arrived  in  the  evening ;  a 
night  attack  was  talked  of,  but  thought  to  be  not  advisable  ;  sixth, 
the  company  started  back  to  Grave  creek,  and  remained  the  seventh 
and  eighth  ;  returned  to  Vannoy's,  and  remained  there  in  the 
vicinity  until  the  thirteenth,  and  up  to  the  twentieth  (except  scout- 
ing parties),  and  jerked  beef  for  a  trip  'n  the  mountains;  passed 
over  a  stet^p  mountain  two  miles  Lnd  joined  Captains  Kelsey  and 
Latshaw  with  about  ninety  men,  and  encamped  for  the  night  at  a 
place  we  supposed  the  Indians  had  camped  in  the  night  after  the 
battle  of  Hungry  hill ;  sixteenth,  came  back  to  near  the  Grave- 
creek  house ;  seventeenth,  back  to  Fort  Vannoy ;  eighteenth,  a 
special  order,  called  No.  16,  fron;  General  Lamerick,  that  Captain 
Buahey's  company,  from  and  after  this  date,  will  hold  themselves 
in  readiness  to  act  aa  spies  until  otherwise  directed. 

Busbey's  company  performed  the  duty  of  spies  during 
March  and  April,  the  weather  being  most  of  the  time 
cold,  with  rain  and  snow  alternately.  Captain  Buoy 
reported  for  one  month,  from  February  twenty-fourth  to 
March  twenty-fourth,  nothing  worthy  of  note  accom- 
plished : — 


Received  an  order  from  General  Lamerick  tt>  furnish  twenty  men 
to  escort  government  stores  south.  I  complied  with  order,  and  the 
stores  were  escorted  to  their  destination.  On  the  fourth  of  March 
the  detachment  arrived  in  camp  all  well.  Iteported  plenty  of  In- 
dians south.  Eighth  of  March,  with  forty  men  and  live  days'  pro- 
visions, started  for  l)ig  bend  of  Cow  creek;  gone  six  days;  no  fresli 
Indian  signs  seen.  Thirteenth,  moved  camp  from  Kent's  to  Wni. 
McCully's,  on  the  Olily,  thinking  to  letter  my  condition.  From 
thirteenth  to  twentieth  nothing  worthy  of  note.  On  the  night  of 
the  twenty-first  the  Indians  made  an  inroad  nito  settlements,  slioot- 
ing  several  head  of  cattle,  killing  some.  Our  term  of  enlistment  for 
last  time  has  just  expired;  and  during  last  four  weekn  I  have  t)eeii 
recruiting  my  company,  consequently  we  have  been  in  a  confused 
state,  and  have  not  I'een  prepared  to  operate  against  the  Indians  as 
desired,  having  a  lack  of  men  and  ammunition,  but  now  we  have 


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men,  some  arms  and  ammunition,  and  we  hope  to  render  a  good 
account  of  ourselves  in  next  report. 

Captain  George  reported  for  the  mouth  of  March: — 

March  third  left  Camp  Vannoy  and  moved  to  Fort  Leland  in  the 
night  by  a  forced  march.  Next  night  went  from  Fort  Leland  to  the  . 
Six-Bit  house.  March  fifth,  marched  back  to  Fort  Ijeland.  March 
seventh,  marched  all  night  on  foot.  March  ninth,  left  Fort  Leland 
and  camped  on  Rogue  river  six  ml!es  below  Camp  Vaimoy.  March 
eleventh,  left  camp  and  went  to  Deer  creek  by  order  of  Major  Bruce. 
Out  on  scout  and  cha.sing  Indians  for  three  days,  and  returned  to 
camp  below  Vannoy's  on  the  fourteenth.  March  seventeenth, 
Captain  George  returned  from  furlough,  bringing  twelve  recruits. 
March  nineteenth,  all  hands  in  camp  to  attend  election.  March 
twenty-second.  Lieutenant  William  Chaplin  resigned.  Sergeant  F. 
D.  (yhaplin  discharged  by  order  of  General  J.  K.  Lamerick.  March 
twenty-third,  F.  M.  Rhodes  transferred  from  company  C  to  Capt-in 
M.  M.  Williams's  company.  Left  camp  six  miles  below  Vannoy's 
for  Jacksonville.  Camped  nesn  Jewett's  ferry.  March  twenty- 
fourth,  started  from  Jewitt's  before  daylight;  got  as  far  aa  Colonel 
T' Vault's;  were  overtaken  by  an  express  from  Major  Bruce  ordering 
a  return  to  Camp  Vannoy;  arrived  at  Camp  \'^annoy;  were  ordered 
to  Camp  Hayea;  arrived  at  Camp  Hayes  same  evem.  .g.  Twenty- 
fifth,  met  with  losses  mentioned  on  next  page.  Twenty-ninth, 
returned  to  Vannoy's. 


The  losses  referred  to  in  Captain  George's  report  W(  re 
twenty  horses  with  their  equipments,  and  several  rifles 
and  revolveid.  They  were  lost  in  the  engagement  de- 
scribed below  in  Captain  O'Neil's  report,  previous  to  whicli 
he  was  encamped  in  Illinois  valley,  and  scouting. 

Sunday,  March  twenty-third,  whilst  preparing  to  start  an  escort 
with  pack  tmin  to  Fort  Vannoy,  an  express  came  in  camp  reporting 
two  men  killed  by  Indians  on  Slate  creek,  and  a  large  bai:d  of 
Indians  making  their  way  to  Mr.  Hayes'  house.  Lieutenant  Arm- 
strong, with  his  command  numbering  about  fifty  men,  immediately 
started,  and  on  arriving  within  three  hundred  yards  of  the  house,  a 
heavy  fii-e  was  opened  on  all  sides  liy  the  Indians,  who  had  com- 
pletely surrouniled  Mr.  Hayes'  house,  and  numbered  near  two  hun- 
dred warrioix.  The  order  was  immediately  given  to  go  through 
and  reach  the  house,  which  was  promptly  obeyed.  On  arriving  at 
it,  and  finding  the  family  secure,  the  men  inmiediately  .  eturned  to 
the  place  of  their  tirst  atttek.     Discovered  two  men  killed  (John 


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Davis  and  Alexander  Culdwell),  and  one  man  (a  packer)  severely 
wounded.  The  dead  men  were  carried  off  by  six  men  during  a 
heavy  flre  from  the  enemy.  Had  they  done  any  good  shooting, 
many  a  life  must  have  been  sacrificed.  TLc  tight  then  became 
general,  which  lasted  until  dark,  when  the  Indians,  after  making  a 
great  number  of  fires,  and  as  we  supposed,  burning  their  dead,  drew 
off.  An  express  was  immediately  dispatched  to  Major  Bruce,  and 
likewise  to  the  Inhabitants  of  Illinois  valley.  Major  Bruce,  with  all 
the  available  forces  under  his  command,  arrived  on  the  following 
morning.  On  Tuesday,  while  preparing  the  whole  command  to 
march  in  i)ursult  of  the  enemy,  an  express  arrived  reporting  a  pack 
train  robbed  by  Indians  on  Deer  creek.  Twenty-flve  men,  well 
armed  and  mounted,  started  direct  for  the  place,  Major  Bruce  with 
the  remainder  flankiug  out  in  different  directions.  On  arriving  at 
a  low  divide,  a  heavy  cross  flre  was  opened  by  the  enemy  who  were 
lying  in  ambu^^h.  Another  engagement  comment  .  On  the  first 
fire  two  of  Captain  George's  company  were  killed,  and  two  of  Cap- 
tain O'Neil's  slightly  wounded.  The  men  took  their  stations, 
killing  three  Indians,  sure.  Major  lieing  on  the  point  of  outflanking 
them,  they  scattered  over  the  whole  country,  and  not  having  a  suf- 
ficient force  to  make  a  successful  fight,  Major  Bruce  with  a  portion 
of  each  company,  returned  to  Illinois  valley  to  get  the  families 
together  for  their  safety.  The  remainder  of  the  force  returned  to 
Camp  Hayes.  Major  Bruce,  with  men  from  each  company,  started 
today  with  three  pack  trains  t«  Fort  Vaunoy,  and  to  get  suffloient 
provisions,  as  well  as  men  to  make  a  more  successful  attack,  as  the 
Indians  are  in  great  force,  and  will  retp ilre  a  strong  number  to  strike 
anything  like  a  decisive  blow. 

( The  loss  sustained  by  O'Neil's  company,  besides  the  two  men 
already  named,  were  a  dozen  horses  and  mules,  with  equipments 
for  half  of  them,  six  rifles  and  revolvers,  and  many  blankets,  all  of 
which,  except  the  horses  killed  or  wounded,  went  to  enrich  the 
Indians.) 

The  Indians  were  driven  further  south  at  this  time  by 
operations  in  the  ('ow  creek  region,  as  we  learn  from  the 
report  of  Captain  Edward'  Slieffield  for  the  montli  ot 
March. 


Fourteen  men  employed  as  spies ;  sixteen  employed  building  fort 
at  Hmith's  station  on  upper  Cow  creek.  March  first,  twenty-six  of 
company  employed  escorting  government  train  to  Jacksonville. 
Twenty  men  under  first  lieutenant  stationed  hi  lower  Cow  creek 
valley.  Remainder  of  company  at  Fort  Smith.  March  sixth, 
twenty-six  of  company  on  exi)edition  down  Grave  creek  under 
Major  Bruce.      March    twenty-fourth,   twenty  of   company  com- 


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manded  by  Second  Lieutenant  Capron,  with  Major  Latsliaw's  com- 
mand in  a  battle  with  the  Indians  on  Cow  creels,  six  miles  Iselow  Fort 
Hmith.  March  twenty-eighth,  thirty  men  commanded  by  Captain 
ShetHeld,  with  Major  Latshaw's  command  on  an  expedition  in  the 
Cow  creelv  mountains.  March  thirtieth  and  thirty-first,  detach- 
ment of  thirty  in  the  mountains.  Detachjnent  of  fifteen  stationed 
in  lower  Cow-creeli  valley.  Remainder  of  company  at  Fort  Smith, 
escorting  trains,  building  fort,  etc.  William  Dooley  was  killed  in 
battle  of  the  twenty-fourth  ;  A.  H.  W(M)druft"and  Tlioinus  Gilmore, 
wounded  slightly. 

By  the  promotion  of  Latshaw  to  major,  the  first  lieu- 
tenant of  his  company,  John  M.  Wallen,  became  captain 
In  a  reminiscence  of  the  Rogue-river  war,  and  Latshaw's 
campaign  in  Cow  creek  valley,  he  writes  as  follows: — 

From  Cow  creek  we  followed  the  Indians  six  days.  It  was  in 
March,  and  the  weather  rough  and  blustery.  One  night  we  were 
encamped  in  a  cafion,  and  expecting  an  attack,  for  the  Indians 
were  near.  Clubfooted  David  Wilson  was  our  corporal.  We  burned 
off"  the  dead  leaves  from  a  small  circle  of  groHnd,  dug  a  hole,  and 
l)uilt  a  small  fire  in  it,  and  when  the  ground  was  dry  put  out  the 
lire,  and  erected  a  small  awning  over  it  so  he  would  not  sutler  from 
cold.  Wilson  said  :  "I  had  taken  my  place,  put  my  feet  in  tlie 
liole,  drawn  my  wraps  around  me,  and  taking  my  gun  upon  my 
knee  was  ready  for  duty.  The  night  settled  down  dark  and  dreary. 
I  had  been  on  duty  several  hours,  and  was  sitting  there  tliinking  of 
the  day's  march,  and  the  probability  of  the  Indians  att'icking  us. 
At  the  same  time  I  was  raising  the  hammer  of  my  gun,  and  lowering 
it  to  see  how  quickly  and  noiselessly  it  could  be  done.  Suddenlj'  a 
flash  ran  down  the  barrel.  I  had  the  hammer  back  when  the  flash 
came,  and  I  pulled  the  trigger  at  the  same  instant — bang  !  bang  ! 
the  report  of  two  guns  mingled,  but  few  who  heard  them  li;iew  that 
more  than  one  gun  was  fired.  I  called  to  the  guard  ;  he  answered 
'all  is  well.'  When  I  went  to  Captain  Wallen's  tent  on  t)eing  re- 
lieved, he  said,  'Wilson,  what  did  you  shoot  at?  The  guard  says 
you  killed  a  mule;  he  heard  it  struggle.'  I  answered, '  wait,  captain, 
till  morning.'  Half  an  hour  later  the  Indians  fired  several  times 
into  camp.  We  did  not  x'eturn  the  fire,  as  it  was  to  dark  to  distin- 
guish any  object.  Next  morning  we  found  a  dead  Indian  about 
fifty  yards  from  where  I  sat,  shot  through  the  head." 


On  the  twentieth  of  March,  Captain  Buoy  resigned,  when 
P.  C.  Noland  was  elected  captain  of  his  company.  The 
first  return  of  Captain  Noland  has  this  by  Captain  Buoy: — 


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JNDTAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


On  tweuty-fourth  of  March  just  08  u  small  detachment  of  my  com- 
mand were  ready  to  make  an  excursion  into  the  adjacent  mountains 
(fivm  Ten-Mile  prairie),  a  messenger  came  running,  stating  that 
the  Indians  were  in  Camas  valley.  Forthwith  we  repaired  to  said 
place,  and  found  the  beautiful  little  valley  enveloped  in  a  cloud  of 
smoke.  The  Indians  had  burned  several  bouses,  and  killed  some 
stock,  but  had  retired  to  the  mountains.  We  followed,  found  and 
chastised  them,  killing  two,  and  wounding  others.  They  stole  nine 
of  our  horses  on  the  rounds. 


With  the  coming  of  spring  the  Indians  became  more 
active,  although  the  weather  was  still  unusually  severe; 
appearing  occasionally  in  force,  but  more  often  in  raiding 
parties,  which  had  the  mysterious  power  of  vanishing 
when  the  volunteers  came  in  sight,  and  generally  of  car- 
rying with  them  some  property  not  their  own.  It  was 
only  by  the  organization  of  independent  companies  that 
it  was  possible  to  guard  the  settlements  at  a  distance  from 
headquarters,  although  detachments  were  stationed  at  cer- 
tain points,  as  at  Illinois  valley,  and  at  Hayes'  place  in 
Deer-creek  valley.  After  the  massacre  at  the  mouth  of 
Rogue  river,  and  the  proclamation  of  the  eleventh  of 
March  calling  for  minute  men,  John  Creighton  of  Port 
Orford  raised  a  company  for  this  service,  who  gave  a  good 
account  of  them.selves  in  the  following  report: — 

In  consequence  of  depredations  committed  by  the  Coquille 
Indians  deserted  from  the  Port  Orford  reservation,  I  called  out  my 
company  of  minute  men  for  the  purpose  of  chastising  them,  and  to 
induce  them  to  return  to  the  reserve  at  this  place.  On  the  twenty- 
seventh  of  March  I  proceeded  to  the  C(xiuille  river,  meeting  some 
Indians  on  the  route,  who  fired  on  us  and  fled.  Upon  reaching  the 
mouth  of  tliat  river,  I  found  one  tribe  of  Indians  encamped  there, 
and  attacked  tliem  on  the  morning  of  the  thirtieth,  routing  them 
with  the  loss  on  their  part  of  fifteen  men,  all  their  canoes,  arms, 
jjrovisions,  etc.,  and  took  thirty-two  women  and  children  prisoners. 
The  latter  I  have  sent  to  Port  Orford,  where  they  have  Ijeen  taken 
in  charge  by  Mr.  Olney,  Indian  agent  at  that  place.  Learning  that 
there  was  a  party  of  Indians  near  the  forlis  of  the  river,  I  startetl 
tlie  same  day  for  that  place,  and  succeeded  in  killing  three  men  be- 
longing to  the  "Jackson  "  tribe,  also  taking  several  prisoners,  prin- 
cipally squaws  and  children.  Since  then  I  have  been  in  pursuit  of 
others  belonging  to  thow  tribes  and  a  party  of  twenty-five  from 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


895 


UmiMjua  valley,  who  had  been  engaped  in  the  difficulties  there  last 
fall.  We  have  succeeded  iu  taking  some  four  or  Ave  IJmpquaM,  and 
twenty  Coquilles  of  Washington's  tribe ;  also  twenty-three  of  tiie 
north  fork  Indians.  The  company  has  been  in  actual  service  front 
the  twenty-sixth  of  March  to  the  thirtieth  day  of  April,  both  days 
Included.  I  have  also  stationed  guards  at  Coquille,  Sixes,  and  Elk 
river  ferries,  according  to  request  of  S.  H.  Mann,  (juartermaster  of 
this  place.    These  men  are  still  on  duty. 

W,  n.  Harris  of  Coos  bay  was  captain  of  a  company,  also 
raised  immediately  after  the  Gold  Beach  massacre,  or 
about  the  twenty-eighth  of  February,  and  which  was  after- 
wards "  recognized  "  by  the  governor,  and  continued  iu  the 
service  under  the  new  organization  of  recruits  to  the 
southern  army.  In  his  report  to  the  adjutant-general, 
Harris  wrote: — 


On  the  first  day  of  March  I  set  out  with  twenty  men  of  my  com- 
mand from  Empire  City  to  Port  Orford,  in  view  of  forcing  open  a 
communication  l)etween  these  two  places.  Every  citizen  on  the 
coast  between  Empire  City  and  Port  Orford  had  fled  to  one  or  the 
other  of  these  places,  leaving  their  homes  and  property  unprotected. 
From  best  information  T  was  advised  that  a  party  of  Indians  on  the 
Coquille  were  then  preparing  to  make  a  descent  upon  this  helpless 
section,  thus  forsaken  of  its  inhabitants,  in  view  of  seizing  the  un- 
protected property  of  our  citizens  as  the  spoils  of  the  enemy.  After 
cot'iperating  with  the  forces  at  Port  Orford  in  such  a  way  as  would 
l>e8t  prevent  a  catastrophe  thus  fatal,  I  returned  with  my  command 
to  Empire  City,  where  I  arrived  on  the  tenth  of  March. 

Believing  that  a  party  of  disaffected  Umpquas  were  scouting 
between  the  waters  of  Coos  and  Coquille,  in  view  of  enlisting  the 
("oos  bay  Indiana,  I  set  out  from  Empire  City  on  the  fouri«enth  of 
March  with  a  detachment  of  twenty-one  men.  I  proceeded  with 
my  command  up  Coos  river,  and  thence  southwardly  to  the  north 
fork  of  the  Coquille.  At  Burton  prairie  I  saw  the  old  camp  of  the 
Indians  I  was  in  search  of,  but  they  had  taken  the  alarm  some 
days  previous,  and  had  fled  to  the  mountains.  The  exhausted  state 
of  my  men  and  supplies  would  not  admit  of  pureuit,  and  I  returned 
with  my  command  to  Empire  City  on  the  twenty-fourth. 

On  the  twenty-fifth  of  March  I  sent  a  detachment  of  ten  men  to 
the  upper  Coquille  to  act  in  concert  with  Captain  Creightou's  com- 
pany in  view  of  securing  the  friendly  Indians  in  that  quai'ter  to  the 
charge  and  control  of  the  Indian  agent.  This  detachment  was 
under  conunand  of  Lieutenant  Foley,  whom  I  joined  in  person  at 
the  scene  of  action  on  the  twenty-sixth.    Having  secured  the  pledge 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREO  ON. 


of  the  friend'y  IikUuiih  in  that  quurter  to  Mubmit  to  the  uf^nt,  and 
remove  at  his  instance  to  Port  Orford,  I  returned  with  my  com- 
mand to  Empire  City  on  the  firnt  day  of  April. 

A  portion  of  the  Indians  at  the  forltH  of  the  Cmiuille  deserted 
tiieir  camps  and  fled  to  the  mountains  to  avoid  being  removed  by 
tlie  agent ;  and  as  was  then  believed,  joined  the  disaffected  TTmp- 
(luas  and  Cow-creeks  scouting  upon  the  waters  of  the  north  fork. 
t)n  the  sixteenth  of  April  I  set  <  iit  with  a  detachment  of  thirty 
men,  with  sufficient  supplies  for  a  thorough  campaign  in  that 
((uarter.  Making  headtiuartera  at  Burton's  prairie,  I  sent  un  ex- 
])res8  to  Mr.  Seth  Lount  of  Port  Orford  (then  at  CtMiuille,  and 
acting  in  the  service  of  the  Indiau  agent  at  Port  Orford  ),  in  view  of 
securing  the  removal  of  the  Indians,  with  information  that  I  was 
proceeding  uguinst  the  disaffected  Indians  (  Coquilles  and  others ),  in 
the  mountains.  He  sent  a  friendly  Indian  with  the  news  that "  the 
Coquilles  had  better  come  in,  or  thoy  would  he  killed."  On  the 
receipt  of  this  information  the  Coquilles  came  in,  and  the  others 
removed  their  encampment  and  tied.  Finding  that  the  Indians 
were  on  the  alert,  and  circumstances  being  unfavorable  to  any 
further  pursuit,  I  returned  with  my  command  to  Empire  City  on 
the  twenty -seventh  of  April. 

Learning  that  the  agent  was  on  his  way  with  the  CJoqulUe  In- 
dians to  Port  Orford,  and  fearing  that  his  forces  might  not  be  suftl- 
cient  to  pi-eveut  a  possible  effort  to  escape  on  part  of  the  Indians  ut 
the  mouth  of  the  Coojuille,  I  detached,  on  the  twenty-eighth  of 
April,  ten  men  to  the  aid  of  that  undertaking,  which  detachment 
returned  to  quarters  the  eighth  of  May.  Having  received  informa- 
tion from  the  Coos  bay  Indians  that  a  numlier  of  the  Coquilie  In- 
dians had  stolen  away  from  the  reserve  at  Port  Orford,  and  were 
hidden  near  Coos  bay,  I  sent,  April  twenty-eight,  under  command 
of  Lieutenant  Foley,  a  detachment  of  twelve  men  with  instructions 
of  reduce  the  fugitives  to  ot>edience.  The  lieutenant  with  his  com- 
mand succeeded  in  capturing  tie  squad,  which  consisted  of  eight 
men,  six  women,  and  three  children,  which  where  secured  to  tin- 
proper  authorities  and  forwarded  to  Port  Orford,  May  second. 
Meanwhile,  I  have  furnished  numerous  escorts  necessary  for  the 
proti^ctlon  of  the  quartermaster  and  commissary's  stores,  with  their 
trains  and  other  means  of  transportation  from  the  Umpqua  to  tiiis 
place,  and  also  from  Eugene  City  to  Port  Orford. 

The  state  of  Indian  affairs  in  this  section  of  the  coast  country  is 
by  no  means  of  a  settled  nature.  The  Coos  bay  Indians  have  here- 
tofore acted  in  the  most  trustworthy  manner.  But  the  effort  of  the 
agent  in  the  removal  to  the  mouth  of  the  Umpqua  is  attended  with 
dissatisfaction  on  part  of  a  large  proportion  of  their  number.  They 
understood,  In  their  treaty  with  Gteneral  Palmer,  that  they  would 
be  permitted  to  remain  on  the  bay  for  two  years  after  the  time  of 
treating  loefore  their  removal.    A  part  of  the  Indians  have  consented 


THE   nOaUE  IIIVER  WAtiS. 


897 


to  go  and  are  gone,  while  the  residue  yet  remain,  and  it  is  likoly 
that  difficulties  may  yet  arise. 

Although  I  have  not  accomplislied  with  my  command  as  muoli 
yi't  an  1  could  have  desired,  you  will  nevertheless  see  from  my  re- 
port that  I  have  by  no  means  been  idle.  It  would  have  l)eeu  my 
pride,  if  circumstances  had  afforded  me  the  opportunity,  of  render- 
ing greater  service  to  my  country,  but  I  must  remain  content  with 
the  conviction  that  J  have  done  tiie  l)e8t  I  could  considering  the  cir- 
cumstunces  which  have  attended  my  command.  I  must  say,  in 
conclusion,  that  it  has  been  my  aim  to  induce  as  mucli  discipline 
in  my  ranlts  as  my  aljility  aflTorded;  and  it  is  witi)  pleasure  that  f 
can  speak  in  terms  of  iiigh  commendation  l>oth  of  the  officers  and 
])rivates  of  my  conmiand.  My  company  consists  of  forty-flve  men, 
rank  and  file. 


According  to  Captain  AV.  A.  Wilkinson's  report  for 
April,  and  a  part  of  May,  he  was  employed  during  most 
of  this  time  in  escort  duty  between  Camp  Vanuoy,  Fort 
Leland,  Camp  Hayes,  and  Camp  Wagoner,  and  in  the  spy 
service;  also  in  escorting  government  pack  trains  from 
Crescent  City  mountain  to  Camp  A^annoy.  Captain  James 
Barnes'  spy  company  were  in  the  field  performing  their 
dangerous  duty  from  the  twenty-sixth  of  February  to  the 
close  of  the  campaign. 

Thus  every  company  of  from  thirty-five  to  sixty  men 
constituted  a  detached  and  often  an  independent  com- 
mand, which,  while  obeying  orders  in  a  general  way, 
was  forced  to  take  the  responsibility  of  conducting  the 
war,  wherever  the  enemy  were  found,  upon  its  own  best 
judgment,  often  for  weeks  at  a  time. 

On  the  eleventh  of  April,  Colonel  Kelsey  joined  a  de- 
tachment of  Captain  Robertson's  company,  and  with 
Barnes'  spy  company  and  a  detachment  from  Captain 
Wa  len's  company,  set  out  from  Fort  Leland,  down  Grave 
creek,  in  search  of  the  enemy,  taking  four  days'  pro- 
visions, packed  on  mules.  The  following  is  a  part  of 
Kelsey's  report: — 

I  accompanied  the  conmiand  In  person.  Camped  that  evening 
about  five  miles  below  here  ( Fort  Leland ).  Next  morning  took 
the  line  of  maruli  over  the  creek,  and  camped  on  the  night  of  the 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OJiEOON. 


I 


twelfth  on  the  bhhI  side  of  Mount  lleuben.  Bonie  Iiulinn  Hi^nH  (IIn- 
covered  diirinK  the  dny.  The  company  moved  over  WhlHky  oreck 
and  nam|)ed  that  night  on  Mount  Wilkinson.  More  Tndian  nifi^H 
diMvovered  during  the  day.  Captain  HarneH,  witii  a  {wrtion  of  hiH 
HpieH,  t'>trether  witii  one  man  of  Captain  llol)ertHon'H  detachment, 
set  out  after  sup^wr  over  the  mountain  for  the  purpone  of  examining 
the  nieadowH  and  the  har  on  Rogue  river  for  the  Indians.  Soon 
aft<>r  dark  it  commence*!  raining  and  Hnowing,  and  by  the  morning 
of  the  fourteenth  the  snow  wan  four  inches  deep  on  the  mountain 
where  the  spies  were,  and  a  dense  fog  hung  on  the  meadows  and 
tlie  l>ar.  The  snow  ccmtiuued  to  fall  on  tlie  mountain  ;  so  much  so 
that  Captain  Barnes  considered  it  at  that  time  not  practicable  to 
attempt  t«  reconnoiter  the  meadows  and  l)ar,  and  returned  to  camp 
about  nine  o'clock  A.  M.  Captain  Barnes  and  myself  were  still 
anxious  that  the  meadows  and  bar  should  be  examined,  and  witli 
eight  of  his  spies  and  two  of  Captain  Ilobertaon's  company,  I  set 
out  down  Rogue  river  to  the  meadows.  At  the  same  time  I  ordered 
tbe  remainder  of  the  company  back  across  Whisky  creek,  and  we 
proceeded  down  the  river  across  tlie  base  of  Mount  Wilkinson, 
about  six  miles  to  a  high  point  that  ran  down  to  the  river  bank  and 
overlooked  the  whole  country  down  to  near  the  meadows,  the 
meadows  being  obscured  from  view  by  another  point  of  the  moun- 
tain also  running  down  to  near  the  meadows.  The  party  now  being 
very  much  fatigued  from  the  hard  travel  over  a  rough  country, 
Captain  liarnes  suggested  the  propriety  of  his  taking  four  men  and 
going  forward,  anu  e.-.a.Mning  the  bar  and  meadows.  I  remained 
l)ehind  with  the  ^!>  irjviu,  and  watched  his  movements,  so  that  in 
the  event  of  the  enttny  -.tiscovering  his  movements  and  attempting 
to  cut  him  off,  I  •<,,)!()  bring  the  men  left  with  me  to  their  aasist- 
ance.  As  scon  a."  (japtain  Barnes  came  out  on  the  high  ground  a 
signal  irun  wi!.s  fired  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  near  the  bar.  It 
was  now  late  in  the  morning,  and  frequently  a  storm  of  snow  swept 
by  them  ;  and  finding  that  they  were  discovered,  he,  with  his  men, 
returned  U^  me,  when,  being  out  of  provisions,  we  abandoned  the 
examination  in  that  quarter  and  returned  to  camp.  We  made  the 
hardest  nuirches  in  this  expedition  of  any  I  have  been  in  since  I 
joined  the  army. 


As  late  as  the  fifteenth  of  April  the  weather  was  still 
cold,  with  rain  and  snowfalls  of  considerable  depth  on  the 
mountains.  But  Laraerick  and  Kelsey  had  determined 
upon  concentrating  the  regiment  at  or  near  the  main 
camp  of  the  Indians  at  Big  Me.idows,  and  attacking  them 
in  force.  The  murder  and  mutilation  of  McDonald  Hark- 
ness,  about  the  twenty-fifth,  two  miles  from  the  meadows, 


THE  ROGUE  IITVER  WARS. 


399 


furniehed  fresh  incentive  to  tlie  volunteers  in  that  neigh- 
borhood to  strike  back.  The  time  seemed  propitious,  for 
the  Indians,  so  continuously  harrassed  by  them,  had  begun 
to  show  signs  of  weakness,  some  of  the  poorer  bands  being 
not  unwilli.  tjly  taken  prisoners  and  sent  to  Fort  Lane, 
where  they  were  fed  and  protected. 

On  the  sixteentli,  Lieutenant -Colonel  Chapman  and 
Major  Brucp  moved  with  the  entire  southern  battalion 
down  the  south  side  of  Rogue  river  towards  the  meadows; 
the  northern  battalion  passing  down  the  north  side  entire, 
with  the  exception  of  Captain  Thomas  W.  Prather's  spy 
company,  provisioned  for  thirty  days;  with  Colonel  Kel- 
soy  and  Brigadier-General  Lamerick  in  the  field,  Lamerick 
having  declared  to  the  governor  his  intention  to  stay  with 
the  enemy  until  they  were  subdued  or  starved  out. 

On  encamping  at  Little  Meadows  on  the  twenty-fir.st  the 
picket  guard  was  fired  upon.  A  force  of  forty  men,  ten 
each  from  the  companies  of  Noland,  Sheffield,  Robertson, 
and  Wallen,  was  ordered  out  to  engage  the  Indians,  who, 
however,  fled  before  them  down  a  deep  canon,  under  cover 
of  the  thick  underbrush,  and  were  soon  beyond  reach. 
Captain  Barnes  then  went  out  with  twenty-five  picked  men 
to  reconnoiter,  and  found  that  the  Indians  were  encamped 
in  considerable  numbers  on  a  bar  on  the  south  side  of  the 
river  between  Little  and  Big  Meadows. 

The  effective  force  in  the  camp  of  the  northern  battalion 
numbered  two  hundred  and  ten  men.  With  a  detach- 
ment of  fifty  men,  Colonel  Kelsey  made  a  reconnoissance 
on  the  morning  of  the  twenty-second,  having  to  cross  a 
deep  canon  and  ascend  a  high  mountain  densely  timbered 
with  fir  and  underwood,  but  having  near  the  summit  a 
small  prairie,  near  which  he  halted  bis  command  and  sent 
forward  spies.  They  immediately  returned  with  the  in- 
formation that  the  enemy's  camp  was  in  plain  view  from 
the  prairie.  Kelsey  then  moved  forward  to  ascertain 
whether  or  not  the  Indians  were  fortified,  and  was  fired  on 
while  taking  observations.    He  drew  up  his  men  in  order 


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400, 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


of  battle,  but  after  a  few  shots  exchanged,  the  Indians 
suddenly  disappeared.  A  few  moments  later,  however,  the 
pickets  reported  the  Indians  crossing  the  river  in  strength, 
and  it  was  thought  prudent  to  retreat  to  camp.  On  the 
following  day  Barnes,  witli  his  spy  company,  was  unable 
to  discover  anything  'irther  of  importance.  On  the  same 
(lay  the  southern  battalion  arrived  in  camp,  its  available 
force  being  three  hundred  and  .thirty-five  men,  swelling 
the  army  to  five  hundred  and  forty-five  men  fit  for  duty. 

Colonel  Kelsey  on  the  twenty-fourth,  assisted  by  Major 
Latsliaw,  led  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  of  the  northern 
battalion  towards  the  enemy,  using  a  detachment  of  fifty 
as  a  decoy  to  draw  him  into  an  engagement,  when  ho  was 
fired  on.  At  the  same  time.  Major  Bruce  assisted  by  Ad- 
jutant J.  M.  Cranmer,  led  an  equal  number  of  the  southern 
battalion  down  to  the  Big  Meadows  to  make  a  reconuois- 
sance  of  that  favorite  position  of  the  Indians,  but  found 
none  there  as  expected ;  nor  were  the  volunteers  able  to 
discover  them  that  day. 

Again,  on  the  twenty-fifth,  twenty -five  men  from  the 
]iorthern  battalion  were  sent  to  take  a  position  on  the  high 
ground  northwest  of  camp,  to  note  whether  the  enemy 
passed  up  into  the  mountains  to  the  west,  and  to  discover, 
if  possible,  what  he  was  doing.  At  the  same  time,  twenty- 
five  men  from  the  southern  battalion  took  a  station  on 
high  ground  southeast  of  camp,  to  observe  the  enemy's 
movements  during  the  day.  Nothing  was  discovored  be- 
yond what  was  known,  that  the  Indians  numbered  several 
liundred  men,  women,  and  children. 

About  sundown  on  the  twenty-s.  ith,  the  picket  guard 
observed  Indians  firing  on  some  cattle  belonging  to  the 
regiment,  which  had  strayed  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from 
camp,  when  Colonel  Kelsey  with  one  hundred  men,  imme- 
diately pursued  them,  they  fleeing  before  liim.  It  looked, 
indeed,  as  if  they  could  not  be  brought  to  battle,  so  easily 
did  they  elude  pursuit,  and  so  difficult  of  access  was  thea* 
encampment. 


KflB 


THE  ROOUE  RIVER  WARS. 


401 


On  the  twenty-seventh,  however,  Kelsey  and  Latshaw 
took  out  another  detachment  of  one  hundred  men  from 
the  northern  battalion;  twenty-five  of  Captain  Wallen's 
company,  under  his  command;  twenty-five  from  Robert- 
son's company,  under  Lieutenant  Phillips;  and  the  same 
number  each  from  Sheffield's  and  Noland's  companies, 
under  their  proper  commanderF.  The  sortie  was  made 
before  daylight  in  order  to  take  possession  of  a  deep  canon 
a  mile  west  of  the  Indian  camp,  if  possible,  undiscovered, 
and  to  bring  on  a  battle  by  annoy' ng  the  enemy  from  this 
position,  and  decoying  him  into  attacking  on  the  east  (the 
river  here  running  north  io:  some  distance )  side  of  the 
river,  which  the  spies  had  discovered  to  be  well  guarded 
and  dangerous  to  cross  for  several  miles  above  and  below. 
Besides  the  hazard  of  crossing,  the  steep  and  rocky  hills 
on  the  west  side  left  no  room  for  the  passage  of  troops. 

Major  Bruce  and  Adjutant  Cranmer  led  forth  another 
detachment  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  men,  from  the  south- 
ern battalion,  and  took  a  position  on  the  elevated  prairie 
before  mentioned,  in  order  to  be  in  the  way  o"  a  rc^treat 
should  the  Indians  attempt  it.  This  movement  was  also 
made  before  daylight.  With  the  coming  of  day  a  heavy 
fog  arose  which  concealed  either  of  these  forces  from  the 
view  of  the  enemy,  enabling  Kelsey  to  pass  the  only  ex- 
i)Osed  point  on  his  route  without  discovery;  but  which 
cleared  away  suddenly  soon  after  he  had  made  the  passage, 
leaving  the  river  in  full  view. 

Contrary  to  expectation  no  Indians  were  found  in  the 
(tanon ;  and  in  accordance  with  the  determination  of  the 
colonel  in  command,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  major, 
and  the  volunteers,  who  were  anxious  to  get  at  the  enemy 
they  had  pursued  so  toilsomely  for  montlis,  this  detach- 
ment made  but  a  short  pause,  but  proceeded  another  mile 
and  a  half,  under  cover  of  fir  aud  oak  timber,  to  a  ridge 
running  down  to  the  river,  and  sparsely  covered  with 
trees,  immediately  opposite  the  bar  on  which  the  Indians 
were  encamped. 

2« 


402 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


V/hen  the  Indians  discovered  the  troops  they  were 
within  three  hundred  yards  of  their  camp,  with  the  river 
between  them.  Instead  of  showing  a  disposition  to  fight, 
the  Indians  were  thrown  into  confusion.  Many  had  not 
yet  come  out  of  their  wickiups.  The  women  and  children 
wtre  running  hither  and  thither,  in  alarm.  To  oscane  the 
heavy  fire  of  the  volunteers,  these  hid  themselves  w  llie 
timber  in  the  rear  of  their  camp;  while  a  portio.)  ^^  '  •  ' 
fighting  force  stationed  themselves  behind  rocke  a. id  Ir-ees 
and  fought  in  defense  of  their  camp;  anu  another  portion 
took  to  the  cover  of  the  trees  lining  the  river  out  of  range 
of  the  volunteers'  guns,  to  watch  the  movements  of  the 
attacking  party. 

•''  So  interested  were  they  in  these,  that  they  failed  to 
discover  Major  Bruce's  detachment  which  had  hastened  to 
support  Kelsey,  until  (.'aptain  George's  company  had  de- 
livered a  fire  i)ito  their  midst.  Bruce  was  then  stationed 
on  Kelsey's  left,  and  firing  was  kept  up  all  day,  with  the 
result  of  a  very  considerable  loss  to  the  Indians.  Ap- 
parontl;. ,  nothing  saved  them  from  a  total  rout  but  the 
river;  and  on  the  other  hand  the  river  cut  off  their  re- 
treat.  The  loss  to  the  volunteers  in  this  engagement  was 
one  man  wounded  in  "Wilkinson's  company  —  Ellas  T). 
Mercer.  That  night  the  regiment  encuiuped  at  the  Big 
Meadows.  -     ?    :      "    ■  ■, 

The  following  morning  Colonel  Kelsoy  and  Major  Lat- 
shaw  took  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  and  two  canvas- 
boats  t'vo  miles  below  the  battle  ground  to  look  for  u 
crossing  of  the  river,  with  the  design  of  -ii'v^ring  the 
mountains  in  the  vicinity  of  the  eneray'fe  c  p:  whil 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Chapman  with  an  equal  force  took  s-j* 
the  position  occupied  the  previous  day,  to  prevent  the  es 
cape  of  the  Indians,  as  well  as  to  divert  their  attention 
from  the  movement  below. 

When  the  colonel's  command  rtache-i  iL^  river,  how- 
ever, he  found  that  his  purpose  !iad  been  .iivined,  and  the 
Indians  were  stationed  in  the  thick  timber  ready  to  receive 


•1 


THE  ROGUE   RIVER  WARS. 


403 


V 

1 


]iim.  He  could  onlv  fire  on  them  across  the  river,  while 
they  were  heltered  by  trees;  and  after  three  hours  of  am- 
munition wasted,  the  volunteers  returned  to  camp,  with 
one  man  wounded  of  Sheffield's  company — John  Henry 
Clifton.    The  Indian  loss,  so  far  as  known,  was  two  killed. 

On  the  twenty-ninth  of  April,  the  wounded  having  been 
sent  to  Camas  valley  under  a  heavy  escort,  and  the  Indians 
liaving  abandoned  their  position  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  nver,  the  regimont  crossed  over  and  occupied  it,  find- 
infj  seventy-five  jeserted  camp  fires,  indicating  a  large 
number  of  occupants.  This  was,  indeed,  the  refuge  to 
which,  during  the  winter,  the  predatory  savages  had 
escaped  after  their  successful  raids  into  the  settlements 
and  their  robberies  of  pack  trains.  Here  werj  found  the 
bones  of  numerous  oxen  slain,  and  the  remains  of  hun- 
dreds of  broken  packages  of  provisions  and  ammunition. 
The  Indians  had  fared  better  than  the  volunteers,  many 
of  whom  were  at  that  moment  almost  barefoot,  with  only 
a  blanket  betwixt  them  and  the  weather,  which  still  con- 
tinued stormy  and  cold. 

As  the  spies  reported  the  Indians  gone  down  the  river, 
and  as  provisions  were  growing  scarce  in  camp,  with  no 
prospect  of  improvement  in  the  weather^  Colonel  Kelsey, 
so  reporting,  was  ordered  back  to  Fort  Leland.  It  was 
decided,  however,  to  erect  a,  fort  at  tlif  meadows,  and  a 
site  was  selected  May  first  by  Majors  Bruce,  Latshaw,  and 
Hoxie,  and  the  companies  of  Captai.is  Wilkinson,  Keith, 
Williams,  and  Blakeslev  were  detailed  to  remain  at  the 
meadows  under  Major  Bruce  to  construct  it,  which  fortifi- 
cation was  known  as  Fort  Laraerick.  The  companies  of 
Sheffield  and  Noland  were  ordered  to  Roseburg,  ma  Camas 
prairie,  under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Chapman,  while  Robert- 
son, Miller,  O'Neil,  Wallen,  and  Alcorn  accompanied  the 
colonel  to  Fort  Leland. 

It  will  be  observed  that  during  the  month  occupied  by 
these  events,  the  volunteers  had  received  no  aid  from  the 


404 


INDIAN  WARS  OF   OltEGON. 


regular  army.  "I  have  good  reason  to  believe,"  wrote 
Lamerick  to  the  governor,  "  that  General  Wool  has  issued 
orders  to  the  United  States  troops  not  to  cooperate  with 
^he  volunteers.  But,"  he  added,  "the  officers  of  Fort  Lane 
,(  i  they  would,  whenever  they  met  me,  most  cordially 

co>        ite  with  any  volunteers  under  my  command." 

Captain  Smith  of  Fort  Lane  had  been  directed  to  make 
a  junction  with  Colonel  Buchanan's  force  at  Port  Orford, 
whence  the  united  forces  were  to  repair  to  the  mouth  of 
the  Illinois  river  to  meet  Superintendent  Palmer  and  the 
Indians  of  the  Rogue-river  valley,  with  whom  a  council 
would  be  held.  The  time  seemed  propitious  for  making 
propositions  of  peace,  and  the  superintendent,  who  had  all 
the  Indians  of  Oregon,  and  some  of  those  of  Washington, 
on  his  hands  in  a  state  of  insurrection,  was  anxious  to  get 
these  troubles  settled  for  the  good  of  all  concerned,  him- 
self included,  for  if  ho  could  not  control  his  wards  some 
one  else  would  be  found  who  could  be  induced  to  under- 
take it. 

In  the  contention  between  the  adherents  of  General 
Wool  and  the  governors  of  Oregon  and  Washington  as  to 
the  best  methods  of  restoring  peace,  Palmer  had  adopted 
the  views  of  the  regular  army — that  the  volunteer  service 
kept  up  the  irritation,  and  prevented  a  peace  which  was 
desired  by  the  Indians.  That  the  Indian  leaders  did  not 
desire  a  peace,  except  on  their  own  terms — the  absolute 
possession  of  the  country — he  did  not  believe.  But  the 
volunteers  had  many  I'mes  called  out  to  them  to  come 
and  have  a  peace  talk,  which  advances  had  invariably 
been  met  with  scoffs  and  taunts  anything  but  indicatory 
of  a  disposition  to  yield.  And  so  the  righting  went  on , 
because  the  volunteers  believed  in  preventing  robberies  and 
massacres  instead  of  chastising,  in  a  half-hearted  way,  the 
perpetrators  after  the  crimes  had  been  committed.  But 
now  the  United  States  authorities  were  making  ready  to 
try  the  effect  of  their  policy  in  bringing  about  the  settle- 
ment of  the  Indian  question  in  Oregon. 


THE  ROGUE   RIVER  WARS. 


405 


\|: 


Captain  Smith  moved  with  his  eighty  troopers  from 
Fort  Lane  about  the  thirteenth  of  April,  a  few  days  before 
the  volunteers  marched  to  their  destination  at  the  meadows. 
At  the  crossing  of  Rogue  river,  which  was  effected  on  a  raft, 
he  found  a  camp  of  Indians,  which  he  attacked  and  de- 
stroyed. Traveling  through  the  mountains  in  rain  and 
snow  was  exceedingly  trying  to  dragoons,  whose  horses 
often  were  unable  to  carry  them  up  the  sharp  and  slippery 
ascents,  compelling  them  to  climb  on  foot.  Wrote  one  of 
them:  ''We  suffered  much  on  the  march.  There  was  a 
thick  fog  on  the  mountains,  and  the  guide  could  not  make 
out  the  trail.  We  were  seven  days  straying  about,  while 
it  rained  the  whole  time.  Our  provisions  ran  out  before 
the  weather  cleared  and  we  arrived  at  Port  Orford."  The 
experience  was  at  least  useful  as  showing  what  the  volun- 
teers had  endured  ever  since  October. 

When  Colonel  Buchanan  first  arrived  at  the  mouth  of 
Rogue  river,  some  of  his  younger  officers  and  the  soldiers 
plunged  boldly  into  the  forest  in  pursuit  of  the  fleeing 
savages,  but  finding  tho  scrambling  over  luilocks  and 
through  underbrush  fatiguing,  and  the  sting  of  arrows 
annoying,  had  been  glad  afterwards  to  leave  such  work  to 
those  who  chose  to  perform  it;  while  their  chief  spent 
about  a  month  in  the  effort  to  induce  the  Indians  in 
that  region  to  go  upon  their  reservations,  without  success. 
After  occupying  a  defensive  attitude  for  this  period  of  time 
on  the  twenty-sixth  of  April,  Buchanan  sent  Lieutenant 
Ord,  witn  one  hundred  and  twelve  men,  to  destroy  a  vil- 
lage of  the  Mackanotins,  eleven  miles  above  Whalesliead, 
and  to  force  them  upon  the  reservation,  which  was  accom- 
plished with  some  fighting  and  loss  of  one  soldier. 

But  there  was  plenty  of  fighting  yet  to  be  done  in  other 
quarters,  as  appeared  when  Ord  wnth  sixty  men,  on  his 
way  to  Crescent  City  to  escort  a  large  train  with  army 
stores  to  the  mouth  of  Rogue  river  on  the  twenty-ninth, 
was  attacked  at  the  ('hetcoe  river  by  about  an  equal 
mimhor  of  Indians,  losing  in  the  skirmish  one  man  killed 


406 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


and  three  wounded.  The  Indians  were  repulsed  with  a 
loss  of  six  killed,  and  were  driven  from  the  field.  On 
other  occasions  the  same  hostility  was  manifested,  and 
there  seemed  little  hope  for  peace,  without  first  conquering 
the  Indians. 

The  volunteers  had  at  no  time  ceased  operations,  thei" 
intention  being  to  force  the  Indians  upon  the  regulars, 
who  would  deal  with  them  according  to  the  laws  of  civil- 
ized warfare.  Captains  Harris,  Creighton,  and  Bledsoe 
continually  scouted  in  tlie  mountains  and  along  the 
streams,  giving  the  coast  tribes  no  rest.  Lieutenant  Ab- 
bott surprised  a  party  of  Coquilles  on  that  river  in  two 
canoes,  and  killed  twelve,  including  one  woman.  Twice 
had  the  Coquilles  agreed  to  go  and  remain  on  tlieir  reser- 
vation, and  twice  ran  away  before  they  could  be  disposed 
of.  ^t  seemed  as  if  extermination  was  to  be  their  fate,  for 
in  no  other  way  could  they  be  subdued.  Emissaries  from 
chief  John  of  the  Rogue-rivers,  and  Enos,  his  half-breed 
ally,  continually  alarmed  and  agitated  the  fickle  and  ig- 
norant creatures,  who  acted  without  knowledge  or  reason, 
and  were  governed  by  fear,  first  of  one  and  then  another 
calamity;  the  worst  of  all  being  tliat  of  having  to  leave 
the  country  where  they  were  born. 

Early  in  May,  Buchanan  moved  the  whole  force  of  reg- 
ulars to  Oak  Flat,  near  the  mouth  of  Illinois  river.  Among 
the  Indians  who  had  surrendered  or  been  taken  prisoners, 
these  last  being  chiefly  women  and  children,  were  some 
who  could  be  used  as  messengers  to  the  various  bands,  to 
urge  them  to  meet  him  and  the  superintendent,  to  hold  a 
council  with  a  view  to  establishing  peace.  After  consider- 
able of  this  sort  of  correspondence,  the  chiefs  finally  came 
together  on  the  twenty-first  of  May  at  the  place  appointeii, 
no  restraint  being  put  upon  them, —  .John  of  Scott  valley, 
and  his  son;  Rogue-river  George;  Limpy,  and  other  chiefs 
both  of  the  Rogue  river  and  Cow  creek  bands, —  to  listen 
to  what  the  agents  of  the  United  States  had  to  say  which 
they  might  be  pleased  to  accept. 


THE  ROOUE  mVElt  WARS. 


407 


The  council  was  not  a  friendly  one,  notwithstanding 
every  effort  had  been  made  by  the  white  chiefs  to  have  it 
appear  so.  It  was  evident  that  if  the  Indians  surrendered 
it  w  .Id  only  be  because  they  were  weary  of  the  present 
state  of  warfare,  and  wanted  time  to  recuperate,  not  that 
they  were  convinced  that  it  was  for  their  good  or  even  that 
they  might  not  eventually  conquer. 

"  You  are  a  great  chief,"  said  John  to  Colonel  Buchanan. 
"So  am  I.  This  is  my  country;  I  was  in  it  when  those 
large  trees  were  very  small,  not  higher  tban  my  head. 
My  heart  is  sick  with  fighting,  but  I  want  to  live  in  my 
country.  If  the  white  people  are  willing,  I  will  go  back 
to  Deer  creek  and  live  among  them  as  I  used  to  do.  Tbey 
can  visit  my  camp,  and  I  will  visit  theirs;  Imt  I  will  not 
lay  down  my  arms  and  go  with  you  on  the  reserve.  I  will 
fight.  Good-by."  Whereupon  he  took  his  departure  un- . 
restrained,  as  had  been  agreed  upon.  ,,  .: 

The  other  chiefs,  however,  after  much  argument,  con- 
sented to  give  uj)  their  arms  on  the  twenty-sixth  near  the 
meadows,  and  allowed  tiiemselves  to  be  escorted,  a  part  by 
Captain  Smith  to  the  coast  reservation,  by  fhe  way  of  Fort 
Lane,  and  the  remainder  to  be  escorted  by  other  militai'y 
officers  to  Port  Orford,  tiience  to  be  conveyed  by  sea  to  the  • 
reservation.  One  of  the  arguments  which  Captain  Smith 
liad  felt  himself  forced  to  use,  was  that  of  the  liangman's 
rope  should  any  of  them  be  taken  with  arms  in  their  , 
hands  roaming  about  the  country.  ; ,    i 

On  the  twenty -sixth,  as  agreed  upon.  Smith  was  at  the 
rendezvous  with  his  eighty  dragoons  to  receive  them. 
Tliat  they  failed  to  appear  on  that  day  did  not  give  him 
any  uneasiness,  the  day  being  a  stormy  one  and  the  moun- 
tain trails  slippery.  But  during  the  evening  he  received 
a  visit  from  two  Indian  women,  who  brought  him  the  in- 
telligence that  he  might  expect  an  attack  from  John  on 
the  following  day.  He  now  understood  the  failure  of  the 
Indians  to  keep  their  appointment,  and  hastened  to  change 
his  camp  from  the  low  ground  to  higher,  and  to  dispatch 


lis 


408 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


a  courier  to  Colonel  Buchanan,  with  a  request  for  reen- 
forcemeuts,  as  John  had  sent  word  he  would  fight  him. 

The  position  to  which  Smith  removed  his  camp  was  an 
elevation,  oblong  in  shape,  between  two  small  streams 
entering  the  river  from  the  northwest,  and  with  an  open 
surface  of  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  by  fifty  yards. 
The  south  side  was  difficult  of  ascent,  the  north  side  still 
more  abrupt,  the  west  barely  approachable,  while  on  the 
east  the  ground  sloped  gently.  Directly  north  of  this 
mound  was  a  similar  one,  covered  with  trees,  and  within 
rifle  range.  Between  the  first  knoll  and  the  river  was  a 
narrow  strip  of  bottom  land,  which  was  known  as  "The 
Meadows." 

The  night  of  the  twenty-sixth  was  a  fatiguing  one  to 
the  soldiers,  who  were  occupied,  without  sleep,  in  moving 
camp  and  preparing  for  battle.  Early  on  the  twenty- 
seventh,  the  Indians  appeared  in  considerable  force  on  the 
north  knoll,  and  directly  forty  warriors  approached  up  the 
eastern  slope  to  Smith's  camp,  declaring  that  they  had 
come  to  lay  down  their  arms,  and  asking  to  see  the  com- 
mandant in  person;  but  Smith  knew  enough  of  their 
plans  to  avoid  being  seized  by  them,  simply  directing 
them  to  deposit  their  arms  at  a  spot  outside  the  camp. 
Foiled  in  their  design,  the  party  retired,  casting  frowning 
looks  towards  the  howitzer,  which  was  so  planted  as  to 
command  the  approach  from  the  east.  A  detachment  of 
infantry,  under  Lieutenant  Sweitzer,  was  guarding  the 
western  approach,  while  the  dragoons  were  stationed  along 
the  front  and  rear.  All  this  was  observed  and  understood 
by  the  forty  warriors,  and  could  be  seen  from  the  north 
knoll  as  well. 

Finding  Smith  prepared  to  fight,  and  that  they  vould 
not  be  allowed  in  camp  with  arms  in  their  hands,  the 
Indians  attacked  about  ten  o'clock,  charging  up  the  east 
and  west  slopes  at  once,  being  repelled  by  the  howitzer  on 
one  side  and  by  rifles  on  the  other,  when  they  sought  the 
cover  of  the  trees  on  the  north  mound.    Successive  charges 


THE  TIOOUE   RIVER  WARS. 


409 


were  made  during  the  day,  chief  John  thundering  forth 
his  orders  in  the  voice  of  a  stentor,  and  so  clearly  that 
they  were  understood  in  Smith's  camp.  Not  being  able  to 
come  up  by  the  east  slope  on  account  of  the  howitzer,  nor 
the  west  on  account  of  the  riflemen,  the  Indians  made 
continued  attempts  to  get  into  camp  by  escalade  at  the 
more  precipitous  sides,  keeping  the  dragoons  busy  to 
prevent  it,  they  being,  too,  ?i  a  disadvantage  on  account 
of  the  inferiority  of  their  muskctoons  to  the  rifles  of  the 
Indians.  A  number  of  the  attacking  party  rolled  back  to 
the  bottom  of  the  cliff,  to  annoy  dragoons  no  more.  Rifle 
balls  from  the  north  mound  compelled  the  soldiers  to  use 
the  dead  bodies  of  horses  as  barricades;  but  no  entrance 
to  camp  was  effected.  Thus  passed  the  long  day  of  the 
twenty-sixth.  The  night  was  spent  in  digging,  without 
the  proper  implements,  rifle  pits,  and  erecting  breastworks. 
This  was  the  second  night  the  command  had  passed  with- 
out sleep,  food,  or  water. 

On  the  twenty-eighth,  the  Indians  renewed  the  attack. 
To  fatigue  was  now  a(ided  the  torture  of  thirst,  it  being 
impossible  to  reach  water  without  imperiling  the  com- 
mand. The  wounded  and  the  able  men  were  alike  suf- 
fering, a  circumstance  observed  by  the  Indians  with  the 
highest  satisfaction,  who  called  out  frequently,  "Mika  hias 
licka  chuck  f"  (You  very  much  want  water?)  "  Ticka  chuck  f 
(Want  water?)  "Halo  chuck,  Boston!"  (No  water,  white 
man!)  To  this  taunt,  they  added  another  (referring  to 
Captain  Smith's  threat  at  the  council  ground  —  of  hanging 
all  Indians  found  roaming  with  arms  in  their  hands),  that 
they  had  ropes  for  every  trooper,  the  soldiers  not  being 
worth  the  ammunition  it  would  cost  to  shoot  them ;  and 
occasionally  a  rope  was  dangled  over  the  breastworks  with 
the  invitation  to  Captain  Smith  to  hang  himself,^  delivered 


3  Captain  Snjith  bad  told  John  at  the  council  ground  in  answt^r  to  his  deflant  utter- 
ances :  "  We  will  catch  and  hang  you,  sir ;  but  if  you  go  on  thf  reservation,  you  can 
live  in  peace.  Do  you  see  those  wagons,  blankets,  clothes,  1  jrses?  You  will  have 
everything  good,  plenty  to  eat,  peace.  If  you  do  not  cotoe,  do  you  see  that  rope, 
sir?"    t>o,  John,  when  he  had  the  captain  at  a  disadvantage,  retaliated:    "Hello, 


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TNDTAN  WAItS   OF  OREOON. 


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in  fairly  good  English.  Offensive  epithets  were  continu- 
ally applied  to  the  soldiers;  for  Indians,  like  Homer's 
heroes,  fight  with  the  sword  of  the  spirit,  which  is  the 
tongue,  of  course,  as  valiantly  as  with  their  arms.  They 
boasted  that  the  soldiers  and  all  their  possessions  would 
soon  fall  into  their  bands.  Such  was  their  daring,  that 
they  crawled  up  to  the  barricades  and  with  hooked  poles 
drew  away  the  soldiers'  blankets,  who  ventured  not  to 
defend  them. 

By  four  o'clock  of  the  second  day,  a  third  of  Smith's 
command  was  killed  or  wounded,  and  yet  no  help  had 
came  from  Colonel  Buchanan's  camp.  For  some  time  the 
firing  had  ceased  on  both  sides,  and  the  only  sounds  heard 
in  camp  were  th(^  groans  of  the  wounded  and  their  cries 
for  water.  About  sundown  the  Indians  held  a  council, 
and  planned  to  charge  upon  the  white  camp  with  their 
whole  force.  It  was  an  hour  never  to  be  forgotten  —  a 
silent  and  awful  hour,  in  (,he  expectation  of  speedy  and 
cruel  death.* 

Presently,  as  by  the  baton  of  a  concert  leader,  an  infer- 
nal chorus  burst  forth  —  the  war-cries  of  each  band  in 
John's  host  joining  in  one  blood-curdling  burst  of  fury, 
and  the  rush  was  made  up  the  east  and  west  approaches. 
To  their  surprise,  the  soldiers  received  them  with  cheers, 
and  returned  the  charge.  The  sight  which  inspired  the 
cheers  and  the  charge  had  escaped  the  eyes  of  the  Indians, 
intent  on  the  work  before  them.  It  was  Captain  Augur 
with  seventy-five  men  of  company  G,  fourth  infantry,  who 
was  approaching  through  a  ravine,  and  which  charged  the 
Indians  in  the  rear,  as  Smith  met  them  in  front.  The  en- 
gagement lasted  no  longer  thai^  fifteen  minutes,  when  the 
Indians  fled  to  the  adjoining  hills,  taking  with  them  their 
dead  and  wounded.     Augur  lost  five  men,  whose  bodies 

ra plain  Smith  I  You  go  on  the  reservation?  Hiyu  chick  chick  { a  great  many  wagons, 
good  traveling);  hij/u  ic'2a(mauy  things);  hiyu  mtick-a-mvck  (plenty  to  eat);  hiyu 
cUitlies  ( plenty  to  wear ) ;  wake  data  wa  reeeroation  ( if  you  do  not  go  to  the  reservation ) ; 
take  lope  Captain  Smith  ;  do  you  see  this  lope,  Captain  Smith  ?  "  Orover'a  Public  Lye, 
MS.  49. 

*  Letter  of  a  loldier. 


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411 


were  found  next  day,  stripped  naked  and  liung  to  trees, 
with  their  eyes  picked  out,  and  otherwise  fearfully  muti- 
lated. In  one  part  of  the  field  was  found  a  pile  of  ropes 
made  of  green  bark  of  trees,  with  which  John  expected  to 
have  hung  all  Smith's  command. 

The  flight  of  the  Indians  when  they  had  so  great  an 
advantage  both  of  position  and  numbers,  is  to  be  attrib- 
uted to  alarm,  lest  a  still  larger  force  should  be  coming 
up,  or  to  the  fickle  nature  of  the  savage,  or  to  l)oth  to- 
gether. Chief  John  was  a  bolder,  firmer,  and  stronger 
man  mentally  than  any  chief  west  of  the  Cascade  moun- 
tains. "When  dressed  in  civilized  costume,  he  presented 
an  appearance  not  very  different  from  that  of  many  a 
hard  working  farmer  of  Pennsylvania  or  Ohio  of  fift}' 
years  of  age.  His  features  were  marked  by  that  expression 
of  grief,  which  is  a  common  characteristic  of  savage  coun- 
tenances after  youth  is  past,  intensified  in  his  case,  no 
doubt,  by  disappointment  at  the  result  of  the  war.  In 
strong  contrast  to  him  was  his  son,  who  possessed  no  in- 
dications of  strength  of  any  sort,  and  who  had  a  lum[)ish, 
stolid  face,  devoid  of  any  expression.  Yet  like  his  father, 
or  in  imitation  of  him,  he  on  occasions  displayed  a  desper- 
ate courage  worthy  of  the  admiration  of  the  United  States 
military  officers.  Indians  generally,  however,  after  a  valor- 
ous onset,  run  away  on  the  first  sign  of  a  turn  in  affairs 
favoring  the  enemy. 

In  the  time  occupied  by  the  movements  of  the  regulars, 
the  volunteers  had  not  been  idle.  Some  companies  whoso 
tune  had  expired  were  marched  to  Roseburg  and  dis- 
charged, their  places  being  taken  by  companies  of  second 
recruits,  V)y  order  of  the  brigadier-general.  Other  com- 
l)anies  were  still  serving  out  the  time  of  their  enlistment, 
and  even  exceeding  it.  Captain  Wallen's  report  shows 
that  his  company  marched  to  Fort  Lamerick  at  the 
meadows  and  back  to  Fort  Leland,  returning  to  the  mead- 
ows, leaving  a  detachment  as  escort  on  the  .road  from 


412 


JNDTAN  WAnS   OF  OREGON. 


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Canon vilie  to  Rogue  river.  The  company  returned  from 
the  meadows  to  Rosoburg  via  Camas  valley,  sending  a  de- 
tachment under  Lieutenant  McCJlure  back  to  the  meadows, 
and  marching  to  quarters  at  Fort  Smith  on  Cow  creek, 
where  it  arrived  by  the  end  of  the  month. 

(Captain  Keith  had  been  ordered  to  meet  Captain  Smith 
on  Rogue  river  near  the  meadows,  but  being  ill,  requested 
Wallen,  whose  time  of  enlistment  had  expired,  to  go  in 
his  stead.  The  company  commanded  by  him  had  not 
been  discharged,  yet  was  under  no  obligation  to  obey 
orders.  On  calling  their  attention  to  the  situation,  \ 
asking  for  volunteers  from  his  own  and  other  comp 
similarly  placed,  one  hundred  and  forty-five  men  v*^.iu 
found  who  would  join  him,  only  sixty-eight  of  whom 
were  accepted,  the  commissary  stores  being  low,  the  re- 
mainder promising  to  follow  as  soon  as  provisioned. 

On  the  twenty -seventh,  the  day  that  Smith  was  attacked, 
Wallen's  command  came  upon  an  encampment  of  the 
hostiles,  which  Hed  before  them  without  firing  a  gun,  and 
which  proved  to  be  composed  of  the  bands  of  Limpy  and 
George,  and  some  (Jalice-creek  Indians,  showing  that  they 
M'ere  not  in  the  fight  with  the  regulars.  A  few  Indion 
women  and  children  were  captured  on  this  occasion. 

Two  days  later,  on  the  twenty-ninth,  the  command  was 
surprised  while  resting  under  some  trees  at  the  noon  halt 
by  some  of  John's  band  retreating  from  the  battlefield, 
and  H.  C.  Huston  of  Kieth's  company,  wounded.  An  en- 
gagement then  took  place  in  which  the  Indians  were 
routed,  and  many  fled  down  the  river  towards  Buchanan's 
camp,  where  they  eventually  surrendered  themselves,  being 
driven  to  it  by  the  volunteers. 

The  day  following  this  skirmish,  Daniel  Cooley  of  Wal- 
len's company,  was  fired  on  and  wounded  while  looking 
for  his  revolver  lost  in  the  battle.  Proceeding  on  down 
towards  the  meadows,  the  volunteers  picked  up  many 
hands  of  John's  now  scattered  army.  At  Smith's  camp 
they  found  Superintendent  Palmer,  who  had  arrived  to 


THE  llOGUE  niVEli  WAltS. 


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tuke  part  in  tho  expected  surrender  to  the  United  States 
ufiicors.  iiis  messengers  had  becn«ent  into  the  mountains 
to  collect  the  fugitives  which  the  volunteers  were  guard- 
ing, and  now  offered  him,  to  the  number  of  several 
hundred. 

Instead  of  coming  in  as  invited,  John  sent  the  volun- 
teers a  challenge  to  engage  in  battle  with  them,  which  was 
the  more  cheerfully  accepted  ub  tho  hundred  men  left  be- 
hind at  Fort  Smith  had  come  up.  At  the  hour  appointed 
by  John  for  the  contest,  the  Indian  v  rriors  issued  from 
the  cover  of  the  woods  in  two  lines,  advancing  directly 
towards  the  volunteers  until  within  one  hundred  and  fifty 
yards  of  their  lines,  when  they  halted,  and  at  tho  word  of 
command  from  the  chief,  fired  a  volley,  which,  being 
aimed  too  high,  wliistled  harmlessly  over  the  heads  of  the 
white  men,  who  returned  the  tire  with  a  more  sure  aim 
and  deadlier  result.  The  Indians'  front  line  ^hen  took  to 
liight.  -   ./'  i  ! 

The  second  line  stood  until  several  volleys  had  been 
fired,  when  panic  seized  them  and  they  also  retreated.  In 
vain  the  iron  chief  commanded  in  thunder  tones;  they 
paid  no  heed  to  him,  but  ran  until  beyond  tho  reach  of 
the  guns  of  their  white  conquerors,  when  they  squatted  on 
the  ground  in  a  circle,  in  the  hot  sunshine,  and  wailed 
piteously  for  two  hours  in  sorrow  for  a  young  chief  who 
had  been  killed,  and  over  their  own  misfortunes.  Once 
more  John  endeavored  to  rally  them,  but  the  heart  had 
gone  out  of  them.  It  was  the  old  pathetic  story,  "  By  the 
waters  of  Babylon  they  sat  down  and  wept." 

After  a  few  hours  spent  in  this  manner,  John  sent  word 
by  a  woman  to  Captain  Smith  that  he  wished  to  surrender 
if  his  people  could  be  allowed  to  retain  their  guns.  The 
proposal  was  refused.  lie  then  sent  his  son  to  ask  leave 
to  retain  half  their  guns,  which  was  also  refused.  Another 
proposition  to  keep  one-third  of  their  arms  was  in  like 
manner  negatived,  and  the  Indians  ordered  to  stack  their 
arms  against  a  rock,  or  return  with  them  and  fight.     John 


414 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


himself  at  lust  came  to  entreat  permission  for  his  people 
to  keep  some  arras,  and  when  he  was  denied  walked  away 
with  a  malediction  on  the  hard  tum-tum  (heart)  of  ti^e 
white  conqueror. 

Towards  night  forty  warriors  laid  their  guns  against  the 
rock,  and  small  squads  kept  coming  in  until  darkness  set- 
tled down  over  the  camp,  when,  to  prevent  any  treacherous 
movement,  they  were  ordered  to  remain  without  camp,  at 
the  peril  of  their  lives,  during  the  night.  "When  morning 
came  the  surrender  was  completed,  Jchn  coming  in  last. 
He  set  his  gun  against  the  rock,  then  sr.ddenly  grasped  it, 
but  before  he  could  raise  it  to  his  shoulder  fifty  rifles  were 
aimed  at  his  heart.  He  again  relinquished  it,  and  sul- 
lenly, with  a  defiant  manner,  took  his  place  among  the 
prisoners."'  At  the  final  settlement,  however,  of  the  terms 
of  surrender,  it  was  agre3d  that  neither  he  nor  any  of  his 
people  should  suffer  any  punishnent  for  acts  committed 
by  them,  nor  be  compelled  to  surrender  .my  of  the  prop- 
erty captured  by  them  during  the  war. 

As  soon  as  his  wounded  could  ba  moved,  &iiii*h  set  off  by 
v-^asy  marches  for  the  mouth  of  the  river,  embarrassed  b 
the  number  of  bis  prisoners,  which  more  than  doubl^u 
that  of  the  regulars  nnd  volunteers.  Some  fears  were  ox- 
pressed  that  the  Indians,  even  without  guns,  and  only 
armed  with  stone.^i,  might  make  an  attack  on  numbers  so 
inferior;  but  no  outbreak  occurred  on  the  passage. 

On  a.'nving  at  the  mouth  of  Rogue  river  it  was  found 
that  a  band  of  renegades  from  the  coast  tribes  were  abo\it 
attacking  the  camp  of  the  miners  at  Gold  Bench,  which 
again  furni.shed  work  for  the  troops,  who  together  killed 
about  forty  of  them  before  capturing  the  remainder.  As 
the  regular  camp  moved  I'xom  Rogue  river  to  Port  Orford, 
it  gathered  up  the  Pistol-river  and  Chetco  Indians,  the 
month  of  .June  being  spent  in  this  movement,  which 
ended  at  Port  Orfcd,  July  second.    On  the  ninth,  about 


» Tbi8  account  o(  tbe  nurrfendei'  of  .lolin'n  baiul  was  glvpn  by  raptaiti  Walleri,  who 
was  prewiit.    It  f.gteea  subiitant'.ally  with  otliur  account)  given  Ht  the  time. 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


415 


seven  hundred,  not  including  John's  people,  were  placed 
on  board  a  vessel  in  charge  of  Captain  Smith,  to  be  taken 
to  Portland,  and  thence  to  the  northern  end  of  the  coast 
reservation  in  Polk  county.  Four  hundred  others,  with 
whom  went  John's  band,  and  the  Pistol-river  and  Chetco 
bands,  were  sent  to  the  southern  end  of  the  reservation 
via  the  valley  of  the  Coquille  and  Roseburg,  at  which 
place  Ceptain  Smith  met  them  with  his  command  as  escort. 

The  removal  of  the  Indians  was  not  accomplished  with- 
out muc^^  difficulty,  the  coast  tribes  being  especially 
tioublesome,  and  escaping  in  parties  of  twos,  threes,  or 
half  dozens.  At  the  reservation  affairs  did  not  move 
smoothly.  It  was  for  the  most  part  a  rugged  and  heavily 
timbered  country,  bounded  by  mountains  on  one  side  and 
by  the  sea  on  the  other.  The  Indians  complained  that  the 
forest  did  not  afford  game.  The  houses  hastily  erected 
were  uninviting.  The  shops,  mills,  'arming  machinery, 
and  other  beneficent  gifts  promised  by  the  terms  of  the 
several  treaties,  were  absent.  The  climate,  though  health- 
ful, was  rude  compared  to  the  warm  southern  airs  of  the 
Rogue-river  country.  Even  the  commissary  department 
was  a  failure,  because  congress  delayed  making  appropria- 
tions, and  the  agents  having  to  purchase  on  credit,  were 
forced  by  that  circumstance,  and  the  long  distance  over 
which  freight  had  to  be  hauled,  to  accept  as  flour  the 
sweepings  of  the  mill  in  the  Wallamet,  or  at  the  best  shorts 
ground  over,"  which  the  contractorr  thought  good  enough 
for  Indians. 

It  might  here  be  said  that  during  the  Cayuse  war,  sim- 
ilar frauds  were  practiced  upon  the  provisional  govern- 
ment, and  by  the  same  mill  at  Oregon  City.^  When  good 
flour  sold  at  Portland  for  eight  dollars  a  barrel,  the  con 
tractor  who  furnished  tho  reservation  charged  the  govern- 
ment twenty  dollars  a  barrel  for  shorts,  delivered  at  the 


«  Rfpoit  nf  Ro»»  Hroume  In  I'niled  Btates  executive  documcntfi,  39,  p.  12,  thirty-fifth 
"oiigTess,  tirot  gesNiun,  volumu  IX. 

'  Owned  lu  1856  by  George  Aberiiethy  auil  Robert  PentlanU  ;  in  1846-7  by  Aberuetby 
^nd  MMKSiatw. 


416 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


agency.  The  quarterly  expenses  of  the  Siletz  reservation, 
which  the  Indians  found  so  undesirable,  were  over  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  a  large  part  of  which  sum  was 
expended  in  improvements.  The  agent,  R.  B.  Metcalf, 
found  his  pay  to  be  so  meager  as  to  offer  no  inducement 
for  him  to  remain;  though  he  did  remain,  and  come  out 
at  the  end  of  four  years  with  forty  thousand  dollars. 

These  apparent  abuses  were  known  by  and  complained 
of  among  the  Indians  before  they  came  to  the  ears  of  the 
people.  The  superintendent  was  powerless  to  prevent  it, 
and  finally  resigned  before  congress  had  made  good  the 
obligations  entered  into  between  him  and  the  Indians,  a 
new  superintendent,  A.  F.  Hedges,  being  appointed  -in  his 
place.  This  was  also  a  source  of  disquiet  among  the  In- 
dians, who  had  looked  upon  Palmer  as  the  representative 
of  a  powerful  government,  whose  oflfice  was  permanent 
like  that  of  one  of  their  own  chiefs.  Hedges  remained  in 
office  but  a  few  months,  when  he  also  resigned,  and  J.  \V. 
Nesmith  was  appointed. 

The  constant  cry  of  the  Indians  from  the  first  was  that 
they  were  homesick,  and  longed  to  return  to  their  native 
country.  Rogue-river  Sam  and  others  complained  that 
they  had  been  deceived  in  the  matter  of  their  land  in 
southern  Oregon;  that  by  the  treaty  of  1S53  the  Table 
Rock  reservation  imd  not  been  sold  to  the  government, 
but  that  they  had  been  driven  away  from  it  by  the  war; 
and  that  Captain  Smith,  Superintendent  Palmer,  and  tlio 
agents,  had  promised  them  they  should  return  to  it  when 
the  war  was  ended.  Then  why  were  they  not  permitted  to 
go  buck,  now  that  there  was  no  more  war?  They  did  not 
like  the  country  they  were  in;  it  was  cold,  sickly,  and 
destitute  of  game.  They  might  as  well  be  killed  as  die  of 
disease  on  the  reservation. 

They  even  suspected  the  agent  of  attempting  to  kill 
them  by  poison,  such  was  the  effect  of  the  food  furnished 
them,  added  to  other  causbs  of  disease,  namely,  venereal 
infection,  change  of  climate,  indolence,  and  over-eating. 


>   fe 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS 


417 


After  a  hospital  was  erected  for  them,  they  would  not  re- 
main in  it  more  than  two  or  three  davs,  but  would  return 
to  their  huts,  and  having  nothing  else  to  do,  gamble  away 
the  clothing  furnished  them,  take  cold,  and  die.  What- 
ever the  causes,  out  of  the  six  hundred  Rogue-river  and 
Cow-creek  Indians  taken  to  the  Siletz  reservation  in  1856, 
there  remained  in  1857  but  three  hundred  and  eighty-five. 

John  said  to  Ross  Browne,  appointed  by  the  government 
in  1857  to  . examine  into  the  affairs  of  the  Indian  reserva- 
tions :  "  For  my  own  part  my  heart  is  sick.  Many  of  my 
people  have  died  since  they  came  here;  many  are  still 
dying.  There  will  soon  be  none  left  of  us.  Here  the 
mountains  are  covered  with  great  forests;  it  is  hard  to  get 
through  them.  We  have  no  game;  we  are  sick  at  heart; 
we  are  sad  when  we  look  on  the  graves  of  our  families. 
A  long  time  ago  we  made  a  treaty  with  i*almer.  There 
was  a  piece  of  land  at  Table  Rock  tiint  was  ours.  He  said 
it  should  remain  ours,  but  that  fi  ho  sake  of  peace,  as 
the  white  settlers  were  bad,  we  should  ieavt-  it  foi  a  while. 
When  we  signed  the  paper  that  was  our  m  .1  (standing. 
We  now  want  to  go  back  to  our  country.  During  Mic  war 
my  heart  was  bad.  Last  winter,  when  the  rain  came  and 
we  were  all  starving,  it  was  still  bad.  Now  it  is  good.  1 
will  consent  to  live  here  one  year  more;  after  that  I  mu^i 
go  home." 

John  was  quite  in  earnest  in  his  determination  to  return 
to  Table  Rock,  and  by  his  incendiary  councils  kept  up  a 
spirit  of  unrest  and  rebellion  among  the  chiefs,  which 
caused  the  military  authorities  to  send  him  and  his  son  to 
San  Francisco  to  be  confined  in  Fort  Alcatraz.  When  the 
steamship  Columbia,  which  carried  them,  was  off  Hum- 
boldt bay,  they  made  an  attempt  to  take  the  vessel  that 
they  might  escape  to  their  beloved  country.  The  sergeant, 
Ml  whose  charge  they  were,  being  asleep  in  his  berth, 
about  one  o'clock  at  night  they  attempted  to  take  the 
revolver  with  which  he  was  armed,  but  awoke  him  in  the 
act.     In  the  struggle  which  ensued,  the  chief  throttling 


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INDIAN  WA^S  OF  OREGON 


the  gerKeaut  and  bis  son  endeavoring  to  disarm  him,  John 
forgot  his  prudence  and  gave  the  terrifying  war-whoop, 
whicli  startled  every  soul  on  board,  and  brought  officers 
and  passengers  to  the  scene.  A  fight  for  liberty  followed, 
in  which  a  couple  of  { assongers  were  wounded,  and  in 
which  the  young  chief  received  an  injury  which  caused 
him  to  lose  a  le<if.  After  a  residence  of  several  years  at 
Alcatraz,  John  was  pardoned  and  allowed  to  return  to  the 
reservation,  where,  as  he  expressed  it,  he  "  could  see  again 
his  wife  and  daughters,  who  would  tend  upon  him  and 
comb  his  hair." 


The  military  establishments  which  were  erected  to  guard 
and  control  the  Indians  subsequent  to  their  removal  to  the 
reservation,  were  Fort  Sheridan  at  the  Grand  Rond  reser- 
vation in  Yamhill  county,  which  was  abandoned  in  a  few 
years,  or  as  soon  as  the  Indians  on  this  reserve  could  bo 
removed  to  the  Siletz;  a  blockhouse  at  the  Siletz  agency 
where  a  "corporal's  guard"  was  stationed;  Fort  Hoskins 
in  King's  valley,  Benton  county,  thirty  miles  from  the 
agency,  where  a  full  company  was  stationed,  and  Fort 
Umpqua,  at  the  mouth  of  Umpqua  river,  where  it  was 
placed  to  intercept  lugitives  escaping  from  the  reservation, 
as  well  as  to  look  after  some  still  uncaptured  bands,  whose 
depredations  upon  settlers  and  wars  among  themselves 
were  disquieting  to  the  white  inhabitants.  At  the  latter 
post  were  stationed  at  diflerent  times  Major  Scott  and 
Lieutenants  Loraine,  Piper,  and  Harding,  the  latter  be- 
coming a  general  in  the  civil  war. 

The  post  at  Port  Orford  was  maintained  for  a  year  or 
two.  As  late  as  March,  1858  the  miners  and  settlers  at 
and  near  the  mouth  of  Rouge  river  petitioned  Governor 
Curry  to  "recognize"  a  company  of  Gold  Beach  guards, 
consisting  of  nineteen  men  under  the  command  of  Elisha 
H.  Meservey,  which  company  was  formed  to  protect  the 
white  inhabitants  from  murder,  arson,  and  robbery  — 
crimes  being  committed  by  the  several  small  mountain 


THE  ROGUE  RIVER  WARS. 


419 


tribes  remaining  at  large.  TJiis  company  received  the 
approbation  of  the  governor,  serving  until  July. 

In  the  meantime,  the  Indian  superintendent  was  com- 
I)elled  to  call  upon  the  military  department  for  aid,  and 
Ivieutenant  Ihrie,  with  special  agent  William  Tichenor  of 
Port  Orford,  finally  succeeded  in  collecting  and  forcing 
ui>on  the  reservation  tliese  roving  savages.  On  the  march 
of  Lieutenant  Ihrie's  supply  train  from  Pistol  river,  where 
he  was  encamped,  to  Crescent  City  for  provisions,  the  escort 
was  attacked  and  one  soldier  and  ten  animals  killed. 
Tichenor,  with  a  considerable  number  of  prisoners,  was 
waiting  for  an  escort  to  the  reservation;  but  Ihrie  being 
unable  to  furnish  it,  and  the  Indians  being  very  restless, 
set  out  with  a  small  party  to  conduct  them  out  of  the 
dangerous  vicinity.  Above  Rogue  river  the  prisoners  at- 
tempted an  escape,  and,  in  the  struggle  for  the  mastery, 
fifteen  of  them  were  killed. 

In  his  report  to  the  superintendent,  Tichenor  says :  "  They 
had  eight  days  previously  come  off  the  war  path,  having 
killed  the  remainder  of  the  Sebanty  band.  They  stated 
the  facts  to  me,  telling  me  how  they  killed  two  little  boys 
of  the  band  by  throwing  them  into  the  river;  describing 
their  struggling  for  life  in  the  water,  and  how  tliey  beat 
tliem  under  with;  stones.  They  were  the  most  desperate 
and  murderous  of  all  the  Indians  on  the  coast.  As  they 
never  intended  to  surrender  or  go  on  the  reservation  fifteen 
of  them  were  killed  and  two  wounded.  *  *  *  Ten  men 
and  twenty-five  women  and  children  yet  remain  in  that 
country,  and  I  am  ready  to  make  further  efforts  to  capture 
them,  or  induce  them  to  go  on  the  reservation  should  you 
again  desire  my  services." 

On  the  second  of  July,  1858,  ('aptain  Meservey  of  the 
Gold  Beach  volunteers  wrote  to  adjutant-general  of  Oregon: 
"The  last  of  the  red  men  have  been  captured  and  shot, 
only  women  and  children  spared,  and  they  are  en  route 
for  the  reserve.  All  further  apprehension  of  danger  is  at 
an  end, and  this  portion  of  Oregon  will  rest  in  tranquility."' 


420 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


Thus  ended  the  Indian  wars  in  this  quarter  of  Oregon. 
'J'hey  were  unavoidable.  They  laid  waste  the  homes  of 
white  and  red  men  alike;  but  the  white  race  was  com- 
pelled to  make  good  its  own  and  its  enemy's  losses,  and 
while  it  ploughed  and  planted  and  built,  the  Indians  were 
fed,  nursed,  and  taught.,  so  far  as  they  would  be.  When  a 
large  proportion  had  died  off,  who  were  unfit  to  live,  the 
remainder  began  a  new  growth  and  increase  in  numbers. 
The  children  born  on  the  reservation  know  no  othf>r  home, 
and  even  their  elders  are  at  length  content,  living  a  half 
civilized  life,  which,  compared  with  their  former  nomadic 
existence,  is  one  of  indolent  ease. 


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THE  YAKIMA  WAR. 


CHAPTER  I. 


Extent  OP  the  Hostile  Conferation  in  Oregon  andWashinoton  — The  Yakimas 
Murder  Miners— Death  op  Boi.an— Kamiakin's  Confession  to  a  Spy— Thk 
Preparations  koh  War  — Acting  (Jovernor  Mason  op  Washington  Territory 
Makes  a  Requisition  Upon  the  United  States  Foat»<  — Major  Hai.i.er  is  Or- 
dered Into  the  Yakima  Country  — His  Battle  and  Defeat  — Comments  op 
Oeneral  Wool— Reenforcements  and  Volunteers  Called  For  — Action  of 
Governor  Curry —A  Regiment  Called  Out  by  Proclamation- Major  Rains' 
Campaign- Kamiakin's  Letter  — Rains'  Reply- Wool's  Remarks  on  Rains' 
Campaign  —  Indifference  of  thk  Regular  Army  to  the  Peril  op  Governor 
Stevens  —  Olney's  Futile  Attempt  to  Prevent  the  Walla  Wallas  and  Cay- 
uses  Joining  Kamiakin— His  Order  to  the  Settlers  — Raymond's  Letter  to 
THE  Volunteer  Commander  —  Fort  Walla  Walla  Df.stroyed  With  all  its 
Contents  — Curry's  View  of  His  Duty  — Organization  of  the  First  Regiment 
OF  Oregon  Mounted  Volunteers— Occupation  op  the  Wali.a  Walla  Valley 
iiv  Oregon  Forces- The  Bati'LE  op  Walla  Walla  — Killing  ok  Pku-peu-mox- 
MOT  — Indignities  Inflicted  on  His  Body— End  op  Four  Days'  Fighting- Thk 
Indians  Retire— l-ossES  ON  Both  Sides— Fort  Bennett  Erected— Safe  Ar- 
rival OP  Governor  Stevens  at  the  Fort  — His  Course  With  the  Cieur 
d'Alenes,  Spokanfj',  and  Nfj!  Perces  — Looking  Glass  Treacherous— Success- 
ful Councils— Resignation  OF  Nesmith— Tiios.  Cornelius  Chosen  Colonel  — 
The  Regiment  Recruited- Hard  Fare— Fight  With  the  Yakimas— Loss  or 
Mounts— Regiment  Disbanded  — Batt a uon  of  Oregon  Rangers  Organized. 


The  commencement  of  the  Rogue-river  war  was  not  by 
any  means  a  merely  local  disturbance,  but  was  a  part  of  a 
widely  extended  effort  of  the  Indians  of  Oregon,  and  also 
of  Washington,  to  rid  themselves  of  the  presence  of  the 
white  race.  A  comparison  of  dates  shows  a  widespread 
combination  of  the  tribes,  from  the  Siskiyou  mountains  in 
the  south,  to  the  southern  boundary  of  British  Columbia 
in  the  north;  and  from  the  waters  of  the  Pacific  on  the 
west,  to  the  springs  of  the  Columbia  on  the  east.  Every- 
where was  discontent,  jealousy,  and  hatred  of  the  superior 
and  encroaching  civilization.  That  there  was  reason  for 
much  of  the  discontent  in  treaties  compulsarily  made, 
tardily  ratified,  and  fraudulently  executed,  cannot  be  de- 

(428) 


424 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


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uied;  nor  that  the  fault  was  with  the  government  rather 
than  with  the  people.  Every  interest  of  the  people  in  the 
first  instance  was  in  favor  of  peace;  but  the  peace  once, 
nay  many  times,  broken,  the  preservation  of  their  lives 
and  property  forced  upon  them  the  alternative  of  war, 
even  to  extermination,  the  end  of  which  was,  as  we  have 
seen,  first  conquest,  and  finally  banishment  for  the  inferior 
race.  And  all  this,  no  matter  where  the  responsibility 
rested,  was  in  consonance  with  that  law  of  nature  which 
decrees  the  survival  of  the  fittest. 


About  at  the  date  of  the  outbreak  in  the  Rogue-river 
valley,  several  citizens  of  the  Puget  sound  region  traveling 
to  the  Colville  mines  through  the  country  of  the  Yakimas, 
were  murdered  by  that  tribe.  The  apology  offered  for 
their  conduct  subsequently  was  a  story  of  outrages  perpe- 
trated upon  their  women  by  these  men — a  story  never 
believed  by  their  acquaintances  at  home,  and  never  proven. 
Other  small  parties  were  also  murdered. 

As  soon  as  the  news  of  these  murders  reached  sub-Indian 
agent  A.  J.  Bolan,  who  was  on  his  way  to  the  Spokane 
country  to  meet  Governor  Stevens,  who,  it  will  be  remem- 
bered, had,  after  the  council  of  Walla  Walla,  continued 
making  treaties  with  the  northern  tribes  of  east  Washing- 
ton and  Montana,  he  turned  back  to  investigate  the  matter. 

From  The  Dalles  he  proceeded  to  the  Ahtanahm  Cath- 
olic mission,  near  which  Kamiakin  had  his  home,  to  learn 
from  the  chief  himself  the  truth  or  falsity  of  the  report. 
In  order  to  show  his  confidence  in  the  good  disposition  of 
the  Yakimas,  he  traveled  unattended,  and  consequently 
only  Indian  evidence  was  obtainable  of  what  occurred 
between  the  agent  and  the  chief.  It  was  said  that  the 
latter  was  insolent  and  threatening,  and  that  Skloom,  the 
brother  of  Kamiakin,  informed  Bolan  that  a  council  of 
war  had  been  held  in  Grand  Rond  valley,  at  which  he, 
and  Lawyer  of  the  Nez  Perces,  had  spoken  in  favor  of 
peace.    The  liaughtiness  and   unfriendly  manner  of  the 


THE    YAKIMA   WAR. 


425 


chief  were  said  to  have  annoyed  Bolan,and  that  lie  threat- 
ened in  his  turn  the  punishment  of  the  liostile  Indians  by 
tlie  United  States  government.  However  that  may  have 
been,  Bolan  was  murdered  by  a  nephew  of  Kamiakin,  son 
of  his  half-brother  Owhi,  who,  wliile  pretending  to  escort 
him,  killed  both  the  agent  and  his  horse,  and  burned  the 
))odie9,  together  with  everything  belonging  to  either. 

Bolan  not  appearing  at  The  Dalles  at  the  expiration  of 
a  sufficient  time  for  his  business,  Nathan  Olney,  agent  at 
that  place,  dispatched  a  friendly  Des  Chutes  chief  as  a  spy 
to  discover  the  cause  of  the  delay.  To  this  chief  Kamiakin 
confided  his  intention  and  ability  to  carry  on  a  war  against 
the  white  race,  stating  that  he  was  prepared  to  fight  for 
five  years  if  all  were  not  sooner  killed;  and  that  the  tribes 
which  refused  to  join  him  would  be  treated  as  enemies, 
and  killed  or  enslaved.  Father  Brouillet  also  wrote  to 
Mr.  Olney  that  ever  since  the  treaty  council  in  the  spring, 
war  had  been  the  absorbing  topic  among  the  Indians 
about  the  Ahtanahm  mission.  '  ■ 

That  the  Yakimas  were  prepared  for  war  was  ascertained 
to  be  quite  true,  large  stores  of  powder  having  been  pur- 
chased notwithstanding  the  legislative  act  against  selling 
arms  and  ammunition  to  the  Indians,  and  everything 
pointed  to  a  combination  of  several  powerful  tribes,  in- 
cluding the  hitherto  friendly  Walla  Wallas,  and  the 
Spokanes. 

Rumors  continued  to  come  in  of  murders  committed 
upon  persons  going  to  or  returning  from  the  Colvillo 
mines,  which  being  confirmed,  towards  the  last  of  Septem- 
ber acting  Governor  Mason  of  Washington  Territory 
made  a  requisition  upon  Forts  Steilacoom  and  Vancouver 
for  troops  to  protect  the  travel  upon  this  route.  This 
requisition  was  honored  by  Major  Rains,  in  charge  of 
Vancouver,  ordering  Brevet-Major  Haller  of  The  Dalles 
into  the  Yakima  country  with  a  force  of  about  one  hun- 
dred men  and  a  howitzer,  to  cooperate  with  a  force  of  fifty 
men  under  Lieutenant  W.  A.  Slaughter  from  Steilacoom. 


II 


426 


INDIAN  WAliS   OF  OREOON. 


This  force  was  not  sent  to  punish  the  Indians,  but  to 
"inquire  into"  the  cause  of  Kamiakin's  hostility;  and 
General  Wool,  in  May  following,  in  a  letter  to  the  National 
Intelligencer,  charged  Haller  with  "proceeding  on  his 
mission  without  the  precautions  necessary  against  savage 
warfare," — certainly  a  contradiction  of  terms.  Just  as 
certainly  Haller  did  not  expect  so  soon  to  find  the  Yaki- 
rnas  prepared  for  battle;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  the 
civil  authorities  of  Oregon  and  Washington  felt  great 
anxiety  for  the  fate  of  the  expedition,  as,  should  it  fail,  a 
long  war  might  be  apprehended. 

About  sixty  miles  from  The  Dalles,  which  post  he  had 
left  on  the  second  of  October,  just  as  his  command  was 
emerging  from  a  deep  ravine  on  Tisco  river,  Mailer  found 
himself  confronted  on  the  afternoon  of  the  sixth  by  fifteen 
hundred  Indians,  who  attacked  him.  The  battle  con- 
tinued until  night,  when  he  gained  possesdion  of  a  hill, 
where  he  remained  surrounded;  the  battle  being  renewed 
on  ^he  morning  of  the  seventh,  and  lasting  all  that  day, 
the  troops  being  without  water,  and  with  little  food. 
During  the  second  night  a  courier  was  dispatched  to  The 
Dalles  for  reenforcements,  and  to  apprise  Major  Rains  of 
the  situation  of  Mailer's  command. 

Towards  evening  of  the  third  day,  the  suffering  from 
thirst  being  unbearable,  the  cavalry  horses  and  pack  ani- 
mals were  allowed  to  go  free  to  find  water  and  grass,  only 
as  many  horses  as  were  necessary  to  move  the  wounded 
and  the  ammunition  being  retained.  Preparations  were 
also  made  to  retreat  towards  The  Dalles;  the  howitzer  be- 
ing spiked  and  buried,  and  the  baggage  and  provisions 
burned.  The  command  was  organized  in  two  divisions, 
the  advance  under  Halier  with  the  wounded,  and  the  rear 
under  Captain  Russell,  acting  as  guard.  With  character- 
istic indetermination,  the  Indians  had  withdrawn  to  a 
sufficient  distance  to  allow  of  such  a  movement;  and  but 
for  the  guide  in  the  darkness  having  led  the  advance  ofi' 
the  trail,  so  that  fires  had  to  be  lighted  to  signal  the  rear 


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THE    YAKIMA    WAR, 


guard,  the  departure  of  the  tntops  might  not  have  been 
discovered.  The  fires  having  betrayed  their  flight  to  the 
Indians,  and  not  having  been  seen  by  Captain  Russell, 
Haller,  with  only  half  his  command,  was  compelled  to 
keep  up  a  running  fight  to  within  twenty-five  milos  of  The 
Dalles,  where  he  was  met  by  Lieutenant  Day  of  the  third 
artillery,  with  forty-five  men,  who  proceeded  to  the  border 
of  the  Yakima  country,  and  a  block  house  was  erected  on 
the  Klickitat  river.  Slaughter's  command  from  Fort 
Steilacoom  crossed  the  Cascades  by  the  Nachess  pass;  but 
finding  a  large  force  of  Indians  in  the  field,  and  learning 
that  Haller  had  been  defeated,  fell  back  to  the  west  side  of 
the  mountains.  The  loss  sustained  by  Haller  was  five 
men  killed  and  seventeen  wounded,  besides  a  large  amount 
of  property  destroyed,  abandoned,  and  captured.  As  well 
as  could  be  ascertained,  forty  Indians  were  killed. 

The  reiinforcement  called  for  by  Haller  was  one  thou- 
sand men.  The  regular  force  irameduitely  sent  out  was 
three  mountain  howitzers,  three  hundred  and  fifteen  artil- 
lery and  infantry,  and  nineteen  officers.  It  was  at  this 
juncture  of  army  affairs  that  Captain  Fitzgerald,  as  before 
mentioned,  was  ordered  from  Fort  Lane,  where  he  was 
needed,  to  take  station  at  The  Dalles  for  its  protection  in 
the  absence  of  the  garrison.  Captain  M.  Malony  was 
ordered  to  the  field  from  Fort  Steilacoom,  leaving  only  a 
few  men  to  guard  the  families  at  that  point.  Lieutenant 
Williamson's  escort  of  nineteen  dragoons,  which  was  at 
Vancouver,  was  also  pressed  into  the  service  under  com- 
mand of  Lieutenant  Phil.  Sheridan.  But  all  these  recruits 
did  not  .suffice  to  make  a  force  equal  to  that  demanded; 
and  Major  Rains  called  upon  Governor  Mason  for  two 
companies,  and  upon  Governor  Curry  for  four  companies 
of  volunteers,  to  take  the  field  as  fast  as  raised  and 
equipped.  At  Vancouver  there  were  only  enough  arms  to 
equip  two  Oregon  companies,  the  other  two  being  required 
to  find  arms  and  equipments  wherever  they  could.  Gov 
ernor  Mason  applied  to  the  commanders  of  the  Decatur 


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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


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and  Jefferson  Davis,  two  government  vessels  in  Puget 
sound,  for  arms,  and  obtained  them,  and  the  Washington 
volunteers  were  stationed  at  various  points  west  of  the 
Cascades  for  the  defense  of  the  settlements,  except  one 
company  organized  to  go  to  the  relief  of  Governor  Stevens, 
ttill  in  the  Blackfoot  country. 

Although  Governor  Curry  d''^  not  refuse  to  furnish 
Kains  the  four  companies  asked  for,  being  satisfied  that 
a  hostile  ombination  existed  among  the  Indians  through- 
out the  northwest,  he  issued  his  proclamation  October 
eleventh  for  eight  companies,  tv;  act  independ-^ntly  of,  but 
in  conjunction  with  Major  Rains,  which  companies  he 
placed  in  the  field  as  rapidly  as  they  were  armed  and  sup- 
plied.    The  following  is  the  governor's  procki-iation : — 

Whereas  (^rtain  Itidiaus  have  been  guilty  of  the  commission  of 
erimlual  offenses,  and  have  coirib!ned  and  are  now  engaged  in  hos- 
tilities that  threattm  the  pea<!e  and  security  of  the  frontier  settle- 
ments ;  and  the  chief  in  conniiaud  of  the  military  force  of  TJnlted 
Bt&te.'i  in  this  district  iiavinjr  made  x  requisition  upon  the  executive 
of  this  territory  for  a  volunteer  force  to  aid  in  suppressing  the 
attiicKs  of  said  hodtile  Indians:  I  issue  this  my  iiroclamation  call- 
ing for  eight  companies  of  mounted  voluntajrs  lo  remain  in  force 
until  duly  dischargtid  ;  each  company  to  consiHt  of  one  C4ipi>iin,  one 
fust  lieutenant,  one  second  lieutenant,  four  strgeauts,  four  corporals, 
and  sixty  privates,  each  volunteer,  if  j;  »8sible,  to  furnish  his  own 
liorst^,  arms,  and  etiuipments;  each  coiupany  to  elect  its  own  offl- 
«>i,i ,  and  rendezvous  without  delay  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Wili- 
aniett*  river,  opposite  Pfrtland,  where  they  will  be  mustered  into 
service  on  rejwrting  to  th.    idjytant'general  of  the  territory. 

The  following  numed  counties  n^e  expected  to  make  up  the 
numbttr  of  men  wanted,  and  in  rider  to  facilitate  operations  the 
subjoinwl  named  gentlemen  are  resi)e<*tfully  njquested  to  act  an 
enrolhng  otHcers  in  their  i-eapefitive  counties  :  — 

Multnomah  county,  one  company,  Hhubrick  Norris  ;  Clackamas 
cour.ty,  one  (jompany,  A.  F  He<lges  ;  Washington  county,  one(jora- 
pany,  W.  8.  Caldwell ;  Yarihill  oounty,  one  company,  A.  J.  Hem- 
bree;  Marl*  u  county,  one  company,  L.  F.  (Jrovor;  Polk  county,  one 
company,  Fred  Waynire;  I.iun  county,  ouewmipany,  L.  8.  Helm; 
Wawco  county,  one  company,  O.  Humascii.  The  last  named  com- 
pany will  organize  at  The  Dalles,  and  rejvjrt  in  writing  to  the  adju- 
tant-general. 

Cur  fellow-citizens  who  may  be  In  poasession  of  anus,  rifle«, 
musket>i,  and  revolv»>^,  are  most  eariies tly  desired  to  turn  them  over 


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429 


to  assistant  Quartermaster-Generul  A.  Zeiber,  or  his  agent,  in  order 
that  they  may  be  ap})raiseil,  and  supply  a  deficiency  that  is  most  seri- 
ously experienced. 

Given  under  my  hand  at  Portland,  this  eleventh  day  of  October, 
A.  I).  1855. 

By  the  governor :  Gko.  L.  Curry, 

Bknjamin  F.  Harding, 

Secretary  of  the  Territory  of  Oregon. 

Un  tho  thirtieth  of  October,  Major  Raius  marched  for 
the  Yakima  country  with  all  the  regular  troops  on  the 
Columbia  and  north  of  it,  being  reenforced  also  by  two 
companies  of  volunteers  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  and  on  tho  fourth  of  November  was  joined  by 
Colonel  J.  W.  Mesmith,  with  four  companies  of  independ- 
ent Oregon  volunteers,  the  combined  forces  arriving  in  the 
heart  of  the  Yakima  country  on  the  seventh,  and  doing 
some  skirmishing  on  the  eighth.  But  now  that  the 
Indians  were  confronted  with  equal  numbers,  they  were 
more  coy.  Their  horses  being  fresh  could  carry  them 
faster  in  flight  than  the  horfss  of  the  cavalry  could  follow 
in  pursuit.  Being  driven  up  the  Yakima  to  where  tho 
river  flows  through  a  gap,  they  took  a  position  well  forti- 
fied upon  the  heights,  but  upon  being  charged  by  the 
regular  troops  under  Haller  and  Captain  Augur,  hurriedly 
evacuated  it,  leaving  it  in  their  possession. 

On  the  tenth,  skirmishing  was  renewed,  when  Major 
Armstrong  of  the  Oregon  volunteers,  with  the  company 
of  Captain  Hayden,  and  part  of  Captain  Kelly's'  company 
under  Lieutenant  Ilanna,  made  an  attempt  to  surround 
and  charge  the  Indians  in  a  defile  of  the  hills,  but  owing 
to  a  misunderstanding  the  charge  was  made  at  the  wrong 
point  and  failed,  the  Indians  escaping  among  the  rocks 
and  trees. 

The  troops  now  moved  on  to  the  Ahtanahtn  mission, 
which  was  found  deserted,  but  where  Major  Rains  re- 
ceived a  letter  from  Kamiakin,  written  by  the  hand  of 


'  After  the  eloctlon  of  Kelly  to  be  lieutenant-colonel,  Samnel  B.  Staffotd  com- 
manded this  company. 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Father  Pandozy,  missionary,  in  which  the  chief  made 
overtures  of  friondfihip,  on  his  own  terms.  As  a  j>art  of 
tlie  history  of  the  conduct  of  the  war,  the  reply  of  Major 
Rains  to  Kaminkin  is  here  presented: — 


Hkadqijakters  Yakima  E\i'KDiTtoN,        "| 
Roman  Catholic  Mission,  November,  13,  1865./ 
K(im-i-nh-kii),  lluin  Tyce  of  the  Yakima  Indiann  : 

Yotir  talk  by  Padre  Pan-Jozy  is  just  received.  You  know  mo, 
and  1  know  you.  You  came  among  the  white  jieople  and  to  my 
liou»o  at  The  Dalles  with  Padre  Pandozy  and  gave  me  a  horse, 
wiiioh  I  did  not  take,  as  Pan-a-wok  had  given  liieutenant  W<xi(l 
another  horse  for  hitn.  You  came  in  peace  —  we  ooine  in  war.  A  nd 
why?  Because  your  land  has  drunk  the  blood  of  the  white  man, 
and  the  Great  Spirit  re<iuires  it  at  your  hand. 

You  make  the  sign  of  the  crosH,  and  pray  to  the  (Jod  of  truth  for 
mercy,  and  yet  you  lie  when  you  say  you  "  were  very  quiet,  the 
Americans  were  our  friends;  our  hearts  were  not  for  war,"  until 
(lovernor  Stevens  changed  your  feelings ;  for  long  before  tlie  treaty, 
wliich  you  agreed  to,  you  proposed  to  the  Walla  Walla  chief,  Peu- 
peu-mox-niox,  to  go  to  war,  and  kill  oil"  all  the  whitos.  He  told  us 
so.  You  had  been  preparing  for  this  purpose  a  very  long  time;  i.nd 
your  people  agreed  with  the  Cayuses,  at  the  Walla  Walla  council, 
before  the  treaty  was  made,  to  murder  all  the  whites  there,  which 
was  only  prevented  by  the  Nez  Perct'^  dLsagreeing. 

You  know  that  you  murdered  whit«  men  going  to  the  mines  who 
hud  done  you  no  injury,  and  you  murder  all  persons,  though  no 
white  man  had  trespaased  upon  your  lands.  You  sent  me  a  delega- 
tion to  stop  Hamilton  and  Pierce  settling  in  your  country.  I  wrote 
them  a  letter,  and  they  left.  You  murc>ied  your  agent  Bolan  fix- 
tA-ilingyou  the  truth  — that  the  tnwps  would  come  uiM)n  you  for 
(htse  murders.  Has  his  death  prevented  their  coming?  I  sent  a 
handful  of  soldiers  into  your  country  to  inquire  into  the  factw.  ft 
was  not  expe'^ted  that  they  should  fight  you,  and  they  did  right  to 
return  nack.  Your  foul  deeds  were  seen  l\v  the  eye  of  the  Great 
Spirit,  who  saw  Cain  when  he  killed  his  brother  Abel,  and  cursed 
him  for  it.  Fugitives  and  vagabonds  shall  you  also  l)e,  all  that 
remain  of  you,  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  as  well  as  all  who  aid  or 
»mui  you,  until  you  are  gone. 

You  say  now,  "  if  we  will  be  <juiet,  and  make  friendship  you  will 
not  war  with  us,  but  give  a  piece  of  land  to  all  the  triln-s."  We  will 
not  lie  (piiet,  but  war  forever,  until  not  a  Yakima  breathes  in  the 
land  ho  calls  his  own.  The  river  only  will  we  let  retain  this  name 
to  show  to  all  people  tliat  here  the  Yakimas  once  lived. 

You  say  that  you  will  tight  us  with  thousands,  and  if  vanquished, 


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431 


those  of  you  that  remain  will  kill  all  your  women  and  children,  and 
then  the  country  will  t*  ours.  The  country  is  ours  already,  as  you 
must  see  from  our  assembled  army  ;  for  we  intend  to  occupy  it,  and 
make  it  too  hot  to  hold  you.  We  are  braves,  and  no  brave  makes 
war  with  women  and  children.  You  may  kill  them  as  you  say,  but 
we  will  not;  yet  we  are  thirsting  for  your  blood,  and  want  your 
warriors  to  meet  us,  and  tlie  warriors  of  all  tribes  wishing  to  help 
you,  at  once  to  come.  The  snow  is  on  the  ground,  and  the  crows 
are  hungry  for  food.  Your  men  we  have  killed  ;  your  horses  and 
your  cattlt  do  not  afford  them  enough  to  eat.  Your  people  shall  not 
catch  sjilmon  hcreiiftf  r  for  you,  for  I  will  stMid  soldiers  to  occupy 
your  fisheries,  and  fire  upon  you.  Your  cattle  and  your  horses, 
which  you  got  from  the  white  man,  we  will  hunt  up,  and  kill  and 
take  them  froHi  you.  Tlie  earth  which  drank  the  blof)d  of  the 
white  man,  shed  by  your  hands,  shall  grow  no  more  whtat  nor 
roots  for  you,  for  we  will  destroy  it.  When  the  cloth  that  makes 
your  clothing,  your  guns,  and  your  powder  are  gone,  the  white  man 
will  make  you  no  more.  We  looked  upon  you  as  our  children  and 
tried  to  do  yaw  good.  We  would  not  have  cheated  you.  The  treaty 
which  you  complain  of,  though  signed  by  you,  gave  you  too  much 
for  your  lands,  which  are  most  all  worthless  to  the  white  man  ;  hut 
we  are  not  sorry,  for  we  are  able  to  give,  and  it  would  have  benefited 
you.  After  you  signed  the  treaty  with  Governor  .Stevens  and  Gen- 
eral Palmer,  had  you  have  told  us  that  you  did  not  wish  to  abide  l)y 
it,  it  would  ha^e  lieen  listened  to.  We  wanted  to  instruct  y«)U  in 
all  our  learning ;  to  make  axes,  ploughs,  and  hoes  to  cultivate  the 
ground  ;  blankets  to  keep  you  from  the  cold  ;  steamboats  and  steam- 
wagons  which  fly  along  swifter  that  the  birds  fly,  and  to  use  the 
lightning  which  makes  the  thunder  in  the  heavens  to  carry  talk, 
and  serve  ivs  a  servant.  William  Chinoc/k  at  The  Dalles,  liawyur, 
chief  of  the  Ne/  Perc(^s,  Sticcas,  and  We-atti-natti-timine,  hia«  tyee 
of  the  ( "ayuses,  and  many  others  of  their  people,  can  tell  you  what 
I  say  is  true.  You,  a  few  people,  we  can  see  with  our  glasses  a  long 
way  oflT,  while  the  wiiites  are  as  the  stars  in  the  heavens,  or  leaves 
of  the  trees  in  summer  tlm;'.  Our  warriors  in  the  field  are  many, 
as  you  must  see  ;  hut  if  not  enough,  a  thousand  for  every  one  more 
will  be  sent  to  hunt  you,  and  to  k'll  you ;  and  my  kind  advice  to 
you,  as  you  will  sec,  is  to  scatter  yourselves  among  the  Indian  tril)es 
more  pea««abl(?,  and  there  forget  you  ever  were  Yakimas. 

G.  J.  Pains,  Major,  U.  S.  A. 
Brigadier-General  W.  T.,  commanding  troops  in  the  field. 


i 


Some  skirmishing  on  the  march  resulted  only  in  tlie 
loss  of  lifty-four  cavalry  liorses,  which  was  party  repaired 
by  captures  from  the  Indians.  Two  soldiers  were  drowned 
in  the  Yakima  rivei,  and  two  volunteers  of  Captain  Cor- 


432 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


'\  ■'•. 


neliiis'  company  wounded.  Snow  had  fallen  on  the  moun- 
tains to  a  depth  of  1  wo  or  three  feet,  and  the  Indians  being 
scattered,  Rains  returned  to  The  Dalles,  and  thence,  on  the 
twenty-fourth  of  November,  to  Vancouver,  to  report  to  Gen- 
eral Wool,  while  Colonel  Nesmith  proceeded  with  the  Ore- 
gon volunteers  to  Walla  Walla. 

General  Wool,  in  his  letter  to  the  National  Intelligence)', 
speaking  of  the  Yakima  campaign,  said  that  Rains  had 
ample  force,  without  the  volunteers,  to  have  defeated  all 
the  Indians  in  the  country,  but  that  the  major  "partaking 
somewhat  of  the  alarm  pervading  the  country,  increased 
and  stimulated  by  political  demagogues,"  called  for  two 
companies  from  Washington,  and  four  from  Oregon,  but 
that  Governor  Curry  called  for  a  regiment  which  was  not, 
nor  any  part  of  it,  "in  any  sense  of  the  term,  necessary  to 
defend  the  inhabitants  of  Oregon."  Having  arraigned 
the  major  and  Oregon's  governor  in  these  very  positive 
terms,  he  explained  and  justified  his  own  course,  saying 
that  as  soon  as  he  was  informed  of  Major  Haller's  defeat, 
which  "created  great  excitement  and  alarm  throughout 
Oregon  and  Washington,  lest  all  the  Indian  tribes  in  the 
territories  should  at  once  combine  and  come  down  upon 
the  settlement,"  he  had  ordered  all  the  disposable  troops 
at  his  command  to  the  seat  of  war,  and  had  followed  in 
perron,  at  the  same  time  calling  upon  the  United  States 
government  "for  at  least  an  additional  regiment." 

In  this  connection  the  logical  reader  is  prone  to  inquire 
why  it  was  proper  for  the  army  to  believe  in  the  threatened 
danger  to  such  an  extent  as  to  need  another  regiment,  and 
not  the  governor  of  Oregon?  Months  must  pass  before 
the  regiment  from  the  east  could  be  placed  in  the  field, 
while  Oregon  could  place  one  there  in  ten  days'  time. 

The  general  further  related  that  he  arrived  at  Vancou- 
ver on  the  seventeenth  of  November,  having  been  detained 
on  the  passage  from  San  Francisco  eleven  days  by  gales, 
storms,  and  a  fire,  which  crippled  the  steamer  on  which 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


483 


he  had  taken  passage,  by  which  she  was  very  nearly  lost. 
He  was  anxious,  he  said,  to  establish  a  post  at  Walla 
Walla,  "in  order  to  prevent  a  war  against  the  Walla 
Wallas  by  the  troops  of  Governor  Curry;"  but  that  an 
inspection  of  the  government  troops  and  animals  dis- 
covered the  men  to  be  without  proper  clothing,  and  the 
animals,  owing  to  the  previous  expeditions  of  Haller  and 
Rains,  unfit  for  service.  Still  he  would  have  taken  posses- 
sion of  the  Walla  Walla  country  before  winter  set  in,  and 
directed  the  chief  quartermaster  to  procure,  if  possible, 
the  means  of  transportation;  but  thi.s  could  not  be  ob- 
tained without  great  expense  and  delay,  owing  to  the 
country  having  been  drained  of  resources  by  the  requisi- 
tions of  Governor  Curry,  which  compelled  him  to  bring 
wagons,  horses,  mules,  boats,  and  forage  from  California. 
Before  they  could  arrive  the  Columbia  river  was  closed  by 
ice,  and  communication  with  the  country  east  of  the 
mountains  cut  off,  while  he  was  himself  ice-bound  at 
Vancouver  for  three  weeks,  during  which  he  was  unable 
to  communicate  either  with  The  Dalles  or  San  Francisco. 
No  reference  was  made  to  the  fact  that  Governor  Stevens 
with  a  small  party  was  in  the  Blackfoot  or  CoDur  d'Alene 
country,  unable,  presumably,  to  come  through  the  hostile 
tribes  who  were  determined  upon  cutting  him  off;  nor  to 
the  fact  that  acting  (Jovernor  Masou  had  intimated  to  the 
military  authorities  at  Vancouver  that  he  desired  them  to 
do  something  for  the  relief  of  Stevens,  and  had  at  last 
caused  to  be  raised  a  company  for  this  purpose,  which  was 
commanded  by  special  Indian  agent  B.  F.  Shaw,  successor 
to  the  murdered  Bolan.  But  a  single  company  of  fifty 
men  could  not  go  through  the  hostile  countries,  and  there 
were  other  reasons  for  the  action  of  Governor  Curry  which 
the  general  ignored.  Wool,  against  the  earnest  protest  of 
Rains,  disbanded  the  company  raised  for  the  relief  of 
Stevens,  and  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  sending  a  courier  to  the  Blackfoot  country  to  ad- 
vise Stevens  to  return  to  Washington  territory  by  the  way 
of  New  York  and  the  Isthmus  of  Panama! 


434 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREOON. 


Not  all  of  this  was  known  to  Governor  Curry  when  he 
ordered  the  Oregon  troops  to  Walla  Walla,  but  he  in- 
cluded among  his  reasons  for  occupying  the  Walla  Walla 
country,  the  situation  of  the  governor  and  superintendent 
of  Indian  affairs  of  Washington  territory. 

On  learning  the  defeat  of  Haller  in  the  Yakima  country, 
Nathan  Olney,  sub-Indian  agent  at  The  Dallea,  hastened 
to  Walla  Walla,  in  order,  if  he  might,  to  prevent  a  com  ■ 
bination  of  the  Oregon  Indians  with  the  Yakimas,  ru- 
mors being  abroad  that  the  Walla  Wallas,  Cayuses,  and 
Des  Chutes  were  disaffected  and  unfriendly.  He  reported 
to  R.  R.  Thompson,  in  charge,  that  he  found  Peu-peu-mox- 
mox  encamped  on  the  north  side  of  the  Columbia,  which 
circumstance  he  construed  as  unfavorable,  although  by 
the  terms  of  the  treaty  the  chief  was  entitled  to  the  privi- 
lege of  occupying  a  trading  post  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Yakima  river  for  a  period  of  five  years;  or  for  a  period  of 
one  year  from  the  ratification  of  the  treaty,  of  occupying 
any  tract  in  possession  at  that  time.  As  the  treaty  had 
not  yet  been  ratified,  he  had  the  unquestioned  right  to 
reside  in  any  part  of  his  own  country  until  the  sale  was 
confirmed.  But  Olney  communicated  to  his  superior  that 
in  his  judgment  all  the  movements  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox 
indicated  a  determination  to  join  the  Yakimas  in  a  war 
against  the  white  race;  and  Thompson  agreed  with  him, 
because  the  Walla  Walla  chief  had,  in  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember, when  Bolan  was  killed,  declared  to  him  that  the 
Walla  Walla  valley  had  not  been  sold. 

Olney,  on  observing  these  signs,  resolved  to  remove  so 
far  as  possible  all  cause  of  hostilities  until  such  time  as 
the  United  States  government  should  have  fulfilled  its 
part  of  the  treaty  obligations,  and  to  remove  the  white  set- 
tlers out  of  the  country.  A  conference  being  held  with 
McKinlay,  Anderson,  and  Sinclair,  oJicers  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company,  it  was  decided  that  before  leaving  the 
country  a  large  amount  of  ammunition  in  store  at  the  fort 
should  bo  destroyed  to  prevent  it  from  falling  into  the 


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435 


hands  of  the  Indians,  which  was  accordingly  done  by 
throwing  it  into  the  Columbia  river,  Olney  giving  an 
official  receipt  for  it,  and  relieving  the  officer  in  charge, 
Mr.  James  Sinclair,  of  all  responsibility  for  its  loss.  The 
fort  contained  at  this  time  Hudson's  bay  goods  to  the 
amount  of  thirty-seven  thousand  dollars,  and  a  large 
amount  of  government  stores  left  there  by  Stevens  when 
he  proceeded  to  the  Blackfoot  country.  All  this  property 
was  placed  in  charge  of  a  friendly  Walla  Walla  chief,  and 
Olney  issued  the  following  order: — 

Fort  Walla  Walla,  October  12,  1855. 
To  the  Settlers  in  the  Walla  Walla  and  Umatilla  Vallej/n . 

I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  Indiana  in  this  vicinity  are  about  to 
join  in  the  war  commenced  upon  the  whites  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Columbia  by  the  Yaliimas  and  others.  In  view  of  such  an  event,  I 
have  written  to  tlie  commanding  officer  at  The  Dalles  for  a  military 
force  to  escort  you  out  of  the  country.  You  will,  therefore,  hold 
yourself  in  readiness  to  go  on  the  arrival  of  such  escort.  Mean- 
while, you  will  take  such  precautionary  steps  as  seem  to  you  best 
calculated  to  insure  your  safety  until  the  arrival  of  said  force. 

I  do  not  deem  it  advisable  to  make  a  rush,  all  at  once,  to  get  out 
of  the  country,  as  it  would  cause  an  alarm  among  the  Indians  that 
might  cause  an  immediate  outbreak. 

Nathan  Olney, 
Indian  Agent. 

Two  days  later  the  following  letter  was  sent  to  the  com- 
mander of  the  volunteer  force  supposed  to  be  en  route  to 
the  Walla  Walla  valley,  where  the  dispatch  was  dated : — 

November  14,  1855. 
Bib:  However  urgent  and  important  the  news  I  have  to  com- 
municate, I  almost  despaired  to  dispatch  any  from  want  of  hands 
who  were  willing  to  risk  life  at  this  critical  time ;  but  Mr.  McBean 
came  to  my  assistance  and  oflFered  the  services  of  his  son  John,  who, 
in  company  with  another  man,  will  be  the  bearer  of  this.  The 
news  is  gloomy  and  very  different  from  what  I  had  reason  to  expect 
when  I  left  The  Dalles  on  my  way  hHher.  Serpent  Jaune  { Peu-peu- 
mox-mox)  has  shown  his  lolors,  and  is  a  declared  foe  to  the  Ameri- 
cans. He  jas  taken  possession  of  the  fort  and  pillaged  it,  govern- 
ment as  well  as  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  property;  has  placed 
himself  on  the  south  side  of  the  Walla  Walla  river,  on  the  hills, 
guarding  the  road  with  a  force,  it  is  said,  of  a  thousand. 


436 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON 


I 


The  young  men  on  the  Umatilla  river  are  disposed  for  war,  and 
John  Whitford  and  Tolman  Instigate  them  to  it.  The  chiefs  of  that 
place,  at  least  the  majority  of  them,  are  on  the  balance,  and  have 
not  yet  decided;  but  Stockalah  and  Welaptelekt,  with  their  people, 
have  joined  the  Cayuses,  and  are  doing  all  in  their  power  to  have 
them  join  against  the  Americans.  The  chiefs  of  this  valley  have 
remained  firm  and  will  not  join  the  unfriendly  Indians.  Their  con- 
duct, since  Mr.  Olney's  departure,  has  been  praiseworthy,  and  did 
all  they  could  to  prevent  Mr.  Brooks'  house  from  being  burned  and 
pillaged,  but  in  vain.  The  chief,  Howlish  Wampool,  did  it  at  the 
risk  of  his  life. 

Two  Nez  Perc<^  chiefs  now  here,  Joseph  and  Red  Wolf,  desire  me 
to  tell  you  thpt  all  their  triiie  is  for  peace;  that  they  will  sufTer  nn 
liostile  Indians  to  remain  among  them.  In  justice  to  Pierre  (Walla 
Walla  chief),  I  beg  to  say  that  he  stuck  to  liis  charge  until  forced 
away  by  Serpent  Jaune  and  his  people,  but  not  until  they  had  robbed 
three  difTerent  times  out  of  the  fort.  He  was  alone,  and,  of  course, 
could  not  prevent  them.  As  affairs*  stand,  it  is  my  liumbie  opinion 
that  It  might  not  be  prudent  to  make  your  way  hither  with  the 
force  at  your  command  of  one  hundred  and  flfty  men.  I  have  re- 
quested the  bearers  of  this  dispatch  to  proceed  to  The  Dalles  with 
the  letters  to  the  respective  addresses  of  Messrs.  Olney  and  Noble; 
and  placed  as  we  are,  a  mere  handful  of  men,  destitute  of  ammuni- 
tion, the  sooner  assistance  is  tendered  to  us  the  better,  for  Serpent 
Jaune  daily  threatens  to  burn  our  houses  and  to  kill  us,  and  he  is 
not  the  only  enemy  r/e  have  to  dread. 

In  haste,  I  remain,  sir,  respectfully,  yotir  obedient  humble  servant, 

Narcisse  Raymond, 
The  commander  in  charge  coming  to  Fort  Walla  Walla. 


Such  was  the  information  sent  by  a  French  resident  of 
Walla  Walla  valley,  one  of  the  settlers  who  had  been 
warned  by  Agent  Olney  to  leave  the  country  as  soon  as 
an  escort  should  be  furnished  them.  To  do  so  before  would 
precipitate  the  Indians  upon  them  in  force,  whereas  while 
they  kept  quiet,  the  hostiles  were  kept  within  the  bounds 
of  robbery  and  arson.  But  that  robbery  and  arson  were 
the  customary  introduction  to  bloody  warfare  was  too  well 
understood  to  be  disregarded.  Nor  would  a  force  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  men  be  a  sufficient  guard  to  remove  the 
settlers  in  eafet},  or  even  to  enter  the  country  in  safety. 
Yet,  when  this  information  reached  The  Dalles,  there  was 
not  even  that  number  of  troops  at  this  post,  Major  Rains 


THE    YAKIMA    WAR. 


437 


having  taken  with  him  to  the  Yakima  country  all  of  his 
available  force.  Even  when  Major  Fitzgerald,  who  had 
been  ordered  from  Fort  Lane  had  arrived,  he  added  only 
fifty  dragoons  to  the  strength  of  the  array  in  eastern 
Oregon. 

Either  protection  must  be  denied  the  friendly  chiefs, 
who  kept  the  treaty  and  obeyed  the  agent,  together  with 
the  French  and  American  settlers,  and  their  property,  as 
well  as  the  property  of  the  United  States  Indian  depart- 
ment, and  that  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  or  assis- 
tance must  be  immediately  rendered.  Also  the  country 
must  be  kept  open  so  that  not  only  Governor  Stevens  could 
return  to  his  capital,  but  miners  to  their  homes. 

These  motives  would  have  seemed  sufficient  for  the  gov- 
ernor of  Oregon  to  prompt  him  to  call  for  the  eight  com- 
panies, and  that  without  being  influenced  by  political 
demagoguery,  if  indeed  politics  can  be  kept  out  of  any  im- 
portant movement  by  any  government,  whether  national 
or  territorial.  It  was  objected  by  some  that  the  war  be- 
longed to  Washington  and  not  to  Oregon,  which  was  true, 
but  with  modifying  conditions.  The  northeast  boundary 
of  Oregon,  it  was  often  contended,  should  be  the  Snake 
river,  and  several  attempts  were  made  to  have  it  include 
at  least  the  whole  Walla  Walla  valley,  about  half  of  which 
lay  south  of  the  boundary  established  by  congress.  It 
was  peopled  by  settlers  from  the  Wallamet  valley,  and  the 
improvements  existing  had  been  made  by  Oregon  people. 
Again,  the  hostile  Cay  uses  belonged  to  the  Oregon  super- 
intendency,  their  reservation  being  upon  the  Umatilla 
river,  in  Oregon.  Thus,  aside  from  any  obligation  towards 
Stevens  on  the  score  of  courtesy  and  humanity,  the  gov- 
ernor of  Oregon  was  compelled  to  take  notice  of  the  de- 
mand for  assistance  coming  from  that  quarter. 

It  was  a  point  urged  against  the  Oregon  volunteers  that 
they  declined  to  be  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States;  but  had  they  done  so  they  would  have  been  pre- 
vented going  to  the  relief  of  the  country  where  their  services 


488 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


were  most  required.  It  was  also  a  point  urged  against 
Major  Rains  that  he  allowed  himself  to  be  commissioned 
brigadier-general  of  Washington  territory  by  acting  Gov- 
ernor Mason,  it  being  considered  by  Wool  beneath  the 
dignity  of  a  United  States  officer  to  accept  a  commission 
from  a  territorial  officer;  though  the  rank  of  each  was 
given  by  appointment  from  the  general  government;  and 
although  the  commission  was  necessary  to  give  the  com- 
mand of  the  Washington  volunters  to  a  major  of  the 
United  States  forces.  Oreg  jn  had  a  brigadier- general  of 
her  own,  and  all  the  other  officers  necessary  to  a  complete 
organization  of  her  militia,  with  no  motive  for  handing 
over  the  command  to  a  United  States  major. 

On  the  tenth  of  October,  Governor  Curry  wrote  the  fol- 
lowing letter  to  his  adjutant: — 


General  E.  M.  liamum  : 


At  Home,  Near  Butteville,       |^ 
October  10,  1855,  10  o'clock  P.  M.  j 


Deak  General  :  I  have  just  r(H*eived  inforiuation  lut  follows, 
inoetly  from  Humason  :  Major  Haller,  who  went  out  one  hundred 
men  against  tlie  Yakimas,  is  in  a  critical  position  in  the  tiimcoe  val- 
ley, being  surrounded  by  some  thousand  hostile  Indians.  He  had 
a  fight  with  them  and  lost  twelve  men.  They  have  him  nicely 
"corralled."  He  puslied  through  ir.  the  nighttime  an  express  to 
Major  Rains  for  help.  I  understand  the  major  has  made  a  requisi- 
tion on  me  for  help.  I  have  not  received  it,  as  it  probably  went  to 
Balem.  In  the  contingency  that  he  has  so  called,  or  that  the  settle- 
ments along  the  Columbia  may  be  in  danger  —  for  all  the  available 
force  ( regular  troops )  has  gone  to  the  assistance  of  Major  Haller, 
and  the  settlements  left  without  protection  may  be  an  inducement 
to  Indian  incursion  —  at  any  rate,  will  you  do  me  the  favor  to  come 
down  and  meet  me  at  Portland.  If  I  make  a  call  it  will  lie  to  ren- 
dezvous opposite  Portland,  and  I  would  wish  your  services  to  mus- 
ter the  men  into  service,  that  all  may  correctly  appear  of  record, 
and  not  in  the  loose  irregular  manner  that  the  business  has  been 
conducted  heretofore.  Let  me  refer  you  to  Terry,  who  may  have 
more  news  than  I  have  given  you. 

Haller  has  lost  all  his  horses  and  provisions.  You  will  readily 
perceive  that  this  will  embolden  the  Indians,  and  other  tribes  will 
Join  those  already  bostilely  arrayed,  and  a  protracted  Indian  war 
may  not  possibly  be  avoided.    I  should  be  pleased  to  see  you  with- 


THE    YAKIMA   WAR. 


489 


out  delay  at  Portland.    I  go  to  Oregon  City  this  evening,  and  to- 
morrow to  Portland. 

Yours  alwayH  sincerely,  Geo.  L.  Curry. 

The  men  of  The  Dalles,  where  Orlando  Humason  lived 
to  whom  Governor  Curry  /eferred  in  his  letter,  did  not 
wait  for  any  action  by  the  executive,  but  proceeded  Octo- 
ber ninth  to  organize  a  company  of  which  James  McAuliff 
was  chosen  captain.  It  was  not,  however,  mustered  into 
service  as  first  formed,  but  was  reorganized  under  Huma- 
son as  captain,  with  McAulifF  as  second  lieutenant,  on  the 
receipt  of  the  Governor's  proclamation. 

The  organization  called  into  the  field  by  Governor  Curry 
for  service  in  the  Yakima  war,  was  styled  the  "First  Regi- 
ment of  Oregon  Mounted  Volunteers,"  being  raibod  to  ten 
companies  through  ready  volunteering.  J.  W.  Nesmith, 
formerly  brigadier-general  of  Oregon,  was  chosen  colonel; 
James  K.  Kelly,  lieutenant-colonel;  Ambrose  N.  Arm- 
strong, senior  major;  and  Mark  A.  Chinn,  junior  major. 

The  facilities  for  moving  troops,  subsistence,  and  bag- 
gage into  the  Indian  country  east  of  the  Cascades  were 
scarcely  better  than  during  the  period  of  the  Cayuse  war. 
A  few  small  and  slow  steamers  had  been  placed  upon  the 
Columbia,  above  and  below  the  cascades,  which  were  used 
to  convey  troops  to  this  point,  whence  they  marched  by 
land  to  The  Dalles,  where  Nesmith  arrived,  as  we  have 
seen,  in  time  to  join  Rains  in  the  Yakima  country.  He 
was  followed  very  soon  by  three  companies  under  Major 
Chinn,  who  marched  from  The  Dalles  for  Walla  Walla  on 
the  twelfth  of  November.  At  Wells  springs  on  the  seven- 
teenth he  was  met  by  John  McBean  with  Raymond's 
letter,  informing  him  that  Fort  Walla  Walla  was  in 
possession  of  the  Indians,  and  that  the  force  of  Peu-peu- 
mox-mox  was  too  strong  to  be  encountered  by  one  hundred 
and  fifty  men. 

Acting  on  this  information.  Major  Chinn  proceeded  as 
far  as  the  Umatilla  river  and  encamped  to  await  reenforce- 
ments,  in  the  meantime  erecting  a  fortified  post.    This 


440 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


fortification,  which  he  named  Fort  Henrietta,  in  compli- 
ment to  the  wife  of  Major  Haller,  was  a  stockade  one  hun- 
dred feet  square,  built  of  large  split  timbers,  with  two 
bastions  of  round  logs,  and  outside  a  stock  corral  enclosed 
with  rails  found  on  the  ground. 

One  company,  under  Captain  C'onnoyer,  arrived  at  the 
fort  on  the  twenty-seventh,  and  on  the  twenty-ninth  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Kelly  arrived  with  the  companies  of  (/ap- 
tains  A.  V.  Wilson  and  Charles  Bennett,  making  in  all 
a  force  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  men.  Taking  the  com- 
mand, Kelly  moved  out  towards  Fort  Walla  Walla  on  the 
evening  of  the  second  of  December,  hoping  to  reach  the 
fort  and  surprise  the  Indians  before  sunrise;  but  a  heavy 
rain  having  come  on  and  continued  through  the  night, 
the  troops  were  unavoidably  delayed.  They  reached  Fort 
Walla  Walla  late  in  the  forenoon,  only  to  find  it  pillaged, 
the  interior  defaced,  and  the  robbers  escaped. 

On  the  morning  of  the  fourth,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Kelly, 
with  the  main  body  of  his  force,  but  without  baggage  or 
rations,  proceeded  to  and  up  the  Touchet  to  the  canon, 
to  if  possible  discover  the  location  of  the  Indians,  while 
Major  Chinu  was  ordered  to  march  to  the  mouth  of  the 
Touchet,  with  the  baggnge  train,  and  await  orders. 

The  division  commanded  by  Kelly,  on  reaching  the 
Touchet  fifteen  miles  above  its  mouth,  traveled  up  it  a 
short  distance,  when  a  party  of  about  seventy  Indians  was 
discovered  advancing  towards  him.  The  volunteers  gal- 
loped forward,  and  found  it  to  be  Peu-peu-mox-mox  with 
a  number  of  warriors,  one  of  whom  carried  a  flag  of  truce, 
A  halt  was  called  when  within  three  hundred  yards  of  the 
Indians;  and  Colonel  Kelly,  with  Mr.  Olney,  the  agent,  an 
•interpreter,  and  a  few  others,  went  forward  to  meet  them. 

The  interview  was  opened  by  the  chief  asking  why 
armed  men  had  come  into  his  country,  and  was  answered 
by  Colonel  Kelly  that  they  had  come  to  chastise  him  and 
his  people  for  wrongs  they  had  done  white  people.  Peu- 
peu-mox-mox  then  said  that  he  did  not  wish  to  fight,  and 


THE    YAKIMA    WAR. 


441 


that  he  had  done  uo  wrong.  When  Colonel  Kelly  men- 
tioned the  pillaging  and  destruction  of  Fort  Walla  Walla, 
the  seizing  of  the  government  property  left  there,  which 
he  had  divided  among  his  people,  the  robbery  and  burn- 
ing of  the  houses  of  Brooks,  Bumford,  Noble,  and  McKay, 
and  the  stealing  of  the  cattle  of  the  settlers,  he  ut  first 
denied  having  done  these  things,  but  finally  admitted  that 
these  were  acts  of  his  young  men,  whom  he  could  not 
restrain. 

When  told  that  the  C'ayuse  chief,  Howlish  Wampool, 
had  testified  to  seeing  him  distribute  the  goods  with  his 
own  hands,  and  had  witnessed  him  laying  out  a  pile  of 
blankets  as  an  inducement  to  the  Cayusos  to  join  in  a  war, 
he  made  no  reply  to  the  direct  charge,  but  offered  to  make 
his  people  restore  the  goods  so  far  as  he  was  able,  and 
cause  payment  to  be  made  for  the  rest.  He  was  informed 
that  this  would  not  be  sufficient,  but  that  in  addition  his 
people  must  surrender  their  arms  and  ammunition,  give 
the  troops  cattle  for  beef,  and  horses  to  remount  the  com- 
mand, and  enable  it  to  pursue  the  other  hostile  Indians. 

To  these  terms  Peu-peu-mox-mox  gave  his  assent,  prom- 
ising to  come  on  the  following  day  and  deliver  up  his 
arms.  But  Colonel  Kelly,  believing  from  his  deportment 
that  he  only  desired  time  to  remove  his  people,  and  would 
not  return  if  permitted  to  go,  answered  that  he  had  come 
to  wage  war  against  him;  that  for  him  to  rejoin  his  vil- 
lages would  be  to  invite  immediate  attack,  as  uo  credit 
was  given  to  his  assurances  that  he  would  return ;  but  that 
if  he  were  dealing  in  good  faith,  he  could  well  come  with 
him  and  remain  until  his  promises  were  fulfilled.  The 
interpreter  was  then  ordered  to  state  distinctly  to  him  that 
he  was  at  liberty  to  go  away  under  his  flag  of  truce;  but 
that  if  he  did  so,  he  would  be  subjecting  his  villages  to  an 
immediate  assault;  but  if,  on  the  other  hand,  he  chose, 
with  six  of  his  followers,  to  remain  with  the  army,  and 
fulfill  the  terms  of  his  proposed  treaty,  his  people  would 
not  be  molested.    Thus  hard  pressed,  the  haughty  chief 


442 


TNDL-r  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


reluctantly  consented  to  ^emain  as  a  hostage  for  the  fulfill- 
ment of  his  word  and  the  safety  of  his  people,  saying  that 
the  following  morning  he  would  take  the  troops  to  his 
village  and  arrange  the  business.  He  also  assured  the 
colonel  that  none  of  his  people  would  remove  during  the 
night.  A  guard  was  placed  over  him  and  his  six  men, 
and  the  command,  by  request  of  Uie  chief,  moved  towards 
his  village  to  find  some  beef  cattle,  the  men  having  had 
nothing  to  eat  al!  day.  On  the  march  the  sixty  or  more 
Walla  Walla  warriors  traveled  unmolested  with  the  troopr . 

After  marchin-^,'  about  a  half  a  mile  it  was  observed  that 
they  were  being  led  into  a  rugged  caiion  through  which 
flowed  the  Touchet,  in  which  the  village  of  the  chief  was 
situated;  and  being  already  quite  late  in  the  afternoon, 
it  was  deemed  imprudent  to  enter  a  ravine  where  a  sur- 
prise and  ambuiicade  might  be  in  store  for  them;  there- 
fore Kelly  marched  back  two  miles  to  an  open  place,  and 
encamped. 

At  night  Peu-peu-mox-mox  asked  permission  to  send 
one  of  the  six  men  with  him  to  apprise  liis  people  of  the 
terras  oi  ihe  proposed  treaty,  and  instruct  them  to  fulfi.1 
it,  which  request  was  granted.  But  the  messenger  failed, 
as  Kelly  had  anticipated,  to  return. 

On  the  morning  of  the  sixth.  Colonel  Kelly  marched 
with  his  command  to  the  village  in  the  ravine,  which  was 
found  deserted,  and  all  property  removed,  Uie  snowfall  of 
the  evening  before  s)iowing  that  the  removal  had  taken 
place  during  the  night.  All  the  Indians  in  siglit  were 
along  the  crest  of  the  distant  hills,  where  they  appeared 
armed,  and  watching  the  movements  of  the  volunteers. 
Every  eif  rt  was  made  by  a  flag  of  truce  to  induce  the 
Indians  to  comply  with  the  terms  agreed  upon  by  Peu- 
peu-mox-mox,  but  in  vain.  Failing  of  accomplishing 
anything  that  day,  and  without  the  prospect  of  doing  so 
at  all,  about  the  middle  of  the  afternoon  Kelly  proceeded 
down  to  the  mouth  of  the  Touchet  where  Chinn  was  en- 
camped, faking  with  him  bis  six  prisoners. 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


443 


Up  to  this  time  no  restraint  had  been  put  upon  the  chief 
or  his  associates  in  captivity;  but  one  of  them  attempting 
to  escape  during  the  night  of  the  sixth  they  were  ordered 
to  be  bound  with  cords,  but  wev^  unbound  in  the  morning, 
when  Colonel  Kelly  told  Peu-peu-mox-mox  that  he  had 
acted  in  bad  faith,  and  that  should  he,  or  any  of  the  other 
prisoners,  attempt  to  run  away,  he  or  the;;-  would  be  shot. 

At  an  early  hour  on  the  seventh,  the  Indians  commenced 
to  appear,  armed  and  mounted,  on  the  hills  half  a  mile 
from  camp;  but  it  was  not  even  then  expected  that  they 
would  attack,  and  the  command  prepared  leisurely  to 
march  to  Waiilatpu,  where  it  was  intended  to  establish 
headquarters.  When  one  or  two  companies  had  moved 
out  on  the  plain,  after  the  advance  guard,  the  Indians 
fired  ':.pon  some  men  driving  up  beef  cattle^  and  the  fire 
was  returned.  A  running  fight  then  ensued,  the  Indians 
being  driven  before  the  volunteers  for  ten  miles  to  the 
farmhouse  of  La  Roche,  a  French-Canadian,  two  miles 
below  Waiilatpu. 

The  forces  of  the  enemy  had  increased  all  day,  and  \y 
the  time  La  Roche's  cabin  was  reached  had  become  stub- 
born and  hard  to  move,  being  driven  at  the  point  of  the 
Ijayonet  only  a  short  distance  above.  Their  number  \.us 
variously  estimated  at  from  six  hundre  to  two  thousand, 
but  a  more  probable  est i mate  would  ^i  nee  it  at  one  thou- 
sand warriors,  and  an  indefinite  number  of  onlookers;  their 
yells,  and  the  noise  of  the  firing,  having  drawn  all  the  In- 
dians from  a  considerable  disL^mce  to  the  edges  of  the 
battle. 

Tiie  volunteers  wore  confined  between  the  Walla  Walla 
river  on  their  right  and  the  hills  on  their  left;  and  the  In- 
dians having  become  strong  enough  late  in  the  afternoon, 
formed  a  line  across  the  plain  to  prevent  the  advance  of 
the  troops,  extending  from  the  foothills  to  the  river,  and 
being  partly  covered  by  a  growth  of  shrubby  trees,  which 
served  as  a  shelter.  It  was  here  tliat  the  battle  raged 
hottest. 


444 


INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


"Their  purpose,"  says  one  who  was  present,  and  in  the 
thick  of  the  fight,^ "  was  to  leave  no  foes,  to  rise  behind 
them;  their  policy  was  the  policy  of  extermination;  their 
flags  were  the  scalps  of  our  people,  murdered  in  cold  blood, 
whose  gray  locks  floated  from  poles  raised  on  every  prom- 
inent point  on  the  hills  to  our  left,  with  a  squad  of  those 
bloody  fiends  dancing  the  war  dance  around  them.  From 
the  brush  on  the  plain  and  the  timber  on  the  river, 
they  poured  a  murder'^usi  fire  on  the  volunteers,  who  were 
compelled  to  fall  back.  Here  Henry  Crow  and  S.  S  Van 
Hagerman  fell,  mortally  wounded,  and  several  others  were 
wounded.  At  this  critical  moment,  Lieutenant  J.  M.  Bur- 
rows, with  a  small  detachment,  was  ordered  to  cross  the 
fence  that  surrounded  the  La  Roche  field,  and  charge 
upon  the  Indians  in  the  brush,  the  writer  being  one  of  the 
number  who  crossed.  When  only  a  few  steps  beyond  the 
fence  the  brave  Burrows  fell  dead,  and  Captain  Munson 
and  several  others  were  wounded.  A  dispatch  having 
been  sent  to  Captain  Wilson  of  company  A  to  come  for- 
ward, he  and  his  company  came  at  full  speed,  dismounted, 
and  with  fixed  bayonets  pushed  their  way  through  the 
brush,  driving  the  enemy  before  them.  In  a  short  time, 
Captain  Bennett,  with  company  F  was  on  hand,  and  with 
tliese  reenforcements,  the  Indians  were  driven  about  one 
mile  further  up  the  Walla  Walla  river,  where  they  took 
possession  of  a  house  witli  a  close-built  fence  around  it. 
In  attempting  to  dislodge  them,  Captain  Bennett  of  com- 
pany F,  and  Private  Kelso  of  company  A  were  killed." 

A  howitzer  found  at  Fort  Walla  Walla  was  soon  brought 
to  bear  upon  the  house;  but  Captain  Wilson  having  noth- 
ing hue  a  sandhill  to  fire  from,  the  piece  burst  in  explod- 
ing, inflictirg  a  wound  upon  Wilson,  but  dii^peraing  th*- 
Indians.  The  volunteers  immediately  took  possession  of 
the  premises  and  recovered  the  bodies  of  Bennett  and 
Kelso,  while  the  wounded  were  removed  to  the  lumae  lif 
La  Roche,  which  was  converted  into  a  hospital. 


•O.  W.  MUler,  who  kept  ■  Uiary, 


THE   YAKTMA   WAR. 


445 


During  all  this  time  the  prisoners  were  exceedingly  rest- 
less and  excited.  Peu-peu-mox-mox  in  stentorian  tones 
cheered  on  his  braves,  receiving  responses  at  short  inter- 
vals. When  the  sergeant  of  the  guard  had  an  opportunity 
to  speak  to  Colonel  Kelly,  as  he  passed  from  one  wing  of 
the  regimenf  to  the  other,  he  expressed  a  fear  that  they 
would  escape  while  the  men  were  in  the  field.  Just  at  this 
moment  Frank  Crabtree  came  in  from  the  field,  his  shoulder 
shattered,  and  arm  dangling  by  his  side,  and  reported  Cap- 
tain Layton  with  five  or  six  others  surrounded  on  the  hills 
at  the  front;  and  the  colonel's  reply  to  the  sergeant's  ques- 
tion of  what  he  should  do  in  a  certain  case,  was  that  the 
men  were  all  needed  at  the  front;  to  tie  his  prisoners,  and 
if  they  resisted  or  attempted  to  escape,  to  kill  them.  They 
did  resist  the  order  to  bind  them,  and  Sergeant-Major  Isaac 
Miller  was  wounded  in  the  arm  by  a  knife  concealed  about 
the  person  of  one  of  them.  Peu-pr  a-mox-mox  also  at- 
tempted to  seize  the  gun  of  another  of  the  guard,  named 
Warfield,  who  struck  him  with  it  upon  the  back  of  the 
head,  felling  him  to  the  ground,  when  he  was  quickly  dis- 
patched. The  other  prisoners  attempting  flight  were  shot, 
with  the  exception  of  one  Nez  Perce,  a  mere  lad,  who 
made  no  resistance,  and  was  not  harmed. 

Concerning  the  killing  of  the  Walla  Walla  chief,  about 
which  much  was  said  at  that  time,  and  later,  Colonel 
Kelly  wrote  to  Governor  Curry;  "I  regretted  the  neces- 
sity of  putting  these  men  to  death,  as  I  was  in  hopes  that 
they  could  have  f)een  made  useful  in  prosecuting  the  war 
against  the  other  hostile  tribes;  but  I  am  ;^ell  satisfied 
that  the  guard  was  fully  justified  in  taking  away  their 
lives  in  their  efforts  to  escape." 

Whatever  Colonel  Kelly  may  have  hoped  from  the  sub- 
jugation of  the  Walla  Walhi  chief  was  probably  accom- 
plished by  his  death,  which,  under  the  circumstances,  was 
ovidentiy  unavoidable.  Ther*  was,  however,  a  scandal 
created  in  military  circles  by  the  uncivilized  and  unjusti- 
fiable mutilfltion  of  the  body  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox  by  the 


11 


446 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OBEOON. 


volunteers,  who  cut  oflF  the  ears  and  pieces  of  the  scalp  to 
keep  as  souvenirs.  It  is  not  the  office  of  the  historian  to 
excuse  the  barbarities  of  either  race.  It  is,  however,  true 
that  retaliation  is  an  important  part  of  the  spirit  of  war, 
and  that  the  mutilation  in  a  comparatively  slight  degree 
of  the  dead  body  of  a  noted  chief  was  hardly  a  sufficient 
reprisal,  in  a  retaliatory  sense,  for  the  horrible  atrocities 
perpetrated  upon  living  men,  women,  and  children  by  the 
gro'  iidless  liotred  of  his  race.* 

Tlie  evening  of  the  seventh  of  December  closed  in  upon 
a  wearied  and  hungry  as  well  as  a  saddened  army,  for  the 
losses  of  the  day  had  been  heavy  in  killed  and  wounded. 
Camp  fires  were  lighted  whereat  to  prepare  a  s'lanty  meal, 
with  the  cup  of  coffee,  so  reviving  to  exhausted  energies; 
but  the  cheerful  blaze  served  only  to  attract  the  fire  of  the 
watchful  foe,  and  had  to  be  extinguished.  The  whole 
camp  was  on  guard  until  morning,  'vhen  a  hasty  breakfast 
was  prepared  and  only  partly  eaten  before  the  Indians  ap- 
peared in  a  greatly  augments  i  force,  retaking  all  the 
positions  they  had  been  driven  from  the  previous  day. 

Companies  A  and  H,  under  Lieutenants  Pillow  and 
Hauna,  were  directed  to  charge  and  drive  the  Indians  from 
the  cover  of  the  brush  and  timber,  and,  if  possible,  hold 
these  positions.  Lieutenant  Fellows,  with  F  company, 
Lieutenant  Jeffreys,  with  B  company,  Lieutenant  Hand, 
with  I  company,  and  Captain  T'onnoyer,  with  company  K, 
were  ordered  to  take  possession  of  available  points  on  the 
hills  and  assail  the  enemy  wherever  they  could.  The 
Indians  fought  with  skill  and  bravery,  as  well  as  with 
fury,  but  were  driven  from  thc'r  cover  in  the  brush.  All 
day  the  battle  continued,  and  when  night  ')ame  bo.'h  sides 
were  glad  of  a  respite.  The  war  whooi>  ceased,  and  the 
Indians  withdrew  from  the  field.    That  night  the  colonel 


»  U  mipcht  bo  remcml'  red,  in  oxtcnuatJun  of  the  iti'lli^nitics  perpetrated  upon  the 
body  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox,  that  the  volunteers  were  almost  upon  the  very  ground 
where  eitiht  years  before  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Whitman  were,  ,vith  other  American  men, 
brutally  murdered,  and  .\niorlfan  women  ravished  ;  and  also  that  the  Walla  Walla 
chief  could  have  prevented  it,  had  he  cbosen  to  do  so.    They  were  still  Kuiartinij, 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


447 


»lp  to 
ian  to 
jr,  true 
)f  war, 
degree 
fficient 
rocities 
by  the 

n  upon 
for  the 
ounded. 
iy  meal, 
nergies ; 
:e  of  the 
e  whole 
reakfast 
lians  ^\^- 
;  all  the 
day. 

low   and 
ans  from 
ble,  hold 
jompany, 
at  Hand, 
npany  K, 
its  on  the 
lid.     The 
il  as  with 
•ush.     All 
bo^h  sides 
!,  and  the 
he  colonel 

rated  upon  the 
10  very  ground 
inierican  men, 
liu  Walla  Walla 
still  Hmartlng, 


dispatohed  a  courier  to  Fort  Henrietta  for  companies  D 
and  E  to  come  up  with  all  haste;  and  on  the  morning  of 
the  ninth  the  battle  was  resumed,  but  with  less  spirit,  the 
volunteers  acting  onlj  on  the  defensive,  and  holding  their 
positions,  while  the  Indians  attacked  and  suffered  heavy 
losses. 

Again,  on  the  morning  of  the  tenth,  it  was  discovered 
that  every  position  held  by  the  volunteers  the  previous 
day  had  been  retaken  by  the  Indians,  and  Lieutenant 
McAuliff  with  company  15  was  ordored  to  charge  some 
breastworks  thrown  up  by  them  on  the  ninth  to  protect 
them  from  the  flying  bullets  of  the  volunteers.  The 
reenforcements  were  stationed  on  the  hills;  and  while 
companies  A  and  H  once  more  recovered  the  timber,  and 
drove  the  Indians  from  pits  they  had  occupied  on  the  same 
knoll,  the  companies  on  the  hills,  whose  horses  were  fit  for 
the  service,  made  a  gallant  charge,  in  the  face  of  a  heavy 
fire,  when  the  Indians  fled  from  *hc  field  to  return  no 
more  to  do  battle. 

In  this  four  days  of  fighting  the  loss  of  company  A  was 
Captain  A.  V.  Wilson,  wounded;  Eleazer  B.  Kelso,  killed; 
Jesse  Fleming  and  E.  B.  Kelsey,  wounded  mortally,  and 
Frank  Duval,  woundjd.  Company  B  had  Joseph  Sturde- 
vant  mortally,  and  G.  W.  Smith,  severely  wounded.  Com- 
pany F  lost  its  captain,  Charles  Bennett.  Company  H 
lost  Lieutenant  J.  M.  Burrows,  killed ;  Casper  Snook  and 
Henry  Crow,  mortally  wounded;  Captain  Davis  Layton, 
Sergeant-Major  Isaac  Miller,  T.  J.  Payne,  Frank  Crabtree, 
Nathan  Fry,  John  Smith,  A.  M,  Addington,  wounded. 
Company  I  lost  its  captain;  L.  B.  Munson,  wounded,  and 
S.  S.  Van  Hngnrman,  killed.  Company  K  had  one  man, 
J.  B.  (icrvaid,  wounded.  This  bloody  work  was  chiefly 
done  on  the  first  day  of  battle. 

too,  nn'ler  ihe  recollection  of  more  recent  tragedies,  and  especially  of  the  Ward  maK- 
HAcro  of  the  year  bufoit>,  at  which  demoniacal  scene  babes  were  roasted  allvu  heftirif 
their  mothers'  eyex,  and  the  mothwre  thnmselves  tortured  to  death  with  hoi  irons 
thrust  into  their  persons.  Vvw  lunimotuiox  having  chosen  to  place  Ulmselt  lu  com 
binatlon  with  such  ofo. uteri  u  these  did  not  appear  to  the  TOlanteen  entitled  to 
reip«ct. 


448 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


On  the  ninth  and  tentli  A.  Shepard,  Ira  Allen,  and  John 
Smith  were  wounded.  The  wounds  were  generally  severe, 
and  the  hospital  filled  for  several  weeks.  The  estimated 
loss  of  the  Indians,  in  killed  and  wounded,  was  one  hun- 
dred ;  yet  as  there  is  seldom  any  accurate  information 
gained  concerning  their  losses,  such  knowledge  being 
carefully  concealed,  the  estimate  was  never  confirmed. 

A  new  fortification  was  erected  two  miles  above  Waii- 
latpu,  called  Fort  Bennett,  after  the  lamented  Captain 
Bennett.  About  the  middle  of  December,  Nesmith  re- 
signed the  command  of  the  regiment,  and  Thomas  R. 
Cornelius  was  elected  in  his  place.  The  place  of  Captain 
Bennett  was  filled  by  A.  M.  Fellows,  and  several  minor 
changes  made.  LieuLenant-Colonel  Kelly  returned  to  the 
Wallaniet  valley  to  take  his  L?eat  in  the  council  of  the  leg- 
islature about  the  same  time,,  and  was  received  with  a 
perfect  ovation  by  the  people. 

On  the  evening  of  the  twentieth  of  December,  Governor 
Stevens  arrived  at  Fort  Bennett.  He  had  concluded  a 
treaty  with  the  Blackfoot  nation  early  in  October,  having 
spent  the  whole  summer,  after  leaving  the  council  ground 
at  Walla  Walla  in  June,  in  cultivating  friendly  relations 
with  the  Pend  d'Oreilles,  Kootenais,  and  Flatheads.  He 
was  accompanied  by  a  delegation  of  Nez  Perces,  under  the 
special  agency  of  William  Craig;  and  his  special  express- 
man, W.  U.  Pearson,  had  swiftly  carried  the  news  to 
Olympio.  With  equal  swiftness  he  returned  to  the  moun- 
tains about  the  last  of  the  month,  witii  intelligence  that 
the  Yakimas,  Walla  Wallas,  Cayuses,  Palouses,  and  a  part 
of  the  Nez  Percys,  had  formed  a  hostile  confederation,  and 
were  at  war  with  the  white  race,  in  consequence  of  which 
it  would  be  impossible  for  him  to  pass  through  these 
nations,  advice  being  sent  him  by  officers  of  the  army  to 
return  to  Olympia  via  New  York. 

Stevens  was  not  the  man  to  act  upon  advice  of  this 
nature,  but  determined  to  push  forward  to  the  Columbia 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


440 


at  any  hazard.  He  was  two  days'  travel  west  of  Fort 
Benton  when  the  news  met  him,  where  he  encamped  his 
men,  while  special  agent  Doty  returned  to  the  fort  for  a 
large  supply  of  ammunition,  arms,  and  horses;  and  he, 
with  only  one  trusty  young  man  and  a  Delaware  Indian 
interpreter,  rode  express  to  the  Bitter-root  valley  to  confer 
with  Agent  R.  H.  Lansdale  in  charge  of  the  Flatheads. 
At  Fort  Owen,  on  the  Bitter  Root,  he  overtook  the  Nez 
Perc^  delegation,  which  was  traveling  in  advance  of  him, 
and  whom  he  found  to  be  informed  of  the  war  in  the 
Yakima  country,  and  also  that  the  Cayuses  and  a  portion 
of  their  own  people  were  disaffected. 

However,  with  that  masterful  will  and  consummate  tact 
of  which  he  was  possessed,  he  won  over  the  whole  party  of 
fourteen,  including  the  war-chiefs  '/coking  Glass,  Three 
Feathers,  and  Spotted  Eagle,  who  promi^td  their  friendly 
services,  and  to  join  his  escort  as  a  part  of  it,  offering  if  he 
should  take  the  trail  through  the  Nez  Ferc^  country,  to 
send  a  sufficient  party  of  young  men  to  escort  him  in 
safety  to  The  Dalles. 

On  the  eleventh  of  November,  at  Hell  Gate  pass,  he  was 
joined  by  Doty  with  the  extra  horses  and  supplies.  On 
the  twentieth  he  crossed  the  Bitter-root  mountains  in 
three  feet  of  snow,  the  horses  being  one  night  without 
grass.  He  had  no  means  of  knowing  the  temper  of  the 
Cijour  d'Alenas  towards  him;  but  deeming  it  best  to  appear 
unconscious  of  danger,  when  within  twenty-five  miles  of 
the  Coeur  d'Alene  mission,  again  traveled  in  advance  with 
Pearson,  Craig,  and  four  of  the  Nez  Percys,  throwing  him- 
self into  the  midst  of  the  Indians,  and  "with  rifles  in  one 
hand,  and  our  arms  outstretched  on  the  other  side,  ten- 
ilored  tliem  both  tlie  sword  and  the  olive  branch."  He 
liad  instructed  the  Nez  Percys  to  entertain  the  Coeur 
d'Alenes  with  a  narrative  of  what  they  had  seen  at  the 
Blackfoot  council,  and  to  convince  them  of  the  advantages 
of  the  treaty,  which  would  relieve  them  in  the  future  of 
the  depredations  to  which  they  had  been  subject  in  the 
past,  from  this  predatory  people.  ' 


29 


450 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OBEQON. 


Kaasff.'^ 


The  plan  was  well  conceived,  the  Coeur  d'Alenes,  taken 
by  surprise,  meeting  him  with  every  sign  of  cordial  pleas- 
ure. Yet  when  they  had  taken  time  for  remembering 
what  the  emissaries  of  Kamiakin  had  told  them  a  few 
days  before,  they  began  to  grow  cool,  and  to  appear  unde- 
cided. Without  allowing  them  time  to  reconsider,  he 
hastened  on  as  soon  as  the  train  came  up,  to  the  country 
of  the  Spokanes,  with  whom  he  determined  to  hold  a 
council. 

Arrived  at  the  place  of  Antoine  Plaute,  on  the  prairie 
between  the  Coeur  d'Alenes  and  the  upper  Spokanes,  he 
dispatched  runners  to  the  lower  Spokanes,  the  Pend 
d'Oreilles,  and  Colville  Indians,  to  meet  him  at  this  place, 
and  also  sent  invitations  to  Angus  McDonald  in  charge  of 
Fort  Colville,  and  to  the  Jesuit  fathers  Raveili  and  Joset 
of  the  Colville  and  Coeur  d'Alene  missions  to  be  present 
at  the  conference. 

After  several  days  all  were  met,  when,  says  Stevens  in 
his  official  report,  "1  had  one  of  the  stormiest  councils,  for 
three  days,  that  ever  occurred  in  my  whole  Indian  experi- 
ence." The  cAuse  of  the  trouble  was  that  he  refused  to 
promise  that  the  L.uited  States  troops  should  not  cross  to 
the  north  side  of  the  Snake  river — a  promise  he  had  no 
authority  to  make,  and  which,  if  made,  would  have  been 
the  fruitful  source  of  Indian  warfare,  because  it  could  not 
be  kept. 

By  patience,  by  argument,  and  greatly  by  the  force  of 
his  personal  will,  Stt  ans  succeeded  in  overcoming  tlie 
doubts  and  objections  )f  the  Indians,  who,  from  being 
sullen  became  confide  itial,  niul  asked  his  advice  on  all 
important  points.  So  far  nil  had  lienn  well.  But  the 
.Spokanes,  in  the  fuUne.sa  of  their  frieiHlship,  warned  him 
against  the  Nez  Perces,  who,  they  contended,  were  hnstljoj 
especially  Looking  (tlass.  This  chief,  Ihoy  coiilhhid  lo 
Stevens,  had  laid  a  snare  for  him  when  he  should  anivo 
in  the  Nez  Perc6  country;  and  the  story  was  confirmed  by 
the  Delaware  interpreter,  who  luid  been  sent  to  spy  upon 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR, 


451 


Looking  Glass,  and  who  overheard  him  unraveling  his 
plot  to  the  Spokanes,  and  counseling  them  to  treachery. 
"I  never  communicated,"  says  Stevens,  "to  Looking  Glass 
my  knowledge  of  his  plans,  but  knowing  them  I  knew 
how  to  meet  them  in  council.  I  also  knew  how  to  meet 
them  in  his  own  country,  and  it  gave  me  no  difficulty." 
The  incident,  however,  proved  that  this  Nez  Perc6  chief 
was  no  more  sincere  in  signing  the  treaty  of  Walla  Walla 
than  Peu-peu-mox-mox  or  Kamiakin,  but  that  it  had  been 
signed  by  these  three  at  least  only  to  gain  time  to  prepare 
for  war. 

What  so  difficult  as  to  learn  the  mind  of  an  Indian  ? 
The  Spokanes  offered  Stevens  an  escort  through  the  coun- 
try of  "  the  hostile  Nez  Perces,"  but  he  judged  it  best  to 
decline,  because  he  did  not  wish  to  place  himself  under 
obligations  to  them,  as  well  as  because  he  did  wish  to  pre- 
vent opportunities  for  collusion  between  the  two  nations, 
and  also  to  secure  the  alliance  of  the  Nez  Percys,  who  held 
the  balance  of  power. 

Dispatching  Craig  with  a  part  of  the  Nez  Perc6  delega- 
tion to  Lapwai,  to  arrange  in  advance  for  a  council  and  to 
engage  an  escort  to  The  Dalles,  he  enlarged  his  party  by 
recruits  of  twenty  miners  and  others  waiting  to  get  through 
the  warring  tribes,  forming  a  battalion  which  he  called 
the  "Stevens  Guards  and  Spokane  Invincibles,"  consisting 
of  fifty  men,  all  told.  Procuring  the  best  horses  in  the 
country,  reducing  every  pack  to  eighty  pounds,  that  he 
might  fight  or  fly,  as  occasion  required,  he  began  his 
march  to  meet,  for  ought  he  knew,  the  whole  force  of  the 
hostile  combination. 

The  weather  was  foul,  with  rain  and  snow,  but  a  forced 
march  of  four  days  brought  him  to  Lapwai,  where  the  Nez 
l'orc6s,  whom  Craig  hud  assembled,  were  awaiting  him 
luady  for  <!uuncil.  This  was  progressing  favorably  under 
llu!  wonihiiful  inlluence  of  his  personality,  when  an  ex- 
[)ress  arrived  from  Walla  Walla  with  the  particulars  of 
four  days'   battle,  and  the  death  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox. 


452 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Notwithstanding  the  excitement  occasioned  by  this  news, 
there  was  no  outbreak,  but  the  large  force  engaged  to 
escort  him  to  The  Dalles  being  now  deemed  unnecessary, 
he  set  out  next  day  with  his  guards  and  sixty-nine  Nez 
Perc6  volunteers  for  Fort  Bennett,  where  he  arrived 
December  twentieth. 

It  was  then  made  apparent  how  he  had  been  able  to 
come  through  the  Indian  country  unmolested;  the  war- 
riors of  the  confederated  tribes  being  at  the  scene  of  battle. 
He  regarded  his  safety  and  the  escape  of  his  whole  party 
as  due  to  the  presence  of  the  Oregon  troops  in  the  country, 
and  was  cordial  in  his  acknowledgments.  He  remained 
ten  days  in  the  Walla  Walla  valley,  and  finding  there  In- 
dian agent  B.  F.  Shaw,  who  was  also  a  colonel  of  the  mili- 
tia of  Washington  territory,  directed  him  to  organize  a 
company  of  the  French-Canadian  residents  of  the  valley 
into  a  home  guard,  with  Sidney  S.  Ford,  captain,  and  Green 
McCafFerty,  first  lieutenant.  Shaw  was  ordered  to  throw 
up  defensive  works  around  the  winter  camp  of  the  friendly 
Indians  and  French  settlers,  and  to  protect  in  like  manner 
the  settlers  at  Spokane  and  Colville,  at  the  same  time  co- 
operating with  Colonel  Cornelius  in  any  movement  he 
might  make  against  the  Indians  in  arms.  He  agreed  with 
the  Oregon  officers  that  the  Walla  Walla  valley  should  be 
held  by  the  volunteers  until  the  regular  troops  v/ere  ready 
to  take  the  field,  and  that  the  war  should  be  vigorously 
prosecuted. 

Stevens  appointed  William  Craig  his  aid,  and  directed 
him  to  muster  out  of  service  the  sixty-nine  Nez  Percys,  on 
returning  with  them  to  Lapwai,  and  to  send  their  muster- 
rolls  to  the  office  of  the  adjutant-general  at  Olympia. 
Craig  was  also  directed  to  take  measures  to  protect  the  Nez 
Percys  against  incursions  by  hostile  Indians,  a  politic  as 
well  as  a  war  measure,  keeping  the  young  braves  employed , 
and  flattered  with  a  prospect  of  pay  in  the  future.  They 
reciprocated  on  the  spot,  by  offering  to  furnish  fresh  horses 
to  mount  the  Oregon  volunteers,  whose  horses  were  sadly 


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worn  down.  These  matters  settled,  the  WashiLjton  gov- 
ernor hastened  on  to  his  capital,  where  he  was  enthusias- 
tically received,  to  find  affairs  in  a  deplorable  state  west  of 
the  mountains,  the  people  living  in  blockhouses,  and  bus- 
iness suspended.  He  immediately  set  about  in  a  vigorous 
manner  organizing  for  tlie  prosecution  of  the  war  which 
had  already  begun  on  the  sound. 

The  condition  of  the  volunteers  in  the  Walla  Walla  val- 
ley was  not  dissimilar  to  that  of  the  volunteers  during  the 
war  of  1847-8,  food  and  clothing  being  scarce,  and  the 
weather  in  midwinter  severe.  Says  one,  who  was  there: 
"  On  the  night  of  December  twenty-first  the  snow  fell  from 
six  to  eight  inches  deep,  and  the  mercury  stood  about 
twenty  degrees  below  zero.  Next  morning  it  fell  to  my  lot 
to  go  on  guard.  My  raiment  consisted  of  an  old  slouch 
hat,  an  old  coat,  a  flannel  shirt,  a  threadbare  pair  of  pants, 
and  an  old  pair  of  shoes  without  socks.  I  had  run  through 
my  shoes  during  the  battle,  but  found  an  old  pair  in  a 
cache  which  answered  the  purpose.  I  donned  my  raiment, 
tied  a  string  around  my  pants  to  keop  them  from  slipping 
above  my  knees,  and  at  six  o'clock  was  ready  for  duty. 
My  beat  being  one  mile  from  cump,  I  trudged  along 
through  the  snow  until  I  reached  my  station,  and  then 
passed  off  the  time  as  best  I  could.  *  *  *  When  I 
examined  my  feet,  strange  to  say,  they  were  not  very  badly 
frozen,  only  the  tops  and  sides  were  raised  up  in  blisters. 
Several  "f  the  boys  who  had  no  shoes  took  rawhide  and 
sewed  it  up  in  shapo  something  like  a  moccasin.  This 
beat  I  are  f'o9t  to  wade  through  the  snow  with.  But  the 
boys  s  rirnc  1  to  be  content.  Our  tents  were  small  and 
thin;  our  blanliets  were  smaller  and  thinner.  I  had  two 
of  those  long,  narrow,  thin  blankets,  one  blue  and  one 
green,  that  were  not  long  enough  to  reach  from  my  nose 
down  to  my  feet,  and  a  saddle-blanket;  this  constituted 
my  bed." 

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to  a  site  seven  miles  above  the  present  town  of  Walla  Walla. 
Beef,  and  the  potatoes  which  grew  in  that  portion  of  the 
valley,  furnished  subsistence  to  the  volunteers,  with  occa- 
sionally a  little  flour,  sugar,  and  coffee.  Two  companies 
of  the  regi^T-ient  under  Major  Armstrong,  which  had  been 
left  to  scour  the  country  between  Fort  Henrietta  aud  The 
Dalles,  and  to  reenforce  Kelly  if  needed,  were  employed 
most  of  the  time  in  discovering  property  stolen  from  the 
immigration,  and  in  unearthing  caches  of  provisions  se- 
creted by  the  Indians.  These  were  usually  made  either  in 
a  sandhole,  or  on  a  point  a  little  higher  than  the  surround- 
ing earth.  The  pit  equaled  the  size  of  the  contents,  with 
about  one  foot  on  top  to  be  filled  in  with  earth,  which  be- 
ing leveled,  the  remainder  of  the  earth  was  carried  away, 
that  it  might  not  attract  suspicion  to  the  spot.  Hence,  it 
was  not  easy  to  locate  these  caches,  containing  camas, 
couse,  pease,  and  potatoes,  and  on  which  the  volunteers 
largely  depended  for  food. 

Many  of  the  volunteers  being  anxious  to  return  to  their 
homes.  Governor  Curry  issued  a  proclamation  January 
sixteenth,  calling  for  a  battalion  of  five  compan^'es  to  re- 
cruit the  regiment,  as  follows : — 


Whereas  it  has  been  deemed  advisable  that  such  companies,  or 
parts  of  companies,  as  may  so  desire  of  the  first  regiment  Oregon 
mounted  volunteers,  should  be  relieved  from  the  arduous  service  in 
which  they  have  been  so  honorably  distinguished,  and  in  order  to 
maintain  the  successes  achieved  by  the  valor  and  ability  of  our 
citizen  soldiery  against  the  combined  tribes  of  hostile  Indians,  and 
to  insure  a  vigorous  prosecution  of  the  war  to  a  succeasful  termina- 
tion, it  is  necessary  that  the  efficient  strength  of  the  regiment  should 
be  preserved. 

I,  therefore  issue  this,  my  proclamalion,  calling  for  a  battalion  of 
five  companies  of  mounted  volunteers  to  recruit  said  regiment ;  each 
company  to  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first  lieutenant,  one  second 
lieutenant,  four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  and  sixty  privates.  Each 
company  to  elect  its  own  officers,  and  each  volunteer  to  furnish  his 
own  arms,  horse,  and  equipments.  To  facilitate  the  organization  of 
these  companies,  the  following  named  gentlemen  are  requested  to 
act  as  enrolling  officers  in  their  respective  counties : — 

Linn  county,  Sergeant-Major  Isaac  Miller ;  Marion  county,  Hon. 


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THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


455 


Gteorge  H.  Williams;  Polk  county,  Thos.  H.  Hutchinson,  Esq.; 
Yamhill  county,  Nathan  K.  Bittou,  Esq.;  Clackamas  county, 
Gteorge  Beese,  Esq. 

It  is  very  desirable  that  company  K,  acting  as  scouts,  first  regi- 
ment, Oregon  mounted  volunteers,  under  command  of  Captain  Con- 
noyer,  should  be  increased  to  its  full  complement  by  a  recruit  of  forty 
men.  For  this  purpose,  additional  to  the  battalion,  it  is  requested 
that  Augustus  Dollein,  Esq.,  of  Fairfield,  Marion  county,  will  act 
as  enrolling  officer,  to  enroll  that  number  of  men.  After  the  enroll- 
ment the  detachment  will  elect  one  second  lieutenant.  This  detach- 
ment, and  the  companies  as  they  are  organized,  will  report  to  the 
adjutant-general,  to  be  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  territoiy, 
and  the  term  of  service  will  be  for  three  months,  unless  sooner  dis- 
charged by  prociiamation  or  otherwise. 

The  enrollment  and  organization  of  the  companies  herein  called 
for  are  desired  to  be  made  with  the  greatest  possible  dispatch,  so  that 
they  may  march  forward  promptly  to  join  the  regiment  now  in  the 
field.  When  tha  battalion  shall  have  been  concentrated,  it  will  be 
entitled  to  elect  one  major  to  command. 

Given  under  my  hand  at  Halem,  this  sixteenth  day  of  January, 
A.  D.  1856. 

By  the  Governor :  Geo.  L.  Curry. 

B.  F.  Harding, 

Secretary  of  State. 


Tlie  recruits  came  in  pretty  rapidly  and  by  the  middle 
of  February  the  battalion  was  ready  for  the  march  to  Walla 
Walla,  where  it  arrived  about  the  first  of  the  following 
month. 

When  the  Indian  army  had  quitted  the  field  in  Decem- 
ber, they  had  moved  north  across  Snake  river,  where  the 
volunteers  could  not  for  want  of  boats  parjue  them.  In 
the  latter  part  of  February  enough  lumber  had  been  gotten 
out  with  whip-saws  to  build  six  boats;  and  enough  tar  ob- 
tained from  pine  knots  to  calk  them.  On  the  iiinth  of 
March  they  were  loaded  on  wagons,  and  the  regiment 
crossed  Snake  river  thirty  miles  below  the  mouth  of  the 
Palouse,  being  opposed  by  a  small  band  of  Indians,  who 
were  dispersed  with  loss,  and  their  horses  captured,  horse 
meat  being  at  this  time  a  staple  article  in  the  commissa- 
riat. From  the  crossing,  the  command  proceeded  up  the 
river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Palouse,  and  up  that  stream  to 


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456 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


a  point  one  mile  above  the  falls,  where  it  encamped  to 
await  the  arrival  of  wagons  from  The  Dalles  with  sup- 
plies. The  new  recruits,  says  a  veracious  chronicler,  on 
being  fed  with  Cayuse  beef,  acquired  all  the  bucking  qual- 
ities of  that  animal,  and  refused  to  march  before  the  pro- 
visions provided  by  the  commissary-general  came  up, 
which  they  did  about  the  twenty-third,  when  the  army 
resumed  its  march. 

The  line  of  march  was  westward  across  the  barren  plain 
between  the  Palouse  and  the  Columbia,  which  was  reached 
at  White  bluffs.  The  sixty  miles  covered  by  this  march, 
under  a  hot  sun,  without  good  water  or  grass,  caused  a 
loss  of  nearly  half  the  horses  of  the  command,  which  was 
compelled  to  lay  by  long  enough  to  remount  itself  from 
the  Indian  Jicrds,  and  refill  its  larder  from  the  same  store. 
On  the  thirtieth,  the  march  was  continued,  doubling  on 
its  former  course  and  returning  to  the  "Walla  Walla  valley, 
whence  after  foraging  for  a  few  days  and  finding  only  a 
little  camas  and  potatoes,  a  detachment  was  ordered  to 
the  Umatilla  to  search  for  caches  and  fat  Cayuse  fillies  to 
prevent  starvation.  Such  was  the  diflBculty  with  which 
the  Oregon  government  supplied  its  volunteers  in  the  field, 
that  for  many  days  together  on  different  occasions  the 
men  were  subsisted  entirely  on  horse  meat.  At  other 
times,  in  the  Umatilla  country,  cattle  could  be  found,  and 
were  seized  upon  without  inquiry  as  to  ownership.  Some- 
times the  Indians  by  a  sudden  raid  nearly  dismounted  a 
command,  and  were  in  turn  dismounted.  Meantime,  the 
regulars  had  not  yet  taken  the  field,  and  the  time  for 
which  the  recruiting  battalion  had  enlisted  was  about  to 
expire.  Colonel  Cornelius,  who  wished  to  confer  with 
Governor  Curry,  on  the  sixth  of  April  took  up  his  line  of 
march  for  The  Dalles  with  a  portion  of  his  command,  his 
route  lying  along  the  north  side  of  the  Columbia.  At 
Canon  creek,  four  days'  march  from  Walla  Walla,  he  was 
attacked  by  Kamiakin  and  a  force  of  nearly  three  hundred 
Indians,  when  an  engagement  took  place  in  which  the 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


457 


Yakimas  were  defeated,  with  the  loss  of  only  one  man 
wounded  on  the  side  of  the  volunteers.  For  want  of  pro- 
visions the  command  was  unable  to  pursue  the  fleeing 
enemy,  and  proceeding  on  its  march  encamped  within  five 
miles  of  The  Dalles  on  the  twenty-eighth.  Early  in  the 
morning  of  that  day  the  Indians  stampeded  nearly  all  the 
horses  of  the  command,  leaving  it  dismounted.  A  similar 
loss  befell  the  division  under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Kelly  at 
Fort  Henrietta,  where  on  the  twenty-first  of  April  the 
horse  guard  was  surprised  by  a  party  of  sixty  Indians,  who 
killed  Corporal  Lot  Hollinger,  and  drove  off  forty-five 
horses,  with  which  they  crossed  the  Columbia  near  the 
mouth  of  the  Umatilla. 

The  conference  between  the  colonel  of  the  Oregon 
mounted  volunteers  and  Governor  Curry,  resulted  in  the 
disbanding  of  the  regiment,  and  the  organization  out  of  it 
of  two  companies,  one  to  serve  in  the  Walla  Walla  valley 
and  one  in  the  Tyghe  valley,  at  the  eastern  base  of  the 
Cascade  mountains;  the  latter  force  being  increased  in 
May  to  two  companies,  the  battalion  being  commanded  by 
Major  Davis  Lay  ton. 


CHARTER  II. 

Arrival  of  Colonel  Wright  with  Ninth  Infantry  — Posts  CtARRUONED— Im- 
portance OF  THE  Cascades— Error  of  General  Wool  — ArrACK  on  the  Cas- 
cades BY  THE  Yakimas  — The  Long  Sieoe  of  Bradford's  Store— Appearance 
of  the  Troops  — Volunteers  and  Regulars  from  Vancouver  and  Portland 
—  Sheridan's  Plight  —  Steptoe's  Krror  — List  of  Killed  and  Wounded— 
Trial  and  Punishment  of  the  Cascade  Indians— Wright's  Campaign  in  the 
Yakima  Country,  and  Its  Results- Course  of  Governor  Stevens —Wash- 
ington Volunteers  Take  the  Place  of  the  Disbanded  Oregon  Mounted 
Volunteer  Regiment  — Letter  of  Indian  Agent  Craig- Battle  op  Grand 
IioND- Effect  of  Sha'v's  Policy  —  Stevens'  Ka!lure  in  the  Council  with 
the  Nez  Pebces  — Attacked  by  the  Cayuses  and  Walla  Wallas- Wool's 
Report  on  this  Matter— Stevens'  Remarks  Upon  the  Policy  of  Colonel 
Wright- Fort  Walla  Walla  Established— The  Oregon  and  Washington 
superintendenciks  united— general  wool  recalled,  and  general  newman 
S.  Clarke  Succeeds  Him— Slight  Changes  at  First— Steptoe's  Disastrous 
March— Clarke  AND  Wright  AT  Last  Aroused— Wright's  Campaign— Battle 
OF  Four  Lakes— The  Trooi-s  Victorious  and  the  Indians  Subdued— Kami- 
akin's  Flight— Wright's  Heroic  Treatment  of  the  Indian  Question  when 
THE  Army  >VAg  Hurt. 

The  ice  in  the  Columbia  which  had  prevented  Governor 
Curry  from  provisioning  the  volunteers,  had  also  interfered 
with  the  plans  of  General  Wool.  It  was  out  of  the  lower 
Columbia,  however,  long  before  it  was  broken  up  above ; 
and  on  the  eleventh  of  January  the  mail  steamer  from  San 
Francisco  was  able  to  reach  Vancouver,  informing  the  gen- 
eral of  fresh  troubles  in  northern  California  and  southern 
Oregon,  which  demanded  his  immediate  return  to  Beuicia. 

On  his  passage  down  the  river  he  met  an  up-coming 
steamer,  on  board  of  which  was  Colonel  George  Wright 
with  eight  companies  of  the  ninth  infantry  regiment;  and 
to  him  he  assigned  the  command  of  the  district  of  the 
Columbia  river.  At  sea  he  also  met  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Silas  Casey,  with  two  companies  of  the  same  regiment, 
whom  he  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Puget  sound 
district. 

Wright  was  directed  to  make  his  headquarters  at  The 
Dalles,  and  to  concentrate  there  all  the  troops  intended  to 
operate  in  the  upper  country ;  to  establish  a  post  in  Walla 

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Walla  valley;  and  another  at  the  fishery  on  the  Yakima 
river  near  the  crossing  of  the  road  from  Walla  Walla  to 
Fort  Steilacoom,  which  was  via  the  Nachess  pass;  besides 
which  an  immediate  post  was  to  be  erected  between  The 
Dalles  and  the  post  on  the  Yakima;  these  two  being  in- 
tended to  prevent  the  Indians  taking  fish.  So  complete 
an  occupation  of  the  country,  it  was  expected,  would  soon 
bring  the  Indians  into  subjection.  Meanwhile,  Colonel 
Wright  remained  at  Vancouver  long  after  the  five  com- 
panies of  recruits  to  the  first  regiment  of  Oregon  mounted 
volunteers  had  found  means  to  reach  the  upper  country. 
A  point  of  great  importance  on  the  Columbia  river  was 
the  cascades,  and  one  oasily  defended  had  the  military 
authorities  apprehended  its  significance.  Indeed,  after  the 
Yakima  outbreak  in  October,  Captain  "W^allen  of  the  reg- 
ular army  had  erected  midway  between  the  upper  and 
lower  cascade  settlements  a  blockhouse,  which  was  occu- 
pied during  the  winter  by  a  company  under  Lieutenant 
Bissell,  with  the  }>urpose  of  protecting  government  stores 
in  transit  from  Vancouver  to  the  upper  country.  The 
transportation  of  these  stores  depended  upon  a  few  small 
steamers  on  the  Columbia  below  the  cascades,  and  two 
similar  boats  between  the  upper  settlement  and  The  Dalles. 
The  portage  of  five  miles  was  partly  overcome  by  means 
of  a  wooden  tramway,  whose  motive  power  was  a  stout 
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Early  in  March,  Colonel  Wright  commenced  moving  his 
command  to  The  Dalles,  and  a  large  amount  of  army 
stores  and  baggage  was  temporarily  detained  at  the  cas- 
cades, offering  a  great  temptation  to  the  Yakimas  and 
Klickitats,  whose  country  lay  just  above.  When  General 
Wool  returned  to  Oregon  about  the  middle  of  March,  only 
three  companies  of  infantry  remained  at  Vancouver,  two 
of  which  he  ordered  to  Steilacoom;  and  on  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  the  month  the  company  at  the  cascades  was 
ordered  away,  only  a  detachment  of  eight  men  under  Ser- 
geant Matthew  Kelly  of  the  fourth  infantry  being  left  to 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OliEOON 


garrison  the  blockhouse,  and  repel  any  attack  which  might 
be  made  upon  the  government  property  at  that  place. 

The  cascade  settlements  were  on  the  north  bank  of  the 
river  where  a  strip  of  bottom-land  of  no  great  width  ex- 
tends up  and  down  for  several  miles.  On  the  opposite  side 
the  mountains  came  down  very  close  to  the  river,  and 
there  were  no  settlements.  On  Rock  creek,  at  the  upper 
end  of  the  portage,  was  a  sawmill,  and  a  little  below,  on 
the  river,  was  a  cluster  of  houses  and  shops,  and  the  store 
of  Bradford  &  Company  fronting  the  bay-like  expanse  of 
the  Columbia  which  is  here  held  back  by  the  obstructions 
which  form  the  dam  of  the  cascades,  until  it  appears  to  be 
a  mountain  lake.  One  of  these  obstructions  is  an  island, 
which  lay  directly  in  front  of  Bradford's  store,  and  which 
was  being  connected  with  the  mainland  by  a  bridge  then 
in  process  of  construction.  Workmen  wore  also  hurrying 
forward  the  unfinished  wooden  railroad,  where  a  bridge 
was  building.  In  fact,  the  Indian  war  had  given  the  Cas- 
cades, hitherto  a  mere  trading  post  for  immigrants,  and 
for  Indians,  a  strong  impetus  in  the  direction  of  growth; 
and  on  the  morning  of  the  twenty-sixth  of  March,  two 
days  after  the  removal  of  Captain  Wallen's  company,  it 
presented  a  busy  scene.  The  little  steamer  Mary  lay  at 
her  moorings  near  the  mill  waiting  for  government  freight, 
which  it  was  too  early,  or  too  soon,  owing  to  the  unfinished 
state  of  the  road,  to  have  received.  Her  consort,  the  Wasco, 
lay  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  The  little  town, 
hemmed  in  between  the  high  bluffs  back  of  it,  and  the 
turbulent  river  in  front,  had  but  fairly  opened  its  eyes  on 
this  March  morning,  when  there  sounded  on  the  bright 
mountain  air  that  most  horrifying  and  demoniacal  of  all 
human  utterances — the  Indian  war  whoop. 

Following  the  fearful  yells  came  the  crack,  crack,  crack 
of  many  rifles,  while  puflFs  of  blue  smoke  burst  out  from 
every  clump  of  bushes,  revealing  the  lurking  places  of  the 
foe  in  a  line  extending  from  Rock  creek  to  the  head  of  the 
rapids,  where  the  men  had  just  begun  their  day's  work  on 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


461 


the  bridge  in  front  of  the  store.  Along  the  whole  line  fell 
their  victims.  At  the  mill,  B.  W.  Brown,  his  eighteen- 
year-old  wife,  and  her  young  brother  were  slain,  scalped, 
and  thrown  into  the  river,  and  the  teamster  at  the  mill 
wounded,  who,  however,  escaped  to  the  steamer  Mary. 

Three  of  the  crew  of  the  Mary  were  on  their  way  to  the 
steamer,  whose  fires  were  not  yet  lighted,  when  the  attack 
was  made.  The  wind  was  blowing  hard  down  stream,  and 
even  with  steam  up  it  would  have  seemed  doubtful  whether 
the  boat  could  be  got  out  without  serious  delay.  They 
looked  in  each  others  faces,  and  asked,  "Have  we  any 
guns  on  the  boat?"  No,  there  were  no  arms.  One  of  the 
three  ran,  going  up  the  river  to  the  house  of  a  settler, 
named  Imans.  The  other  two  made  an  effort  to  get  the 
steamer  out,  when  the  Indians  fired  on  them,  and  they  ran 
to  the  cover  of  the  woods  and  up  past  Imans'.  Those  who 
were  already  on  the  boat  defended  themselves,  the  fireman, 
James  Lindsay,  being  shot  through  the  shoulder.  Buck- 
minster,  the  engineer,  killed  one  Indian  with  his  revolver; 
and  John  Chance,  the  steward's  boy,  sprang  on  the  roof 
and  shot  an  Indian  with  an  old  dragoon  pistol,  being  him- 
self wounded  in  the  leg  while  defending  the  boat.  The 
cook,  being  wounded,  jumped  into  the  river  and  was 
drowned.  But  the  boat's  fires  were  started  in  the  midst 
of  this  fight  for  life,  and  two  wounded  men  taken  on  board, 
when  Hardin  Chenoweth  went  into  the  pilot-house,  and 
lying  flat  upon  the  floor,  backed  the  steamer  out.  When 
she  was  fairly  out  in  the  stream,  he  whistled  defiance  to 
the  savages;  but  what  was  of  more  importance,  whistled 
hope  into  the  hearts  of  the  men  on  shore,  who  understood 
it  to  mean  that  the  Mary  would  return  with  aid  as  soon  as 
it  could  be  procured.  The  Wasco  also,  seeing  the  situa- 
tion, had  already  made  a  start  from  the  other  side,  and 
the  men  who  htfd  escaped  by  running  up  the  river,  were 
picked  up  by  the  boats. 

Of  the  men  at  work  on  the  island  bridge  most  reached 
the  store,  though  some  were  wounded,  one  mortally.    The 


462 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


store  was  a  strong  log  house,  of  two  stories,  with  a  flight 
of  stairs  on  the  outside.  To  this  fled  the  inhabitants  of 
the  place  who  were  not  killed  at  the  outset.  Three  men 
at  work  on  a  new  warehouse  on  the  island  were  unable  to 
get  off"  before  two  of  them  were  wounded,  one  having  to 
remain  hidden  under  a  shelf  of  rock  for  two  days. 

The  Indians  at  the  upper  cascades  now  turned  their 
whole  attention  to  the  little  fortress  of  the  store  where 
forty  or  more  persons,  men,  women,  and  children,  were 
gathered.  At  first,  the  confusion  was  great,  and  in  the 
midst  of  it  Mr.  James  Sinclair  of  Fort  Walla  Walla,  open- 
ing the  door  to  look  out  for  the  three  men  on  the  island, 
was  shot  dead.  This  fatal  occurrence  warned  the  inmates 
that  they  must  do  as  much  fighting  as  in  their  imprisoned 
condition  they  could. 

It  had  happened  that  this  very  morning  nine  govern- 
ment rifles  had  been  left  at  the  store,  with  ammunition 
and  cartridge  boxes,  to  be  sent  to  Vancouver.  On  these 
nine  rifles,  and  on  the  endurance  of  eighteen  able  men, 
now  depended  forty  lives.  No  one  dared  venture  out,  nor 
could  the  Indians  be  seen  from  the  lower  floor  front,  which 
faced  the  river.  There  was  a  stovepipe  hole  in  the  ceiling 
of  the  lower  room,  by  enlarging  which  several  men  as- 
cended to  the  chamber  above,  where  they  could  observe 
the  Indians  on  the  bluff  overlooking  the  store.  Portholes 
were  cut  in  the  walls,  and  frequent  well-directed  shots 
served  to  keep  the  savages  at  a  cautious  distance.  The 
first  of  these  killed  an  Indian  who  was  leveling  his  gun  at 
Mrs.  Watkins,  seeking  shelter  at  the  store.  Her  husband, 
it  was,  who  lay  wounded  under  a  rock  on  the  island ;  whose 
son  was  killed  at  the  mill;  and  whose  house  was  burned, 
together  with  the  mill  and  lumber  yard,  and  Imans'  house, 
during  that  day. 

When  the  Indians  found  the  store  contained  men  armed 
for  resistance,  they  resorted  to  throwing  rocks,  hot  irons, 
and  burning  pitchwood  upon  the  roof;  but  as  the  blufl' 
receded  somewhat  from  the  building,  and  as  every  Indian 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


468 


a  flight 
itants  of 
ree  men 
nable  to 
iving  to 

ed  their 
•e  where 
en,  were 
cl  in  the 
la,  open- 
le  island, 
)  inmates 
I  prisoned 

3  govern- 
munition 
On  these 
ible  men, 
3  out,  nor 
nt,  which 
le  ceiling 
I  men  as- 
d  observe 
Portholes 
;ted  shots 
nee.    The 
his  gun  at 
husband, 
nd ;  whose 
Eis  burned, 
ans'  house, 

nen  armed 

hot  irons, 

8  the  bluff 

ery  Indian 


who  came  into  view  was  fired  on,  these  missies  were  apt 
to  fall  short,  though  many  of  the  lighted  ones  lodged  upon 
the  roof,  setting  fire  to  the  shingles.  In  that  case  the  fire 
was  extinguished  by  guards  in  the  attic,  who  poked  off 
the  brands  with  long  sticks,  extinguished  a  blaze  with 
brine  from  a  pork  barrel  applied  with  a  tin  cup,  or  cut 
out  the  ignited  patch  of  roof  with  axe  and  saw.  During 
the  long  day  there  was  no  cessation  of  the  siege,  no  rest 
for  the  besieged.  It  was  agreed  by  all  in  the  store  that 
should  they  be  burned  out,  they  would  make  a  rush  for  a 
flatboat  that  lay  in  front  of  the  building,  and  go  over  the 
falls  in  her,  such  a  death  being  preferable  to  falling  into 
the  hands  of  the  Indians. 

The  suddenness  of  the  attack  had  left  no  time  for  prepa- 
ration, even  for  procuring  from  the  river,  on  whose  brink 
they  were,  a  supply  of  water.  All  the  drinking  fluids  in 
the  store  were  a  few  bottles  of  whisky  and  two  dozen  of 
ale,  which  were  consumed  before  night.  If  the  weary 
and  gasping  garrison,  or  the  wounded,  hoped  that  night 
might  bring  them  relief  from  their  torture,  they  were  dis- 
appointed, for  the  Indians  had  calculated  upon  this,  and 
reserved  for  burning  some  of  the  largest  buildings,  so  to 
light  the  scene  that  escape  or  sortie  would  be  impossible. 
However,  during  the  night  a  young  Spokane,  who  had 
been  brought  up  by  Mr.  Sinclair,  stripped  himself  naked, 
and  slipping  down  a  slide  to  the  wharf,  procured  a  single 
bucket  of  water,  returning  in  safety ;  but  the  action  was 
too  dangerous  to  be  repeated. 

With  the  return  of  day  the  besieged  looked  for  the  Mary 
and  Wasco  to  appear,  bringing  relief,  but  no  relief  came; 
and  this  day,  like  the  first,  was  spent  in  unrelaxing  vigi- 
lance. No  water  and  little  food  was  had.  When  the 
second  night  came  there  was  repeated  the  illumination  of 
fires,  whose  glare  did  not  die  out  until  almost  daylight. 
About  four  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  twenth-eighth, 
the  Spokane  boy  again  offered  his  services,  under  the  cover 
of  darkness  to  procure  water,  and  the  body  of  Mr.  Sinclair 


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was  slipped  out  of  and  down  the  slide  into  the  river,  for  it 
was  impossible  to  longer  keep  it  in  the  midst  of  the  crowded 
storeroom. 

When  the  attack  was  made  on  the  upper  cascades  a  party 
of  Yakimas  had  attacked  the  blockhouse  at  the  middle 
cascades,  and  one  of  the  local  Indians  had  run  with  the 
news  to  the  lower  landing,  where  George  Griswold  was 
living,  who  that  morning  was  at  an  Indian  village  on  a 
sand  bar  between  hi&  house  and  the  blockhouse,  to  engage 
a  crew  for  one  of  his  boats,  which  was  going  to  Vancouver 
for  freight.  At  the  village  the  Cascade  Indians  informed 
Griswold  that  the  Yakimas  had  come,  the  story  being  con- 
firmed by  the  noise  of  cannon  and  musketry  at  the  block- 
house; and  on  this  he  returned  with  all  haste  to  the  lower 
cascades,  accompanied  by  others,  who  were  warned  on  the 
way  by  a  carpenter  at  work  on  the  tramway,  who  cut  loose 
the  mules  attached  to  a  car,  mounted  and  ran,  crying  to 
others,  "Run  for  your  lives!  they  are  fighting  at  the  block- 
house!!" The  fugitives  assisted  in  getting  oflf  a  couple  of 
boats,  with  the  women  and  children,  for  Vancouver,  from 
whence  help  might  be  expected. 

A  wharf  boat  lying  at  the  lower  landing  had  in  it  con- 
siderable government  freight,  which  the  men  in  charge 
would  have  defended  by  barricading,  but  had  no  ammu- 
nition to  stand  a  siege.  There  were  also  some  batteaux 
and  a  schooner  at  the  landing,  over  which  the  men  kept 
guard  until  near  night,  when  the  Indians  appeared  and 
fired  on  them  as  they  shoved  the  boats  out  into  the  stream, 
wounding  one  man.  The  boats  then  proceeded  down  the 
river,  and  the  Indians  burned  all  the  property  they  could 
not  carry  ofi'. 

Meanwhile,  neither  those  at  the  upper  or  lower  cascades 
knew  what  was  transpiring  at  the  blockhouse,  except  that 
it  had  been  attacked,  as  was  evidenced  by  the  firing.  The 
first  intimation  of  an  attack  was  hearing  a  few  shots  fl-\^  the 
shouts  of  men  running  from  above  warning  othpi^  Five 
of  the  garrison  of  nine  were  in  the  fort  at  th.'it  niouont. 


THE    YAKfUA   WAR. 


465 


Hastening  to  the  entrance  they  found  one  soldier  shot 
through  the  hip.  Indians  could  be  seen  on  a  hill  in  front. 
The  cannon  was  run  out  and  fired  without  much  effect, 
except  to  prevent  a  nearer  approach.  The  people  in  the 
vicinity  came  fleeing  to  the  fort  for  procectioi.  drawing 
the  fire  of  the  Indians,  which  the  soldiers  retuii.ed  until 
all  who  were  left  alive  were  sheltered.  For  four  hours 
firing  from  both  sides  was  kept  up,  wher  j  ;eing  ihat  the 
enonn'  was  about  to  burn  a  large  building,  tht  cannon 
was  again  discharged  to  disperse  them.  Just  belore  iiiglit 
a  wounded  soldier  ventured  to  the  blockhouse  and  was 
rescued.  An  attempt  was  made  during  the  night  to  fire 
the  blockhouiie,  without  success;  the  prowling  about  con- 
tinuing until  the  next  day,  when  three  soldiers  made  a 
sortie  to  a  neighboring  house  for  provisions,  returning  in 
safety.  During  the  afternoon  a  large  body  of  Indians  aj)- 
peared  on  the  Oregon  side  of  the  river,  but  were  dispersed 
by  the  cannon ;  and  late  that  day  a  party  from  the  fort 
.sallied  out  to  bring  in  the  dead  and  wounded,  and  to  search 
for  arms  and  ammunition  in  the  deserted  houses. 

These  events,  although  not  known  at  the  upi)er  landing, 
were  partly  guessed ;  guessed  so  far  at  least  as  that  some 
boat  or  boats  would  get  off  to  Vancouver  for  military  aid, 
which  now  was  looked  for  from  that  direction  rather  than 
from  The  Dalles,  since  the  long  delay  in  hearing  from  that 
quarter  had  led  to  the  fear  that  Wright's  command  had 
left  that  post,  or  that  the  boats  had  been  captured. 

With  what  a  shout  of  joy,  then,  was  answered  the  whis- 
tles of  the  Mary  and  Wasco  as  they  made  their  landing  at 
daybreak  on  the  twenty-eghth,  followed  by  th«  noise  of  a 
howitzer,  and  by  the  yells  of  the  soldiery,  as  they  rushed 
ashore  without  waiting  for  orders  and  plunged  into  the 
woods  everywhere,  bayoneting  every  bush  as  they  ran. 

What  had  taken  place  at  The  Dalles  and  above  was  this: 
When  the  Mary  arrived  at  The  Dalles,  Colonel  Wright 
was  encamped  on  Five-mile  creek  above  that  place,  on  his 
way  to  Walla  Walla  to  establish  a  post,  as  before  men- 


466 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


tioned,  was  the  order  of  General  Wool ;  and  it  was  mid- 
night before  a  courier  reached  him  with  the  news.  At 
daylight  he  began  his  march  back  to  Ihe  Dalles  with  two 
hundred  and  fifty  men,  rank  and  file,  who  were  all  on 
board  the  steamers,  and  their  baggage  on  a  flatboat  in  tow 
of  one  of  them,  by  night  of  the  twenty-seventh.  On  the 
way  down  the  Mary's  fiues  became  out  of  order  through 
the  ignorance  of  a  new  fireman,  which  delayed  the  voyage 
until  the  morning  of  the  twenty-eighth. 

Although  the  Indians  had  fired  a  volley  at  the  Mary  as 
she  stranded  for  a  few  moments  on  a  rock  at  the  mouth  of 
the  creek,  when  they  came  to  be  looked  for  not  one  was  to 
be  seen.  Colonel  Wright  at  once  proceeded  to  organize  a 
force  made  up  of  two  companies  of  the  ninth  infantry 
under  Captains  Winder  and  Archer;  a  detachment  of  dra- 
goons under  Lieutenant  Tear,  third  artillery;  with  a 
howitzer  under  Lieutenant  Piper,  the  whole  commanded 
by  Colonel  Septoe,  who  was  ordered  to  advance  to  the 
blockhouse  and  thence  to  the  lower  landing. 

In  order  to  understand  what  follows,  it  is  necessarv  to 
shift  the  scene  to  Vancouver.  When  the  news  of  the 
Yakima  descent  on  the  cascades  reached  that  post,  great 
consternation  prevailed  through  an  apprehension  that 
Vancouver  was  the  objective  point  aimed  at  by  the  hostile 
Indians.  Colonel  Morris,  in  command,  removed  the  women 
and  children  of  the  garrison  and  the  greater  part  of  the 
ammunition  to  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company's  fort  for 
greater  security.  At  the  same  time  he  refused  arms  to 
the  captain  of  the  volunteer  home  guard,  in  obedience  to 
General  Wool's  orders,  leaving  the  citizens  of  the  town 
defenseless.  As  before  mentioned,  only  one  company  had 
been  left  at  Vancouver  when  the  forward  movement  to 
The  Dalles  was  ordered.  Of  this  company  Colonel  Morris 
dispatched  forty  men,  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant 
Philip  Sheridan,  on  board  of  a  .small  steamer  called  the 
Belle,  which  left  Vancouver  early  on  the  morning  of  the 
twenty-seventh.     On  his  way   up  Sheridan  passed   the 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


467 


schooner  and  batteaux  which  had  .eft  the  lower  cascades 
the  previous  day,  the  men  on  them  volunteering  to  return 
with  him  and  fight,  which  offer  was  accepted.  At  ten 
o'clock  in  the  forenoon  the  Belle  reached  her  destination, 
finding  the  place  totally  destroyed,  and  making  a  landing 
on  the  Oregon  side. 

From  here  Sheridan,  with  a  part  of  his  command,  pro- 
ceeded up  the  river  on  foot  to  a  point  opposite  the  upper 
town  to  reconnoiter.  On  his  way  he  learned  from  the  Cas- 
cade Indians  the  condition  of  affairs  both  at  the  upper 
town  and  the  blockhouse.  He  then  returned  and  landed 
his  men  on  the  Washington  side,  at  the  same  time  dis- 
patching a  canoe  to  Vancouver  for  more  ammunition. 
But  the  Indians  did  not  wait  to  be  attacked.  While  the 
troops  and  howitzer  were  being  disembarked  on  a  sand 
island  two  of  the  men  were  shot  down,  and  Sheridan  was 
compelled  to  retreat  some  distance  from  the  cover  of  the 
Indians,  the  steamer  dropping  down  in  company.  A 
council  of  war  was  then  held,  and  it  was  decided  to  main- 
tain their  ground,  which  was  done  with  much  difficulty 
through  the  remainder  of  the  day.  An  advance  to  the 
blockhouse  could  not  be  made,  though  the  diversion  ef- 
fected by  the  presence  of  troops  was  a  relief  to  the  garri- 
son, as  has  been  shown  by  their  immunity  from  harm  on 
the  afternoon  of  the  twenty-seventh. 

Meantime,  a  volunteer  company  raised  in  Portland  on 
the  ni,^ht  of  the  twenty-sixth,  and  commanded  by  L. 
G.  Powell,  consisting  of  thirty  men  of  that  place,  and 
aboul  an  equal  number  from  Vancouver,  proceeded  in 
the  steamer  Fashion,  arriving  at  the  lower  cascades  soon 
after  the  Belle,  but  finding  themselves  unable  to  advance 
up  the  river  against  a  numerous  concealed  enemy  in  front. 
They  landed,  however,  and  by  their  presence  may  be  pre- 
sumed to  have  had  an  influence  in  arresting  the  designs 
of  the  Indians.  The  Fashion  returned  to  Portland  and 
brought  up  on  the  next  morning  forty  more  volunteers, 
enrolled  by  Colonel  A.  P.  Dennison,  aid  to  Governor  Curry, 


468 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


and  commanded  by  Captain  Stephen  Coffin,  and  a  recruit 
of  regulars,  with  a  supply  of  ammunition. 

The  ammunition  and  howitzer,  being  placed  on  a  bat- 
teau,  was  taken  up  opposite  the  blockhouse,  the  design  of 
Sheridan  being  to  cover  bis  men  while  they  landed,  and 
to  give  the  garrison  a  pleasant  surprise.  The  sand  island, 
before  referred  to  with  the  Indian  village,  lay  directly  in 
front  of  the  blockhouse.  These  Indians  were  professedly 
friendly,  and  were  in  charge  of  agent  G.  B.  Simpson. 
They  had  communicated  to  the  agent  early  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  twenty-sixth  that  there  had  been  Yakimas  in 
their  camp  during  the  night,  with  the  understood  design 
of  inducing  their  people  to  join  in  a  war  upon  the  white 
inhabitants,  but  had  repudiated  any  such  intention.  There 
were  circumstances,  however,  which  led  the  agent  to  doubt 
their  sincerity,  and  Sheridan  was  made  aware  of  them. 
His  barge  lay  in  the  slough  between  the  island  and  the 
main  shore,  which  was  lined  with  Yakimas.  His  position 
was  therefore  critical,  and  his  attempt  full  of  gallantry. 
He  had  the  opportunity  to  achieve  a  reputation;  not  only 
that,  but,  unknown  to  himself,  he  was  so  holding  the  at- 
tention of  the  Indians  in  his  front  and  rear,  that  the  ap- 
proach of  Stoptoe's  command  was  unseen,  and  they  might 
have  been  taken  by  surprise  with  troops  all  around  them. 

Alas  for  lost  opportunities!  Just  at  the  critical  moment 
which  should  have  recorded  a  victory  for  the  regulars,  a 
bugle  blast  wes  sounded,  Steptoe's  column  was  seen  de- 
scending a  hill  close  by  in  all  the  bravery  of  advancing 
to  action,  and  presto!  in  two  minutes  not  an  Indian  was  in 
sight.  The  army  in  Flanders  never  swore  more  terribly 
about  anything  than  the  volunteers  about  that  bugle  call! 
But  for  that,  the  Yakimas  might  have  been  punished ;  but 
for  that,  Sheridan,  with  whom  they  sympathized,  might 
have  scored  a  victory. 

This  fight,  which  was  no  fight,  has  often  been  called 
Sheridan's  fiut  battle.  That  is  not  strictly  true,  as  few 
things  in  current  history  are.    He  had  been  in  action  in 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


469 


Raius'  campaign,  but  his  first  rei^ponsible  commaud  was 
this  of  the  cascades,  and  in  this  he  was  balked^  by  the 
traditions  of  the  service  to  which  he  belonged.  After- 
wards he  learned  how  to  fight  Indians.  One  Indian  only 
was  killed  by  Steptoe's  command,  and  the  life  of  a  soldier 
paid  for  that  one. 

The  companies  of  Captains  Powell  and  A.  P.  Dennison, 
Oregon  volunteers,  returned  home  on  the  twenty-ninth. 
They  had  done  what  they  could,  or  as  Governor  Curry  ex- 
pressed it  in  a  dispatch  to  Brigadier-General  Barnum,  had 
"tendered  important  assistance  in  rescuing  the  people 
there,  and  reestablishing  communication  from  here,"  the 
latter  a  most  important  object  with  the  first  regiment  still 
in  the  upper  country.  The  peculiar  situation  of  the  cas- 
cades, with  several  miles  of  unnavigable  rapids  between 
the  upper  and  lower  landings,  preventing  the  approach  by 
boats  from  below  to  the  upper  town,  with  only  a  narrow 
strip  of  land  between  hemmed  in  by  high  mountains,  and 
that,  in  the  possession  of  a  numerous  and  concealed  foe, 
had  rendered  progress  impossible  until  the  advance  of 
troops  from  the  opposite  direction  had  caused  the  foe  to 
take  to  voluntary  flight,  and  then  their  services  were  no 
longer  required. 

The  killed  in  the  attack  on  the  cascades  were:  James 
Sinclair,  B.  W.  Brown,  Mrs.  Brown,  George  Griswold,  James 
Watkins,  Henry  Hager,  Jacob  Kyle,  Jacob  White,  Richard 
Turpin,  Norman  Palmer,  — .  Calderwood,  Bourbon  (half- 
breed),  and  three  soldiers.  Those  who  died  from  their 
wounds  were:  George  Watkins,  lived  four  days;  Jacob 
Rousch,  lived  six  days.  The  wounded  who  recovered 
were:  Fletcher  Murphy,  H.  Kyle,  P.  Snooks,  J.  Lindsay, 
John  Chance,  Jesse  Kempton,  W.  Bailey,  J.  Elgin,  Thomas 
Price,  — .  MofTat,  and  two  soldiers. 


Colonel  Wright  ordered  a  block  House  erected  on  the 
bluff  back  of  Bradford's  store,  with  another  at  the  lower 
landing,  and  troops  were  stationed  at  both  places.     He 


Is. 


470 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREOON. 


also  caused  to  be  arrested  Chenoweth,  chief  ot  the  Cascade 
tribe,  and  eight  others  of  that  band,  who  were  found  to 
have  been  implicated  in  the  murders.  Half  a  dozen 
guilty  ones  had  gone  with  the  Yakimas,  who  could  not  be 
taken. 

The  arrested  Indians  had  a  fair  trial,  Chenoweth  being 
the  first  to  suffer  for  his  crime.  Being  convicted,  he  en- 
deavored to  buy  his  life;  ofiFering  ten  horses,  two  Indian 
women,  and  other  property,  to  each  of  the  officers  of  the 
court  to  let  him  go  free.  His  offer  being  refused,  he  made 
another  request — not  to  be  buried  in  the  ground  —  his 
people  depositing  their  dead  in  deadhouses,  or  in  canoes 
elevated  on  p*  ts  high  above  the  ground.  He  was  quash 
(afraid)  be  said  of  the  grave  in  the  ground.  However, 
when  he  came  to  die,  he  did  so  with  the  indifference  of 
the  savage.  On  the  scaffold  he  gave  the  war  whoop.  The 
rope  not  working  perfectly,  he  hung  for  a  moment  able  to 
mutter,  "  ivake  nika  quash  copa  memelose  "  ( I  am  not  afraid 
of  the  dead),  and  was  finally  shot  to  end  the  painful 
scene.  The  other  murderers  were  hung  within  three  days 
after  Chenoweth,  and  a  few  prisoners  were  sent  to  Van- 
couver. Wright  issued  orders  that  all  Cascade  Indians 
found  ofl"  the  island  set  apart  for  them  should  be  shot  at 
sight. 

The  cascades  affair  was  severely  commented  on  by  terri- 
torial authorities,  and  not  without  reason.  General  Wool 
had  been  ]:een  to  scent  out  and  point  out  to  the  war  de- 
partment any  errors  committed  or  expenses  incurred  by 
the  military  organizations  of  Oregon  and  Washington; 
even  to  mentioning  the  unavoidable  loss  of  horses  by  the 
volunteers  in  the  Indian  country  through  the  severity  of 
the  weather;  and  the  reported  capture  of  a  train  of  thir- 
teen wagons,  guarded  by  only  four  men,  by  the  Indians 
between  Umatilla  and  Walla  Walla,  the  report  being 
wholly  without  foundation  in  fact.  Said  Colonel  Corne- 
lius in  reply :  "  During  the  whole  period  of  the  war  the 
Indians  have  not  succeeded  in  capturing  a  .single  article 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


471 


ascade 
ind  to 

do/en 

not  be 

I  being 
,  he  en- 
Indian 
3  of  the 
le  made 
id  — his 
1  canoes 
IS  f/uas/' 
[owever, 
irence  of 
.p.    The 
t  able  to 
ot  afraid 
!  painful 
iree  days 
to  Van- 
Indians 
B  shot  at 

by  terri- 
ral  Wool 
e  war  de- 
iurred  by 
shington ; 
les  by  the 
everity  of 
in  of  thir- 
Indians 
,ort  being 
nel  Corne- 
;e  war  the 
gle  article 


of  quartermaster  or  commissary  stores  or  supplies,  ammu- 
nition, or  a  wagon." 

On  the  other  hand  Major  Haller  had  lost  in  the  Indian 
country  nearly  all  the  horses  of  his  command,  with  a 
large  amount  of  government  property;  Major  Rains  had 
conducted  a  costly  campaign  without  any  definite  results; 
and  lastly,  Colonel  Wright,  by  the  advice  and  with  the 
sanction  of  General  Wool,  had  advanced  his  command 
into  the  Indian  country  leaving  his  army  stores  and  sup- 
plies of  every  kind  unguarded  in  his  rear,  causing  not 
only  their  loss,  but  the  death  of  seventeen  innocent  per- 
sons; the  wounding  of  a  dozen  more,  and  the  destruction 
of  the  property  of  almost  the  entire  settlement. 

This  last  misadventure  had  delayed  the  opening  of  the 
spring  campaign  as  arranged  by  the  commander  of  the 
army  in  the  Columbia  division.  It  was  nearly  the  last  of 
April  when  Wright  returned  to  The  Dalles.  The  snow 
was  still  two  feet  deep  on  the  mountains  when  the  troops 
and  artillery  were  crossed.  By  the  thirtieth  all  were  en- 
camped twenty-five  miles  above  The  Dalles,  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river,  and  Lieutenant  Davidson  was  sent  on  a 
scout  to  look  for  the  Indians,  who  were  already  out  of 
reach.  The  command  was  advanced  to  Ahtanabm  creek, 
seven  miles  north  of  the  mission,  when  a  few  scattering 
Indians  were  seen,  but  the  dragoons  were  unable  to  cap- 
ture any  to  guide  them  to  their  encampment. 

On  the  night  of  the  sixth  of  May,  Wright's  command 
was  attacked  and  the  prairie  set  on  fire  to  the  windward. 
The  night  being  dark  the  sentinels  failed  to  discover  the  at- 
tacking party  until  firing  commenced.  On  being  promptly 
met  by  the  troops  they  retired  until  morning  when  they 
again  appeared  in  large  numbers  on  a  long  range  of  hills 
in  front  of  the  encampment;  but  upon  being  followed  and 
charged  by  the  dragoons,  precipitately  tied.  The  following 
day  a  party  of  Yakimas  was  overtaken  with  whom  was  the 
chief  Skloom.  A  brief  talk  was  held,  but  this  chief  would 
not  commit  himself  to  any  policy  without  consulting  Kam- 
iakiu  and  others,  who  were  sent  for. 


m 


R!3' 


472 


TNDTAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


On  the  eighth  negotiations  were  still  delayed,  as  those 
present  wished  to  send  for  a  son  of  Peu-peu-mox-mox. 
Wright  on  the  following  day  broke  up  his  encampment 
and  marched  to  a  range  of  hills  in  front,  when  the  Indians 
sent  messages  after  him.  Arrived  on  the  Nachess,  Wright 
sent  a  messenger  to  say  he  would  receive  them.  The  mes- 
.senger  found  the  chiefs  Skloom,  Showwawy,  Owhi,  Kam- 
iakin,  and  Teies  seated  in  council  with  young  Peu-peu- 
mo.T-mox  in  their  midst,  who  was  haranguing  in  an  excited 
manner.  The  chiefs  did  not  agree  as  to  who  was  respon- 
sible for  the  war.  The  young  Walla  Walla  chief  was  foi' 
continuing  the  war  all  summer;  and  finally  it  was  decided 
not  to  see  Wright  that  day,  though  several  messages  were 
subsequently  sent  to  him.  But  word  was  returned  to 
Kamiakin  that  no  more  messages  would  be  received  unless 
peace  negotiations  were  desired,  and  every  Indian  ap- 
proaching his  camp  would  be  fired  upon.  This  brought  a 
reply  from  Kamiakin  that  all  the  chiefs  desired  peace,  and 
would  visit  Wright's  camp  the  following  day,  first  sending 
away  their  young  men. 

The  morning  of  the  tenth  came,  however,  without  bring- 
ing the  chiefs,  and  a  large  party  was  seen  moving  north- 
ward towards  the  \/ena8s.  Dragoons  in  th  afternoon 
made  a  reconnoissance  up  the  Nachess  to  find  a  crossing, 
but  the  river  was  found  too  swollen  to  be  forded.  During 
the  evening  a  fr'endly  Klickitat  informed  Colonel  Wright 
that  Skloom  and  Showwawy  were  the  only  chiefs  in  favor 
of  peace ;  that  all  the  others  were  against  it,  and  an  attack 
on  his  camp  would  be  made  that  night  or  the  next  day. 
On  this  information,  an  express  was  sent  to  Colonel  Steptoe 
to  join  him  with  all  the  disposable  force  on  the  Columbia. 

No  further  communication  was  had  for  five  days.  On  the 
fifteenth,  Indians  were  s'^en  on  the  hills,  and  came  to  the 
brink  of  the  river,  wlr  was  still  so  swollen  as  to  be  im- 
passable for  troops,  ^^owever,  word  was  sent  to  Wright's 
camp  that  most  of  the  chiefs  were  assembled,  and  desired 
to  talk,  when  Lieutenant  Van  Voarst  ciossed  over  and  had 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


473 


an  interview  with  Owhi,  who  returned  with  him  to  camp, 
and  declared  his  wish  for  peace.  On  the  following  day, 
Owhi's  father  came  to  Wright's  camp,  and  talked  in  the 
same  strain.  He  promised  to  see  Teies,  who,  he  said,  was 
the  head  of  the  Yakima  nation,  though  Owhi  had  the 
most  numerous  following,  and  consequently  the  most  in- 
fluence. Teies  himself  appeared  on  the  afternoon  of  the 
seventeenth,  and  said  the  Yakimas  would  abide  by  his 
word;  but  no  council  was  held  and  no  negotiations  con- 
cluded with  the  several  chiefs.  The  salmon  not  yet  hav- 
ing begun  to  run  up  the  rivers,  the  Indians  were  compelled 
to  go  to  the  mountains  for  food,  where  it  was  thought  im- 
practicable to  follow  them,  and  the  troops  remained  in 
camp. 

On  the  twenty-seventh  of  May,  Colonel  Steptoe  joined 
Wright's  command,  making  the  force  in  the  field  about 
five  hundred,  exclusive  of  detachments  with  pack  trains. 
Earthworks  were  thrown  up  on  the  Nachess  river  of  dimen- 
sion^^,  sufficient  to  contain  the  stores,  and  a,  company  or  two. 
,1  bridge  was  thrown  across  the  stream  to  enable  the  troops 
to  pass  over  to  the  fisheries,  where  it  was  expected  the  In- 
dians would  congregate  when  the  fish  should  begin  to  run. 
In  order  to  weaken  the  influence  of  Kamiakin,  the  friendly 
Klickitats  were  sent  to  the  reservation,  and  Palmer,  who 
was  still  superintendent,  was  advised  to  remove  the  Cas- 
cade Indians  also.  Wright  expected  by  these  means  to 
get  affairs  in  a  shape  to  crush  the  Indians  who  remained 
hostile  ut  a  blow. 

But  the  policy  of  the  Indians  in  this  case,  as  in  other 
wars,  was  to  affect  to  have  two  parties,  and  to  play  off  one 
against  the  other.  The  chiefs  va^cillated.  One  day  there 
were  only  two  who  were  hostile;  the  next,  only  two  who 
were  for  peace,  and  these  differences  prevented  the  hold- 
ing of  a  treaty  council.  Yet  in  order  to  prevent  Wright 
from  going  to  war  with  them,  and  punishing  them  for 
their  crimes,  small  parties  continued  to  vi&it  him,  bringing 
such  accounts  as,  whether  they  were  true,  as  they  some- 


474 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Q 


times  were,  or  false,  as  they  often  were  found  to  be,  were 
such  as  would  stay  his  hand  and  allow  them  time  to  col- 
lect their  winter  store  of  food  at  the  fisheries,  as  Major 
Rains  had  said  to  them  they  would  not  be  permitted  to  do, 
and  as  it  was  Colonel  Wright's  intention  to  prevent  their 
doing  could  it  be  shown  that  they  really  did  not  desire 
peace. 

On  the  evening  of  the  ninth  of  June,  Owhi,  Kamiakin, 
and  Teies,  encamped  on  the  bank  of  the  river  opposite 
Fort  Nachess,  and  sent  friendly  messages.  Upon  being 
told  that  if  they  desired  peace  they  must  come  to  Wright'.s 
camp  and  talk  it  over,  Owhi  and  Teies  complied,  and 
charged  the  blame  of  the  war  upon  the  treaty  of  Walla 
AValla — that  is  to  say,  upon  Governor  Stevens,  Superin- 
tendent Palmer,  and  the  military  officers  present.  To  this 
Wright  replied  by  asking  what  they  had  to  gain  by  war, 
telling  them  they  were  as  children  in  his  hands;  that  if 
they  persisted  in  fighting  their  warriors  would  all  be  killed, 
and  their  v/omen  and  children  driven  to  the  cold  north, 
where  they  must  starve;  that  he  sympathized  with  theiu, 
and  was  their  friend,  but  they  must  not  seek  to  avenge 
their  wrongs  by  war. 

This  was  the  kind  of  talk  they  desired  to  hear,  for  it 
showed  them  they  had  nothing  to  fear  from  the  army  so 
long  as  their  double  policy  could  be  maintained.  It  did 
not  much  signify  that  Weight  ordered  Kamiakin  and  the 
other  absent  chiefs  to  come  into  camp  or  be  pursued  as 
enemies.  Skloom  and  Showwawy  had  gone  to  the  Pa- 
louse  country,  leaving  their  people  with  Owhi,  for  the 
Oregon  volunteers  still  occupied  that  region;  and  others 
were  absent  on  various  missions. 

The  order  to  come  into  camp  extended  to  five  days,  dur- 
ing which  must  be  collected  the  property  belonging  to 
immigrants  whom  they  had  plundered.  But  none  of  the 
chiefs  appearing  at  the  appointed  time.  Colonel  Wright 
moved  his  force  across  and  encamped  ou  the  Yakima  river, 
in  the  Kitetaa  country,  Colonel  Steptoe  remaining  at  Fort 


I? 

)e,  were 
to  col- 
1  Major 
}d  to  do, 
at  their 
)t  desire 

imiakin, 
opposite 
n  being 
Wright's 
ied,  and 
3f  Walla 
Superin- 
To  this 
1  by  war, 
s;  that  if 
be  killed, 
)ld  nortli, 
ith  theiu, 
to  avenge 

ear,  for  it 
e  army  so 
d.  It  did 
n  and  the 
pursued  as 
10  the  Pa- 
bi,  for  the 
and  others 

B  days,  dur- 
ilonging  to 
none  of  the 
nel  Wright 
ikima  river, 
ing  at  Fort 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


475 


Nachess  with  three  companies  and  one  mountain  howitzer. 

The  history  of  Wright's  operations,  as  given  in  his  re- 
ports, shows  a  summer  spent  in  trailing  Indians  from 
place  to  place,  from  fishery  to  fishery,  and  over  mountains 
before  thought  impassable  for  troops,  dragging  after  them 
tlieir  season's  supplies,  and  accomplishing  nothing  but  to 
collect  the  non-combatants  of  the  disaffected  tribes  upon  a 
reservation  in  Oregon,  where  they  were  secure  from  the 
turmoil  of  war,  and  at  liberty  to  spy  on  either  side.  On 
the  trail  over  the  mountains  to  the  Klickitat  country  and 
returning,  Wright  marched  one  hundred  and  eighty  miles. 
While  there  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  old  chief 
Nikatani,  who,  at  his  request,  visited  him  at  the  camp 
on  the  Ahtanahm,  and  there  related  to  him  the  part  aken 
by  Kamiakin  in  the  cascades  affair. 

According  to  Nikatani,  Kamiakin  had  sent  a  party  of 
thirty  Yakimas  to  Camas  lake  in  his  country  to  command 
the  young  men  of  the  Klickitats  to  proceed  to  the  cas- 
cades and  endeavor  to  gain  over  the  Cascade  Indians  to 
liis  project,  which  was  to  watch  for  a  time  when  both 
steamboats  were  at  that  place,  burn  them,  thus  cutting  off 
escape  or  assistance,  and  make  a  simultaneous  attack  on 
the  whole  line,  killing  all  the  white  inhabitants,  and  hold- 
ing the  place  until  Kamiakin  should  arrive  with  a  large 
force  for  further  operations.  Twenty  Klickitats  were  in- 
duced to  join  the  Yakimas,  and  these  fifty  held  secret  meet- 
ings with  the  Cascade  Indians,  gaining  over  their  chiefs, 
and  making  the  attack,  with  the  result  already  known. 

Nikatani  declared  that  his  people  had  long  been  under 
the  tyranny  of  Kamiakin,  who  took  away  their  horses 
and  their  women.  The  Cascade  Indians,  as  a  tribe,  had 
not  been  guilty,  but  the  chiefs,  Chenoweth  and  Banahi, 
had  fired  their  own  houses  to  make  it  appear  that  they  had 
])een  attacked,  and  with  a  minority  of  their  people  had  led 
the  onslaufrht  on  the  white  residents. 

From  the  time  when  Governor  Stevens  had  returned  to 
his  capital  to  about  the  middle  of  April  he  had  been  deal- 


476 


INDTAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


ing  with  a  serious  uprising  of  the  Indians  west  of  the 
Cascades,  among  whom  the  emissaries  of  Kamiakin  had 
been  disseminating  hostile  sentiments.  The  valleys  on 
the  east  side  of  the  sound  had  been  depopulated;  the  town 
of  Seattle  besieged  and  only  saved  by  the  timely  presence 
in  the  sound  waters  of  United  States  gunboats;  and  mur- 
der had  lurked  everywhere,  on  land  and  water. 

Stevens  had  met  this  calamitous  condition  of  his  ter- 
ritory with  characteristic  firmness,  and  been  opposed  in 
his  course  by  the  officers  of  the  army  under  General 
Wool's  influence.  Having  disposed  of  these  matters  at 
home,  he  proceeded  to  attend  to  his  duties  as  superin- 
tendent of  Indian  affairs,  first  sending  a  battalion  of 
Washington  volunteers  under  Colonel  Shaw  to  reenforce 
the  Oregonians  in  that  portion  of  his  territory  east  of  the 
mountains. 

Shaw's  command  crossed  the  Cascades  by  the  Nachess 
pass,  falling  in  with  Wright  on  the  river  Nachess,  witli 
whom  he  offered  to  cooperate,  but  who  declined  his  ser- 
vices, when  he  proceeded  to  the  Walla  Walla  valley,  where 
he  arrived  on  the  eighth  of  July  with  all  his  command, 
except  a  force  of  seventy-five  men  under  Captain  Golf, 
who  had  joined  Ma;jor  Layton  of  the  Oregon  rangers,  with 
whom  he  was  making  a  march  through  the  John  Day  coun- 
try, capturing  Indians  and  taking  many  Indian  horses. 

This  constant  mai'ching  through  their  country,  taking 
away  their  horses  and  supplies,  gradually  forced  the  needy 
and  the  neutral  individuals  and  bands  onto  the  reserva- 
tion at  Warm  springs,  and  together  with  the  somewhat 
similar  policy  of  Wright,  caused  the  surrender  of  over 
nine  hundred  Wascos,  Tyghes,  Des  Chutes,  and  John  Day 
Indians  to  the  agents,  thus  lessening  the  numbers  liable  to 
commit  depredations  or  act  as  go-betweens.  There  were, 
however,  still  the  fighting  forces,  of  the  Cayuses  and  Walla 
Wallas  and  a  part  of  the  Nez  Perces  to  overcome  either  by 
arms  or  diplomacy. 

In  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  superintendent  of  In- 


THE    YAKIMA  WAR. 


477 


dian  affairs,  Governor  Stevens  began  to  [)rep;vre  early  in 
the  summer  for  the  annual  distribution  of  goods  to  the 
tribes  who  had  remained  friendly,  and  instructed  special 
agent  Craig,  who  was  also  lieutenant-colonel  of  Washing- 
ton territory  volunteers,  still  in  command  of  the  company 
of  sixty  Nez  Perce  chiefs  and  picked  men  organized  in 
January,  to  send  expresses  to  the  Spokanes  and  Couur 
d'Alenes  to  invite  them  to  a  council  in  the  Nez  Perc6 
country.  Craig's  answer,  which  is  hero  given,  contains  an 
amount  of  information  which  is  nowhere  else  to  be  found 
regarding  the  attitude  of  the  Indians  at  this  time,  and  the 
cause  of  it: — 

Headquartkrr  Company  M,  \ 

Second  Rroiment  Wash.  Per.  Vot-unteers,  >• 
Lapwai,  May  27,  1866.  ) 

Jmac  L  Stevenn,  Exq.,  Governor  and  Snperintendent  of  Indian  Af- 
fairs, Waahinffton  7'crrifori/: 

8iR :  On  receiving  your  instructions,  I  sent  expresses  to  Colville, 
Coour  d'AIene,  and  to  Montour;  their  answers  I  send  enclosed.  A 
few  days  after  tlie  express  arrived  a  large  party  started  for  this  place, 
M'hlch  was  raised,  pcrliaps,  after  the  express  left  there. 

There  is  no  doubt  but  tho  Spokanes,  or  at  letist  a  part,  have  joi^.^a 
the  war  party;  they  are  determined  on  flghting  the  Nez  Perc<^8,  who 
l)eg  and  pray  tlieir  big  oliief  to  send  them  some  help;  they  are  here 
in  the  middle  of  their  enemies  without  ammunition,  and  they  asli 
for  their  white  friends  to  come  and  help  them.  The  volunteers  hav- 
ing all  abandoned  the  country,  and  hearing  nothing  of  the  regulars, 
there  is  a  cloud  of  Indians  collected  in  the  Spokane  country,  they 
say,  to  rub  out  the  few  whites  and  Nez  Perct'a  there  are  here. 

There  is  very  little  doubt  that  the  Indians  in  the  direction  of  the 
upper  Columbia  have  joined  the  war  party,  as  they  have  received 
their  horses  for  pay  for  so  doing.  There  are  now  Cayusee,  Palonses, 
Spokanes,  Okiuikanes,  CcBur  d'Alene,  and  I'olville  Indians,  a  part 
of  each  of  which  are  now  this  side  of  the  Spokane  prairie.  They 
say  they  have  made  all  the  whites  run  out  of  their  country,  and 
will  now  make  all  the  friendly  Indians  do  the  same.  They  have 
sent  to  the  Snakes,  and  a  party  has  already  joined  them.  What 
are  the  people  of  the  lower  country  about?  Have  they  abandoned 
the  country  forever,  or  are  they  giving  the  Indians  a  chance  to  col- 
lect from  all  parts  and  break  up  all  friendly  parties?  They  say, 
"What  can  the  friendly  Indians  do?  They  have  no  ammunition, 
and  the  whites  will  give  them  none;  we  have  plenty;  come  and 
join  us  and  save  your  lives,  or  we  will  take  your  property  anyhow." 


478 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


A  party  came  a  few  days  ago— of  Cayuscs,  Spokan^H,  and  of 
other  hands  — to  the  nuinher  of  seventy  to  the  Red  Wolf  country, 
and  crossed  from  there  to  the  I^ooklug  Glass  on  tiaeir  way  to  thiH 
place.  They  talked  very  saucy.  The  volunteers  (Nez  l»erc<*8)  went 
to  prevent  them  from  crossing  Snake  river.  The  Looking  GlasH 
told  them  they  would  not  cross.  They  said  they  had  come  to  gi't 
horses  for  the  Spokanes  to  ride;  that  Garry  was  going  to  head  their 
party  to  the  Nez  l*erc<^H  country,  and  learn  those  people  who  their 
friends  were;  and  they  would  And  out  who  said  the  Cayuses  should 
not  pass  through  their  country.  The  Nez  Percf*  are  very  mufh 
alarmed,  as  there  are  but  few  of  them  that  can  be  depended  upon. 

The  liawyer  says  that  the  people  on  Snake  river  and  the  nortli 
side  of  (/learwater  cannot  be  depended  upon,  as  they  do  not  come 
near  us.  I  sent  fur  them  when  I  received  your  instructions  tliat  ! 
could  talk  with  them,  but  they  did  not  come.  They  said  that  Gov- 
ernor Stevens  was  too  far  ofT  to  talk  with  him,  but  that  when  he 
came  up  they  would  see  him :  and  as  there  are  but  few  from  the 
forks  up  to  Lawyer's  country  and  Salmon  river,  people  that  will 
fight  if  attacked,  they  wish  me  to  move  up  to  their  country.  They 
way  we  have  no  ammunition  to  defend  ourselves  here  so  near  the 
enemy's  country. 

Now,  sir,  you  can  see  how  I  am  situate^l  at  this  place.  You  said, 
when  we  parted  in  Walla  Walla  valley,  that  you  would  send  mo 
some  supplies  early  in  the  spring,  and  I  have  been  expecting  them 
since  that  time,  but  have  received  none,  nor  even  heard  of  any.  F 
am  entirely  out  of  everj'thlng;  I  have  not  even  salt  for  my  bread, 
and  T  cannot  remain  in  this  country  entirely  destitute  of  everything. 
I  want  powder,  ball,  caps,  flints,  sugar,  cofTee,  salt,  tobacco,  cloth- 
ing for  men  and  familes.  If  we  do  not  get  supplies  we  will  be  com- 
pelled t(»  move  to  where  we  can  get  them.  It  is  necessary  for  two 
companies  to  he  sent  into  this  country  immediately  for  the  safety  of 
the  people  and  property  in  it. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  shortly,  I  remain,  your  obedient  servant, 

William  Craig, 

Special  Agent  Nez  Percy's,  Lieut«nant-('olonel  W.  T.  Volunteei*s. 

The  urgent  appeal  made  by  the  friendly  Nez  Perces 
through  their  agent  could  not  be  disregarded ;  hence,  the 
movement  of  Shaw  with  one  column  of  his  command 
through  the  Yakima  country,  and  of  Captain  GofF  with 
the  other  column  by  the  way  of  the  Columbia  to  The 
Dalles,  and  thence  to'Walla  Walla  on  the  Oregon  side  of 
the  river,  escorting  a  wagon  and  pack  train  with  supplies, 
and  goods  for  the  friendly  Indians.    At  Mill  creek,  in  the 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


47n 


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e  to  Rft 
lad  their 
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not  conio 
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from  the 
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h  supplies, 
eek,  in  the 


Walla  Walla  valley,  July  eiglitli,  there  were  two  hundred 
and  ninety  of  Shaw'.s  command,  and  sixty  Nez  Perce  aux- 
iliaries, under  Spotted  Eagle,  accompanied  hy  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Craig.  Supplies  were  immediately  sent  forward 
to  tho  Nez  Porcfi  country,  a  pack  train  of  one  hundred 
animals  heing  taken  there  in  charge  of  special  agent 
Robie  without  an  escort. 

Colonel  Shaw  had  been  instructed  by  (lovernor  Stevens 
to  "spare  no  exertion  tf)  reduce  to  unconditional  submission 
any  hostiles  within  reach,"  and  learning  that  there  was  a 
considerable  force  of  the  enemy  in  the  Grand  Rond,  de- 
termined to  attack  them.  Moving  on  the  night  of  the 
fourteenth  of  July,  he  struck  them  on  the  seventeenth,  de- 
feating them  with  heavy  loss,  capturing  a  large  number 
of  animals,  destroying  their  provisions,  and  taking  one 
hundred  pounds  of  ammunition.  Major  Layton  was  at 
the  same  time  on  the  immigrant  trail  leading  to  the 
crossing  of  Snake  river,  and  skirmishing  with  the  Indians 
wherever  they  were  overtaken. 

This  vigorous  policy  produced  a  marked  effect  in  weak- 
ening the  influence  of  the  Spokanes  with  the  Nez  Perces. 
So  far  had  they  prevailed  with  that  people  in  the  absence 
of  Craig  and  the  sixty  auxiliaries,  that  when  Robie  reached 
the  agency  with  the  supply  train  he  was  ordered  out  of 
the  country  and  marched  one  hundred  miles  back  to  Mill 
creek  without  halting.  On  Shaw's  return  to  headquarters 
after  the  battle  of  Grand  Rond,  he  sent  the  chief.  Captain 
John,  to  the  Nez  Percys  with  this  message:  "I  am  your 
friend;  I  have  not  come  to  fight  you,  but  the  hostiles. 
But  if  you  beat  your  drums  for  war,  T  will  parade  my 
men  for  battle."  The  Nez  Percys  then  sent  back  friendlj' 
messages. 

The  last  of  the  Oregon  volunteers  were  d'  janded  in 
August.  About  the  same  time  Colonel  Wright  informed 
Governor  Stevens  that  he  intended  to  send  four  companies 
under  Lieutenant-Colonel  Steptoe  io  occapy  the  Walla 
Walla,  and  the  term  of  service  of  Shaw's  command  expir- 


480 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


ing  September  tenth,  tlie  Washington  volunteers  were  also 
mustered  out  of  service. 


Here  might  be  ended  the  narrative  of  the  causes  and 
conduct  of  the  Yakima  war,  so  far  as  the  volunteer  servici 
was  concerned.  But  there  are  still  to  be  related  the  lead- 
ing incidents  of  its  conclusion  as  a  war. 

On  learning  that  the  Nez  Perces,  excepting  Lawyer's 
following,  had  refused  to  acknowledge  their  treaty  obliga- 
tions, or  to  accept  the  supplies  sent  them,  Governor  Stevens 
immediately  instructed  Shaw  to  send  runners  to  the  differ- 
ent tribes,  friendly  and  hostile,  inviting  them  to  meet  him 
on  the  twenty-fifth  of  September,  but  at  the  same  time 
notifying  them  that  he  required  the  unconditional  surren- 
der of  the  latter.  He  urged  Colonel  Wright  to  be  present 
at  the  council  with  three  companies  of  regulars,  including 
all  his  mounted  men,  which  invitation  Wright  declined. 

On  the  nineteenth  of  August,  Stevens  left  The  Dalles 
with  a  train  of  thirty  wagons,  eighty  oxen,  and  two  hun- 
dred loose  animals,  and  without  any  other  escort  than  the 
necessary  employes  of  the  expedition.  A  day  or  two  be- 
hind him  followed  the  baggage  and  supply  train  of  Colonel 
Steptoe's  command.  He  arrived  in  the  Walla  Walla  valley 
on  the  twenty-third,  again  sending  word  in  all  directions 
of  his  desire  to  meet  the  Indians  for  a  final  adjustment  of 
their  difficulties. 

At  the  end  of  a  week  a  deputation  of  the  lower  Nez 
Perces  came  in  with  their  ageni,  Craig.  In  another  week 
the  remainder  of  that  people  arrived,  and  on  the  same  day 
came  Father  Ravelli  from  the  CiBur  d'Alene  mission,  witli 
the  information  that  Kamiakin,  Owhi,  and  Qualchin  of 
the  Yakimas,  refused  to  attend  the  council.  The  Spokanes 
also,  influenced  by  Kamiakin,  who  had  his  headquarters 
on  the  border  of  the  Spokane  country,  with  the  other 
northern  tribes,  declined  to  meet  the  superintendent. 

On  the  tenth  of  September  the  hostile  Cayuses  and  their 
allies  arrived,  and  encamped  near  the  Nez  Perces,  but 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


481 


without  paying  the  usual  visit  of  ceremony  to  Governor 
Stevens.  They  had  but  recently  captured  a  pack  train 
loaded  with  provisions  for  Shaw's  command,  and  were 
correspondingly  elated.  To  show  in  what  mood  they  were, 
they  fired  the  grass  of  the  country  t.aveled  over,  making 
it  impossible  to  subsist  a  mounted  force  on  that  route. 

Tlie  council  opened  on  the  eleventh,  and  lasted  one 
week,  Stevens  in  the  mean  time  moving  his  camp  to  near 
Steptoe's  position  on  Mill  creek,  six  miles  from  its  junction 
with  the  "Walla  Walla,  fearing  an  outbreak.  The  only 
terms  to  which  the  war  chiefs  would  assent  were  to  be  left 
in  possession  of  their  respective  territories  as  before  the 
treaty.  It  was  the  frequently  expressed  opinion  of  the 
officers  of  the  :.egular  army,  including  Colonel  Wright  and 
General  Wool,  that  the  former  treaties  should  not  be  con- 
firmed. It  was,  nevertheless,  the  duty  of  the  superintend- 
ent to  execute,  if  possible,  a  treaty  made,  until  congress 
had  rejected  it;  and  it  was  the  duty  of  the  army  of  the 
United  States  to  assist  him.  But  this  obligation  was 
ignored  by  Colonel  Wright,  with  the  approval  of  General 
Wool,  who,  in  his  turn,  by  representations  often  wide  of 
the  facts,  secured  for  himself  the  approval  of  those  still 
higher  in  the  service. 

Nothing  was  accomplished  by  the  council,  and  Stevens 
set  out  to  return  to  The  Dalles  with  his  train  of  Indian 
goods,  escorted  by  Shaw's  command  under  Captain  Gofl', 
which  was  attacked  several  times  on  the  nineteenth  and 
twentieth,  and  would  have  been  taken  but  for  the  assist- 
ance of  Colonel  Steptoe,  who  lost  two  soldiers  in  the  fight, 
and  who  w»3  reproved  by  General  Wool  for  acting  as  an 
escort  to  volunteers. 

Stevens  returned  to  his  capital,  and  General  Wool  wrote 
to  Lieutenant-Colonel  Thomas,  then  assistant  adjutant- 
general  of  the  army  at  New  York:  "Governor  Stevens 
has  returned  to'Puget  sound,  where  it  is  hoped  he  will 
remain,  although  it  is  apprehended  he  will  attempt  the 
renewal  of  cho  war  in  that  region.     By  his  efforts  to  cause 

81 


482 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


m  ■«! 


another  war  at  Waila  Walla,  he  induced  Looking  Glass, 
the  great  war  chief  of  the  Nez  Perces,  a  numerous  and 
powerful  tribe,  to  favor  Kamiakin  of  the  Yakimas,  who 
has  a  few  followers.  He,  however,  has  informed  Colonel 
Wright  that  he  is  friendly  to  the  whites  and  does  not 
wp  it  to  fight.  The  Walla  Wallas  and  Cayuses  say  that 
they  do  not  desire  to  fight,  but  want  to  bo  paid  for  their 
lands  before  any  more  talk  is  had  about  taking  them 
away  for  the  whites  to  settle  upon,  and  prescribing  them  to 
certain  limits.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Steptoe  says  he  urged 
Governor  Stevens  to  adjourn  his  council  with  the  Indians 
weeks  before  it  was  brought  to  a  close,  as  it  was  plain- 
ly to  be  seen  that  no  good  would  result  from  it."  He 
further  says:  "There  would  have  been  no  further  disturb- 
ance but  for  the  council;  it  v  s  premature  and  inoppor- 
tune. It  was,  no  doubt,  an  efifort  to  create  another  outbreak 
with  the  Indians,  with  the  hope  by  such  a  course  to  induce 
congress  to  pay  tiie  enormous  debt  contracted  to  carry  on 
the  war,  which  there  was  no  circumstance  to  justify." ' 

Soon  after  the  repulse  of  Stevens  and  the  fight  with 
Steptoe,  Colonel  Wright  repaired  to  Walla  Walla  with  an 
additional  company  of  troops,  and  called  a  council  of  the 
chiefs.  But  few  responded,  and  those  were  the  friendly 
Cayuses,  Howlish  Wampool,  Tintinmitse,  and  Sticcas,  and 
the  Nez  Perces,  Red  Wolf  and  Eagle-frcm-the-Light,  who 
belonged  to  the  hostile  party.  No  Yakimas,  Des  Chutes, 
Walla  Wallas,  or  Spokant  s  were  present  or  paid  any  atten- 
tion to  the  summons.  Concerning  his  council.  Colonel 
Wright  reported  that  the  Stevens  treaty  was  responsible 
for  all  the  hostilities,  and  that  the  Indians  so  declared. 
p]agle- from -the- Light  he  denominated  "the  sense-bearer 
and  mouthpiece  of  Looking  Glass;  a  man  of  much  char- 
acter, and  destined  to  reach  the  chieftanship  of  all  the 
Nez  Perc6  nation."  His  views  of  the  treaty  were  the  samo 
as  those  of  the  other  chiefs,  though  he  desiied  to  live  in 
harmony  with  the  white  ;>eople.    "I  am  fully  satisfied," 


'  Indian  Affain  Report,  1886,  pp.  118-19. 


THE   YAKTMA  WAR. 


488 


remarked  the  colonel,  "with  all  that  has  been  said  by  the 
chiefs  or  myself.  Peace  and  quiet  can  easily  be  main- 
tained. The  Indians  are  perfectly  satisfied  with  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  military  post  here.  All  chey  want  is  quiet 
and  protection." 

Referring  to  the  same  proceedings,  Governor  Stevens 
wrote  the  secretary  of  war:  "I  now  make  direct  issue 
with  Colonel  Wright,  that  he  has  made  a  concession  to 
the  Indians  which  he  had  no  right  to  make;  that  by  so 
doing  he  has  done  nothing  but  to  get  the  semblance  of  a 
peace,  and  that  by  his  acts  he  has  in  a  measure  weakened 
the  influence  of  the  service  having  the  authority  to  make 
treaties,  and  having  charge  of  the  friendly  Indians.  He 
has,  in  my  judgment,  abandoned  his  own  duty,  which  was 
to  reduce  the  Indians  to  submission,  and  has  trenched  upon 
and  usurped  a  portion  of  mine." 

After  establishing  Fort  Walla  Walla,  which  was  done  by 
the  twentieth  of  November,  Colonel  Wright  returned  to 
The  Dalles,  leaving  Steptoe  in  charge.  He  directed  Cap- 
tain Jordan  of  The  Dalles  to  make  arrangements  for  the 
transportation  of  the  public  stores  from  the  mouth  of  Des 
Chutes  to  the  mouth  of  the  Walla  Walla  by  water;  and 
several  boats,  clinker-built,  were  constructed  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  used  to  convey  government  freight  up  the  Co- 
lumbia ;  and  finally  a  steamboat  called  the  Colonel  Wright 
was  built  and  placed  on  the  upper  Columbia,  all  of  which 
was  a  direct  outcome  of  the  Yakima  war,  and  an  impor- 
tant step  in  the  development  of  the  country.  The  post  at 
The  Dalles  was  strengthened;  Captain  Wallen  stationed 
at  the  cascades  instead  of  Captain  Winder,  who  was  or- 
dered to  Fort  Walla  Walla  with  his  company  to  replace 
one  of  the  ninth  infantry,  while  a  single  company  of  the 
fourth  infantry  was  left  at  Vancouver.  In  this  state  of 
quiet  occupation  the  country  rested  during  the  winter  of 
1856-7,  the  wars  north  and  south  being  to  all  appearances 
ended. 

In  the  spring  of  1857,  in  order  to  curtail  expenses  of  the 


484 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


Indian  department,  the  superintendencies  of  Oregon  and 
Washington  were  united  in  one  under  J.  W.  Nesmith  of 
Oregon,  late  colonel  of  volunteers.  Another  important 
change  occurred  in  answer  to  a  petition  of  the  Oregon 
legislature,  which  was  the  recall  of  General  Wool  from 
the  command  of  the  department  of  the  Pacific,  his  suc- 
cessor being  General  Newman  S.  Clarke,  whose  first  visit 
to  the  Columbia  river  district  was  in  June,  1857. 

Nesmith  recommended  to  the  commissioner  of  Indian 
afiFairs  at  Washington  City  that  the  treaties  of  1855  bo 
ratified,  as  the  best  means  of  bringing  about  a  settlement 
of  the  existing  troubles,  and  upon  the  following  grounds: 
that  the  land  laws  of  congress  permitted  the  occupation  of 
the  Oregon  and  Washington  lands  without  regard  to  the 
rights  of  the  Indians,  thereby  making  the  intercourse  laws 
a  nullity;  that  friendly  relations  with  them  could  not  be 
cultivated  while  their  title  to  the  soil  was  recognized  by 
the  government,  which  at  the  same  time  withheld  pay- 
ment for  it  and  gave  its  subjects  a  right  to  settle  in  the 
country. 

General  Clarke  distributed  to  the  different  posts  in  Ore- 
gon and  Washington  between  fifteen  hundred  and  two 
thousand  troops,  among  which  were  three  companies  of 
the  ninth  infantry  under  Major  R.  S.  Garnett  at  Fort  Sim- 
coe  in  the  Yakima  country;  three  companies  of  the  same 
regiment  at  The  Dalles  under  Wright;  and  one  company 
each  of  the  first  dragoons,  third  artillery,  fourth  and  ninth 
infantry  at  Walla  Walla  under  Steptoe,  who  was  joined  in 
the  autumn  by  Captain  A.  J.  Smith  with  his  troop  from 
southern  Oregon. 

Clark's  first  measures  were  governed,  visibly,  by  the 
prejudices  fostered  by  the  injurious  reports  previously 
circulated  concerning  the  management  of  Indian  wars 
and  affairs  generally  in  Oregon.  But  when  he  came  to 
know  that  in  spite  of  the  conciliatory  policy  of  the  regular 
army,  and  its  efforts  to  cultivate  friendly  relations  in  the 
Walla  Walla,  from  which  settlers  had  been  rigidly  ex- 


THE   YAKIMA  WAB. 


485 


;on  and 
mith  of 
iportant 
Oregon 
lol  from 
his  suc- 
irst  visit 

f  Indian 
1855  bo 
ittlement 
grounds: 
pation  of 
rd  to  the 
(urse  laws 
Id  not  be 
ynized  by 
held  pay- 
ittle  in  the 

isis  in  Ore- 
l  and  two 
npanies  of 
,  Fort  Sim- 
if  the  same 
B  company 
I  and  ninth 
IS  joined  in 
troop  from 

oly,  by  the 

previously 

:ndian  wars 

he  came  to 

[  the  regular 

itions  in  the 

rigidly  ex- 


cluded with  this  purpose,  the  Indians  had  presumed  upon 
the  non-combativeness  and  forbearance  of  the  soldiery  to 
drive  oflf  the  garrison  live  stock,  and  return  flippant  or 
insolent  answers  to  demands  for  explanation,  he  gradually 
became  convinced  that  it  would  be  necessary  to  mingle 
with  mercy  some  lessons  of  justice. 

In  April,  1858,  Colonel  Steptoe  reported  to  General 
Clarke  that  an  expedition  to  the  country  bordering  on  the 
northern  mines  seemed  to  be  called  for,  a  petition  signed 
])y  forty  persons  residing  at  Colville  for  troops  to  be  sent 
to  that  place  having  been  received  at  his  post.  Besides, 
two  white  men  had  been  murdered  on  the  road  to  Colville 
by  the  Palouse  Indians,  who  had  also  made  a  raid  into 
the  Walla  Walla  valley,  driving  oflf  the  government  cattle. 

On  the  sixth  of  May,  Steptoe  left  the  post  with  a  force 
of  one  hundred  and  thirty  dragoons,  intending  only  to 
make  a  march  and  impress  upon  the  Indians  the  fact  that 
a  military  power  resided  in  the  country,  which,  on  occa- 
sions, it  might  be  unpleasant  to  encounter.  He  proceeded 
to  the  Nez  Perce  country  in  a  leisurely  manner,  and  was 
ferried  over  the  Snake  river  by  chief  Timothy,  once  a 
member  of  Mr.  Spalding's  church,  who  also  acted  as  guide. 
At  the  Alpowah  he  found  the  party  of  Palouses  said  to 
have  committed  'be  two  murders,  who  fled  at  his  approach. 
Proceeding  northward,  he  received  information  on  the  six- 
teenth that  the  Spokanes  were  preparing  to  fight  him. 
Disregarding  the  report  he  kept  on  until  he  found  himself 
surrounded  by  about  six  hundred  Indians  in  their  war 
paint,  who  had  posted  themselves  close  to  a  ravine  through 
which  the  road  passed.  The  force  here  assembled  was 
drawn  from  the  Palouse,  Spokane,  Coeur  d'Alene,  and  Nez 
Perc6  tribes,  the  latter  numbering  but  few.  It  was  so 
stationed  that  it  could  attack  the  troops  on  three  sides 
should  the  command  enter  the  ravine,  and  Steptoe  called 
a  halt,  during  which  a  parley  was  held  with  the  Spokanes, 
in  which  they  informed  him  they  heard  he  had  come  for 


486 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


war,  and  tliey  should  not  permit  him  to  cross  the  Spokane 
river. 

It  was  evident  that  he  should  have  to  fight  whether  he 
proceeded  or  retreated,  and  after  a  consultation  with  his 
officers,  turned  aside  to  avoid  the  pass,  and  encamped  in 
about  a  mile  on  the  border  of  a  small  lake.  He  had  not, 
however,  dared  to  dismount  his  command,  the  Indians 
having  ti'aveled  along  with  him,  not  more  than  one  hun- 
dred yards  away,  employing,  according  to  their  custom, 
the  most  insulting  language  and  gestures  to  provoke  their 
enemy  to  battle.  However,  no  shots  were  exchanged, 
both  sides  waiting  for  the  overt  act,  and  Steptoe  being  un- 
prepared for  fighting,  the  dragoons  having  '  ily  their 
small  arms. 

Late  in  the  afternoon  several  chiefs  presented  themselves, 
mounted,  at  Steptoe's  camp,  inquiring  his  business  in  their 
country,  and  why  he  had  brought  a  howitzer  with  him. 
On  being  told  that  he  was  on  his  way  to  Colville  to  ascer- 
tain the  origin  of  the  troubles  between  the  Indians  and 
the  miners  and  residents,  they  professed  to  believe  him, 
departing  apparently  satisfied.  But  among  themselves, 
and  to  their  priest.  Father  Joset,  tliey  declared  their  un- 
belief; giving  as  a  reason  that  Steptoe  had  not  taken  the 
direct  road  to  Colville,  and  had  gone  out  of  his  way  to 
pass  through  their  country;  a  fact  of  which  that  officer 
was  ignorant,  having  trusted  everything  to  his  guide,  who, 
with  that  curious  indifference  to  consequences  affecting 
others,  which  is  a  part  of  the  Indian  character,  had  delib- 
erately brought  him  into  a  hostile  region. 

Finding  that,  although  professedly  satisfied  with  regard 
to  his  intentions,  the  Spokanes  would  not  consent  to  ferry 
him  over  their  river  when  he  should  arrive  at  it,  and  that 
if  it  came  to  fighting,  great  odds  would  be  against  him, 
which  his  men  were  not  armed  to  meet,  Steptoe  determined 
upon  retreat. 

Accordingly,  early  on  the  morning  of  the  seventeenth 
the  return  march  was  begun.    But  the  Spokanes  were  un- 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


487 


as  were  un- 


willing to  allow  him  to  escape  out  of  their  hands  without 
a  tilt  at  arms,  and  had  gathered  to  themselves  a  consider- 
able force  of  Cceur  d'Alenes  in  the  neighborhood. 

Before  marching,  Father  Jos6t,  of  the  Cceur  d'Alene 
mission,  had  an  interview  with  Steptoe  in  which  he  offered 
to  explain  the  causes  which  had  led  to  the  hostile  attitude 
of  the  Indians  in  this  quarter;  but  not  wishing  to  be  de- 
tained, it  was  agreed  that  the  principal  chiefs  of  the  Spo- 
kanes  and  Coeur  d'Alenes  with  the  father,  should  join  him 
as  he  marched,  and  talk  as  they  rode  along.  Not  a  chief 
of  the  Spokanes,  however,  came  near,  the  interview  being 
held  between  Vincent,  head  chief  of  the  Coeur  d'Alenes, 
Father  Joset,  and  Steptoe.  In  the  midst  of  it  some  Pa- 
louses,  who  had  been  dogging  the  heels  of  the  command, 
commenced  firing,  and  at  the  same  moment  Vincent  was 
called  away  by  his  people.  Soon  firing  from  every  side 
followed,  and  the  battle  was  on. 

Steptoe  had  not  only  to  march  and  fight,  but  to  defend 
a  pack  train  moving  over  a  roiling  country  favorable  to 
Indian  modes  of  warfare.  He  kept  his  column  closed  up, 
the  supplies  guarded  by  a  company  of  dragoons,  until  he 
came  to  the  crossing  of  a  small  stream.  Here  the  Indians 
closed  .'n  to  get  at  the  head  of  the  column ;  and  Steptoe 
ordered  Lieutenant  Gregg  with  one  company  to  move  for- 
ward and  occupy  a  hill  which  they  were  endeavoring  to 
gain  for  that  purpose.  Gregg  had  no  sooner  reached  this 
position  than  the  Indians  made  a  dash  for  one  that  com- 
manded it,  making  it  necessary  to  divide  his  company  in 
order  to  drive  them  from  it. 

The  action  had  now  become  general,  the  companies  of 
Steptoe's  command  fighting  by  making  short  charges,  be- 
ing at  a  great  disadvantage  on  account  of  the  inferiority 
of  their  weapons  to  those  of  the  Indians.  On  one  of  the 
companies  making  a  run  to  I'eeu force  Lieutenant  Gregg, 
the  Indians  charged  to  cut  it  off;  and  Lieutenant  Gas- 
ton, who  was  two  thirds  of  a  mile  off  with  his  company, 
made  a  dash  to  intercept  them,  and  being  met  by  Gregg's 


Ill 


488 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


^^\ 


command  from  the  hill,  the  Indians  sustained  a  loss  of 
nine  killed,  among  whom  were  a  brother-in-law  of  chief 
Vincent  and  another  head  man.  Victor,  an  influential 
chief  of  the  Coeur  d'Alenes  was  mortally,  and  many  others 
more  or  less  severely  wounded.  This  heavy  loss  greatly 
enraged  'ihe  Cceur  d'Alenes,  who  now  fought  like  demons. 
As  the  troops  pressed  on  slowly  towards  the  water,  Captaiii 
Oliver  H.  P.  Taylor  and  Lieutenant  William  Gaston,  to 
whom  had  been  assigned  the  difficult  duty  of  flanking  the 
column,  were  killed.  The  loss  of  their  commanders  threw 
the  men  into  confusion,  but  they  defended  the  bodies  of 
the  dead  officers  and  brought  them  off"  the  field  under  a 
rain  of  bullets. 

It  was  now  apparent  that  the  Palouse,  the  nearest  water, 
could  not  be  reached  by  daylight,  and  although  it  was  now 
but  little  past  noon,  Steptoe  was  forced  to  remain  on  the 
summit  of  the  hill  now  known  as  "Steptoe's  Butte,"  near 
the  town  of  Colfax,  where  the  troops  dismounted  and  pick- 
eted their  animals.  They  were  ordered  to  lay  flat  upon  the 
ground,  and  defend,  as  well  as  they  could,  this  position 
from  the  charges  of  the  Indians.  "To  move  from  one 
point  to  another,"  wrote  Lieutenant  Gregg,  "we  had  to 
crawl  on  our  hands  and  knees,  amid  the  howling  of  the 
Indians,  the  groans  of  the  dying,  and  the  whistling  of 
balls  and  arrows."  Towards  evening  the  ammunition,  of 
which  there  was  an  insufficient  supply,  began  to  give  out, 
and  the  men  who  were  chiefly  recent  recruits,  overcome 
with  fatigue  and  thirst,  became  so  indifferent  to  fate  that 
the  three  remaining  officers  could  with  difficulty  inspire 
them  to  defend  themselves.  Six  of  their  number  were 
dead  or  dying,  and  eleven  others  wounded. 

The  escape  of  the  whole  command  now  depended  en- 
tirely upon  a  successful  flight.  The  dead  were  hastily 
interred,  and  with  the  best  horses,  and  a  small  supply  of 
provisions,  the  force  which  had  set  out  to  show  volunteers 
how  to  treat  Indians,  and  to  impress  upon  Indians  the 
great  superiority  of  the  regular  troops  over  civilians,  crept 


4 


THE   YAKIMA  WAR. 


489 


silently  away  at  ten  o'clock  at  night,  reaching  Snake  river 
on  the  morning  of  the  ninteenth,  and  returning  to  Fort 
Walla  Walla. 

The  reason  given  by  Father  Jos^t  for  the  conduct  of  the 
Coeur  d'Alenes  was  that  ever  since  the  first  outbreak  in 
1855  they  had  said  no  white  settlers  should  be  admitted 
into  their  country,  nor  any  roads  made  through  it.  In- 
formation had  reached  them  of  the  road  projected  by 
Lieutenant  Mullan  from  the  Missouri  to  the  Columbia, 
which  made  them  very  angry.  They  also  had  determined 
not  to  permit  troops  to  be  sent  to  Colville,  as  that  would 
open  the  way  for  more  troops  and  finally  to  the  occupation 
of  the  country. 

General  Clarke  seems  to  have  thought  this  sufficient 
apology  for  the  loss  inflicted  on  the  army,  and  offered, 
through  Father  Jos6t,  who  went  +o  Vancouver  to  plead  for 
his  spiritual  charge,  to  treat  with  them,  sending  passports 
to  bring  their  chiefs  to  his  headquarters.  But  the'  Coeur 
d'Alenes  were  not  inclined  to  treat,  being  much  puffed  up 
by  their  victory  over  Steptoe,  and  denied  having  commis- 
sioned Jos6t  to  negotiate  for  a  treaty.  Their  attitude  af- 
fected the  other  tribes,  who  were  again  openly  hostile. 

After  a  consultation  with  his  oflRcers,  including  Wright 
,  and  Steptoe,  General  Clarke  in  June  determined  upon  an 
expedition  which  should  not  repeat  the  blunders  of  pre- 
vious ones.  Three  companies  of  artillery  were  brought 
from  San  Francisco,  one  company  of  the  fourth  infantry 
from  Fort  Jones  in  California,  and  another  company  from 
Fort  Umpqua  in  Oregon.  The  troops  intended  for  the  ex- 
pedition were  concentrated  at  Fort  Walla  Walla  and  thor- 
oughly drilled,  the  artillerymen  being  instructed  in 
infantry  practice,  less  one  company  which  was  practiced 
at  artillery  drill,  mounted.  Nothing  was  omitted  which 
could  secure  discipline  in  battle.  The  command  of  this 
body  of  troops  was  given  to  Wright. 

At  the  same  time  a  second  expedition  was  prepared,  de- 


^'  '•, 


490 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


signed  to  go  against  the  Yakimas,  and  commanded  by 
Major  Garnett,  consisting  of  three  hundred  troops,  which 
was  to  move,  on  the  fifteenth  of  August,  towards  Colville, 
through  the  Yakima  country,  driving  the  hostile  Indians 
towards  one  common  center  where  they  would  be  met  by 
Wright's  forces. 

On  the  seventh  of  August,  Caj  lain  Keyes,  with  a  de- 
tachment of  dragoons,  was  ordered  to  proceed  to  Snake 
river  crossing,  and  erect  a  fortification.  The  point  selected 
was  at  the  mouth  of  the  Tucaunon  river,  and  named  Fort 
Taylor,  after  Captain  Taylor,  killed  at  Steptoe's  butte.  On 
the  eighteenth  Wright  arrived  at  Fort  Taylor.  His  force, 
when  organized,  numbered  about  two  hundred  dragoons, 
ninety  infantry,  organized  as  a  rifle  brigade,  and  four  hun- 
dred artillerymen  drilled  in  infantry  practice.  The  arms 
iised  by  the  rifle  brigade  were  Sharpe's  long  range  rifles 
and  minie  ball,  two  things  with  which  the  Indians  were 
not  yet  familiar  in  warfare. 

Before  leaving  Walla  Walla,  Colonel  Wright  had  called 
a  council  of  the  Nez  Perces,  with  whom  he  made  a  "treaty 
of  friendship,"  binding  them  to  aid  the  United  States  in 
wars  with  any  other  tribes,  and  binding  the  United  States 
to  assist  them  in  the  same  case,  at  the  cost  of  the  govern- 
ment; and  to  furnish  them  arms  whenever  their  services 
were  required.  The  treaty  was  signed  by  Wright  on  the 
part  of  the  United  States,  and  by  four  chiefs  of  not  the 
greatest  importance  in  the  Noz  Perce  nation,  namely, 
Timothy,  Richar(^,  Three  Feathers,  and  Speaking  Eagle. 
It  was  witnessed  by  six  army  officers,  and  approved  by 
General  Clarke.  A  company  of  thirty  Nez  Perc6  volunteers 
was  accepted,  and  dressed  in  United  States  uniform,  which 
was  placed  under  Lieutenant  John  Mullan,  to  act  as  guide" 

and  scouts. 

On  the  thirty-first,  Wright  had  reached  a  point  on  his 

march  about  seventy-six  miles  due  north  of  Fort  Taylor, 

and  within  about  twenty  of  the  Spokane  river,  when  the 

Indians  showed  themselves  in  parties  along  the  hills,  ex- 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


491 


ded  by 

which 
Jolville, 
Indians 

met  by 

,h  a  de- 
0  Snake 
selected 
led  Fort 
tte.  On 
lis  force, 
Iragoons, 
our  hun- 
'he  arms 
ige  rifles 
ans  were 

lad  called 
a  "  treaty 
States  in 
ted  States 
e  govern- 
ir  services 
rht  on  the  . 
)f  not  the 
,  namely, 
ing  Eagle. 
proved  by 
volunteers 
•rm,  which 
t  as  guide" 

oint  on  his 
jrt  Taylor, 
,  when  the 
e  hills,  ex- 


changing occasional  shots  with  the  Nez  Percys  whom  they 
recognized  in  spite  of  their  United  States  uniform,  and 
tiring  the  grass  in  order  to  make  a  smoke  which  should 
hide  their  movements.  But  the  grass  did  not  burn  well, 
and  after  a  skirmish  feint  upon  the  rear  guard  they  retired 
again  to  the  hills. 

Understanding  these  indications  to  mean  that  the  main 
body  of  the  Indians  was  not  far  off,  Wright  encamped  his 
command  in  the  vicinity  of  Four  lakes  to  give  the  troops 
a  needed  rest  before  battle.  But  the  Indians  were  not  in- 
clined to  allow  him  this  refreshment,  and  on  the  morning 
of  September  first  began  to  mass  themselves  on  the  crest 
of  a  hill  distant  about  two  miles.  On  recognizing  their 
purpose,  Wright  made  a  reconnoissance  in  that  direction 
with  a  force  consisting  of  two  squadrons  of  dragoons,  com- 
manded by  Major  W.  N.  Grier;  four  companies  of  artillery, 
armed  with  rifle  muskets,  commanded  by  Major  E.  D. 
Keyes;  the  rifles  battalion  of  two  companies  of  the  ninth 
infantry,  commanded  by  Captain  F.  T.  Den^;  one  mountain 
howitzer,  under  Lieutenant  J.  L.  White;  and  the  Nez  Perce 
brigade,  under  Lieutenant  John  Mullan.  At  camp  was  left 
one  company  of  artillery,  a  howitzer,  and  a  guard  of  fifty- 
four  men,  all  under  Captain  J.  A.  Hardie,  assisted  by  Lieu- 
tenants H.  G.  Gibson,  G.  B.  Daudy,  and  H.  B.  Lyon. 

Grier  was  directed  to  advance  his  cavalry  to  the  north 
and  east  around  the  base  of  the  hill  occupied  by  the  In- 
dians, in  order  to  intercept  their  retreat  when  the  infantry 
should  have  driven  them  from  the  summit.  The  artillery 
and  rifle  battalion,  with  the  Nez  Perce  brigade,  were 
marched  to  the  right,  where  the  ascent  was  more  easy, 
to  push  the  Indians  towards  the  dragoons.  They  gave 
way,  as  was  expected,  but  made  a  stand  on  the  other  side, 
and  kept  up  an  annoying  fire  upon  the  dragoon  squadrons 
who  were  waiting  for  the  support  of  the  infantry. 

Lieutenant  Kip  of  the  artillery,  in  his  charming  little 
book  Army  Life,  has  written  so  vividly  of  the  scene  and  the 
battle  of  "  Four  Lakes,"  that  it  may  be  quoted  here  with- 


492 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


out  prejudice  to  the  subject  atid  to  the  readers  gratifica- 
tion. He  aays:  "My  place  as  adjutant  of  the  artillery 
battalion  was,  of  course,  with  Captain  Keyes.  We  rode 
up  to  the  top  of  the  hills,  when  the  whole  scene  lay  before 
us  like  a  splendid  panorama.  Below  us  lay  four  lakes, 
a  large  one  at  the  foot  of  the  barren  hill  on  which  wo 
were,  and  just  beyond  it  three  smaller  ones,  8urrounde<l  by 
rugged  rocks,  and  almost  entirely  fringed  with  pines.  Be- 
tween these  lakes,  and  beyond  them  to  the  northwest, 
stretched  out  a  plain  for  miles,  terminated  by  bare,  grassy 
hills,  one  succeeding  another,  as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach. 
In  the  far  distance  was  dimly  seen  a  line  of  mountains 
covered  with  the  black  pine.  On  the  plain  below  us  we 
saw  the  enemy.  Every  spot  seemed  alive  with  the  wild 
warriors  we  had  come  so  far  to  meet.  They  were  in  the 
pines  on  the  edge  of  the  lakes,  in  the  ravines  and  gullies, 
on  the  opposite  hillsides,  and  swarming  on  the  plain. 
They  seemed  to  cover  the  country  for  some  two  miles. 
Mounted  on  their  fleet,  hanly  horses,  the  crowds  swayed 
back  and  forth,  brandishing  their  weapons,  shouting  their 
war  cries,  and  kc^DJn?;  up  a  song  of  defiance.  Most  of 
them  were  armed  with  Hudson's  bay  muskets,  while 
others  had  bows  anu  arrows  and  lances.  They  were  all  in 
the  bravery  of  th'.i*  v  far  array,  gaudily  painted,  and  deco- 
rated with  their  wild  trappings;  their  plumes  fluttered 
above  them,  while  below  skins  and  trinkets  and  all  kinds 
of  fantastic  embellishments  flaunted  in  the  sunshine. 
Their  horses,  too,  were  arrayed  in  the  most  glaring  finery. 
Some  were  even  painted,  and  with  colors  to  form  the 
brighest  contrast,  tlie  white  being  smeared  with  crimson 
in  fantastic  figures,  and  the  dark-colored  streaked  witli 
white  clay.  Beads  and  fringes  of  gaudy  colors  were  hang- 
ing from  their  bridles,  while  the  plumes  of  eagle's  feathers 
interwoven  with  the  mane  and  tail  fluttered  as  the  breeze 
swept  over  them  and  completed  their  wild  fantastic  ap- 
pearance. 

*  By  heaven  !  It  was  a  glorious  sight  to  f«e 
The  gay  array  of  their  wild  chivalry.' 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


493 


"  But  wo  had  no  time  for  mere  admiration,  for  other  work 
war.  at  hand.  Orders  were  at  once  issued  for  the  artillery 
and  infantry  to  be  deployed  as  skirmishers,  and  advance 
them  down  the  hill,  driving  the  Indians  before  them  from 
their  coverts  until  they  reached  tlio  plain,  where  the  dra- 
jjoons  would  act  against  them.  At  the  same  time.  Lieu- 
tenant White  with  the  howitzer  batlery,  supported  by 
company  A  under  Lieutenant  Tyler  and  the  rifles,  was 
sent  to  the  rii^iit  to  drive  them  out  of  the  woods.  Tho 
latter  met  with  a  vigorous  resistance;  but  n  few  discharges 
of  the  howitzer  with  their  spirited  attack  soon  dislodged 
the  enemy  and  compelled  them  to  take  refuge  on  the  hills. 

"  In  the  mean  while,  the  companies  moved  down  the  hill 
with  all  the  precision  of  a  parade,  and  as  we  rode  along 
the  line  it  was  pleasant  to  see  the  enthusiasm  of  the  men 
to  get  within  reach  of  the  enemy.  As  soon  as  they  were 
within  some  six  hundred  yards  they  opened  fire,  and  de- 
livered it  steadily  as  they  advanced.  Our  soldiers  aimed 
regularly,  though  it  was  no  easy  task  to  hit  their  shifting 
marks.  The  Indians  acted  as  skirmishers,  advancing 
rapidly  and  delivering  their  fire,  then  retreating  with  a 
quickness  and  irregularity  which  rendered  it  difficult  to 
reach  them.  They  were  wheeling  and  dashing  about,  al- 
ways on  the  run,  apparently  each  fighting  on  his  own 
account. 

"But  minie  balls  and  long  range  rifles  were  things  with 
which  now  for  the  first  time  they  were  to  be  made  ac- 
quainted. As  the  line  advanced,  first  we  saw  one  Indian 
reel  in  his  saddle  and  fall  —  then  two  or  three  —  then  half 
a  dozen.  Then  some  horses  would  dash  madly  forward, 
showing  that  the  balls  were  telling  upon  them.  The  in- 
stant, however,  that  the  '  braves '  fell,  they  were  seized  by 
their  companions  and  dragged  to  the  rear,  to  be  borne  off. 
We  saw  one  Indian  leading  off  a  horse  with  two  of  his 
dead  companions  tied  on  it. 

"  But  in  a  few  minutes,  as  the  line  drew  nearer,  the  fire 
became  too  heavy,  and  the  whole  array  broke  and  fled 


I 


494 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


towards  the  plain.  This  was  the  chance  for  which  the 
dragoons  had  been  impatiently  waiting.  As  the  line  ad- 
vanced they  had  followed  on  behind  it,  leading  their  horses. 
Mow,  the  order  was  given  to  mount,  and  they  rode  through 
the  company  intervals  to  the  front.  In  an  instant,  we 
heard  the  voice  of  Maj  >r  Grier  ringing  over  the  plain,  as 
he  shouted,  'Charge  the  rascals,'  and  on  the  dragoons 
went,  at  headlong  speed.  Taylor's  and  Gaston's  companies 
were  there,  burning  for  revenge,  and  soon  they  were  on 
t')em.  We  saw  the  flash  of  their  sabres  as  they  cut  them 
do^trn.  Lieutenant  Davidson  shot  one  warrior  from  his 
saddle  as  they  charged  up,  and  Lieutenant  Gregg  clove 
the  skull  of  another.  Yells  and  shrieks  and  uplifted 
hand  were  of  no  avail  as  they  rode  over  them.  A  num- 
ber were  left  dead  on  the  ground,  when  once  more  the 
crowd  broke,  and  dashed  forward  to  the  hills.  It  was  a 
race  for  life,  as  the  flying  warriors  streamed  out  of  the 
glens  and  ravines,  and  over  the  open  plain,  and  took 
refuge  in  the  clump  of  r  oods,  or  on  the  rising  ground. 

"  Here  they  were  more  secure  from  the  dragoons.  Had 
the  latter  been  well  mounted  they  would  have  made  a 
terrible  slaughter.  But  their  horses  were  too  much  worn 
out  to  allow  them  to  reach  the  main  body.  For  twenty- 
eight  days  they  had  been  on  the  march,  their  horses  sad- 
dled all  day,  and  engaged  in  constant  scouting;  at  night 
picketed,  with  only  a  little  grass  after  camping.  They 
were  obliged,  therefore,  to  halt  when  they  reached  the  hill- 
side, their  horses  being  entirely  blown. 

"The  line  of  foot  once  more  passed  them  and  advanced, 
renewing  their  fire,  and  driving  the  Indians  over  the  hills 
for  about  two  miles.  As  we  ascended  the  men  were  so 
totally  exhausted  that  many  had  fallen  out  of  the  ranks, 
and  Captain  Keyes  was  obliged  to  order  a  short  halt  to  let 
them  come  up.  When  a  portion  had  joined  we  resumed 
our  march." 


By  two  o'clock  the  whole  army  had  returned  to  camp, 
not  a  man  or  horse  having  been  killed.    The  loss  to  the 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


495 


Iniiaus  was  eighteen  or  tweuty  killed  and  many  wounded. 
For  three  days  Wright  rested  unmolested  in  camp,  resum- 
ing his  march  on  the  fifth  of  September.  In  about  five 
miles  he  came  upon  the  Indians  collected  to  oppose  his 
progress.  They  moved  in  a  line  parallel  to  the  troops, 
their  number  continually  increasing,  until  on  coming  to  a 
plain  bordered  by  a  wood  they  were  seen  to  be  stationed  in 
the  timber  awaiting  a  moment  to  attack. 

As  Wright's  column  approached  the  grass  was  fired, 
which  burned  fiercely,  the  wind  carrying  it  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  troops.  Under  cover  of  the  smoke  the  Indians 
spread  themselves  out  in  a  crescent,  half  enclosing  it.  A 
strong  guard  was  placed  aboul  the  pack  train,  and  the  bat- 
tle opened.  The  companies  deployed  right  and  left,  and 
the  men  flushed  with  their  recent  victory,  dashed  through 
the  smoke  and  flames,  driving  the  Indians  to  the  cover  of 
the  timber.  Here  they  were  assailed  by  shells  from  the 
howitzers,  and  as  they  fled  the  foot  soldiers  charged  ibfim. 
Again  and  again  they  were  driven  to  cover,  and  from 
cover  for  a  distance  of  four  miles,  until  they  were  forced 
upon  a  plain,  where  a  cavalry  charge  repeated  the  scenes 
of  Four  lakes. 

Still  the  Indians  fought  with  obstinacy.  The  route  of 
Wright's  march  Hy  tlirough  a  pine  forest,  and  they  formed 
parties  at  different  points  to  annoy  him,  also  occupying  a 
hill  by  which  he  must  pass;  but  the  riflemen  and  how- 
itzers again  dispersed  them.  However,  the  fighting  was 
kept  up  for  a  distance  of  fourteen  miles.  That  afternoon 
Wright  reached  the  Spokane  river,  his  command  having 
marched  twenty-five  miles  without  water.  One  soldier 
only  was  wounded  slightly.  Two  chiefs  of  the  Ccour 
d'Alenes  were  killed,  two  chiefs  of  the  Spokanes,  and 
Kamiakin  of  the  Yakiraas  was  hit  on  the  head  by  a  fall- 
ing tree-top,  which  a  shell  had  blown  off.  The  total  loss  of 
the  Indians  was  not  kuown,  as  they  carried  off  the  slain. 
They  burned  one  of  their  villages  to  prevent  the  soldiers 
pillaging  it,  and  in  every  way  showed  great  courage-  and 
patriotism. 


496 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


Wright  remained  one  day  in  camp  on  the  Spokane  with- 
out molestation,  the  Indians  appearing  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  river,  and  intimating  a  desire  to  communicate  with 
him,  but  not  venturing  acro^is.  On  the  seventh,  as  the 
army  was  on  the  march,  they  reappeared  and  held  a  con- 
,  versaiion  with  the  Nez  Perces  and  interpreters,  from  which 
it  was  learned  that  the\'  wished  to  meet  Colonel  Wrigl  t, 
with  the  Spokane  chief,  Garry,  and  hold  a  talk,  to  ^  'ici 
proposition  Wright  consented,  and  encamped  at  a  >.:i4Cv. 
appointed. 

Garry  had  from  the  earliest  occupation  of  the  country 
by  white  people  been  a  peace  man,  and  a  peace  man  he 
now  said  he  remained ;  but  the  war  party  in  his  nation 
was  the  stronger  of  the  two,  and  included  many  of  his 
friends  and  relatives,  making  it  very  hard  for  him  to  de- 
cide upon  a  course,  for  he  had  either  to  take  up  arms 
against  the  white  men,  or  be  killed  by  his  own  people. 
From  his  well-known  character  no  doubt  was  entertained 
of  the  truthfulness  of  his  statement;  but  Wright  met  him 
with  the  tr  le  of  a  conqueror,  telling  him  his  people  had 
been  beaten  in  two  battles  without  any  loss  to  the  army,  and 
that  as  often  as  they  chose  to  engage  him  he  was  prepared 
to  beat  them  again ;  he  had  not  come  into  their  country 
to  sue  for  peace,  but  to  fight.  But  if  the  were  tired  of 
war,  he  would  name  his  terms  of  peace,  which  were,  that 
all  that  they  had  must  be  laid  at  his  feet, — arms,  property, 
women,  and  children, —  and  they  must  trust  in  his  mercy. 
On  nootli-^r  terms  would  he  cease  to  make  war  upon  them, 
but  keep  fighting,  year  after  year,  until  they  ""^"e  exter- 
minated. With  this  message  Garry  wa?  sent  ■ -C  to  his 
people. 

Then  came  another  Spokane  chief,  Polatkin,  with  a  reti- 
nue of  nine  Wtarriors,  unarmed,  having  left  tbeir  weapons 
on  the  further'  side  of  the  river  to  avoid  surrendering 
them.  Two  of  the  warriors  vvere  rf  iairi-v  1  ^  fetch  the 
guns  and  crossed  the  river  after  thom,  wboj'  u  \  ran  away, 
but  the  other  brought  the  guns  to  camp.    Wright  repeated 


7 HE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


497 


me  with- 
site  side 
ate  with 
as  the 
d  a  con- 
aa  which 
Wriglt. 

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a  I.  i-iCv 


IS 


country 
man  he 
nation 
of  his 
im  to  de- 
up  arms 
n  people, 
itertained 
i  met  him 
eople  had 
army,  and 
3  prepared 
ir  country 
•e  tired  of 
were,  that 
I,  property, 
his  mercy, 
ipon  them, 
'":'"e  exter- 
,.u:"   to  hi.s 

with  a  reti- 
ir  weapons 
iriendering 
?  fetch  the 
1  ran  away, 
ht  repeated 


to  Polatkin  what  lio  had  said  to  Garry;  and  as  this  chief 
was  known  to  have  been  in  the  attack  on  Steptoe  as  well 
as  in  the  receni  battles,  and  was  suspected  also  of  certain 
murders,  he  was  detained  while  the  other  Indians  were 
sent  to  bring  in  all  the  people,  with  their  property. 

On  the  eighth  the  march  was  resumed,  and  after  about 
nine  miles  the  Indians  were  discovered  driving  all  their 
stock  into  the  mountains  instead  of  surrendering  as  was 
required.  A  skirmish  followed,  in  which  the  dragoons 
captured  eight  hundreu  iiorses,  the  foot  troops  assisting  in 
driving  them  to  Wright's  camp  sixteen  miles  above  Spo- 
kane falls.  At  this  camp  an  Indian  detained  with  Polat- 
kin, and  who  was  suspected  of  certain  murders,  was  tried, 
convicted,  and  hanged. 

It  being  impracticable  to  take  the  large  herd  of  cap- 
tured horses,  most  of  which  were  unbroken,  on  a  long 
march,  Wright  decermined  to  have  them  killed,  except 
such  as  could  be  made  immediately  useful.  The  order 
was  carried  out  on  the  ninth  and  tenth,  and  the  Spokane 
nation  was,  in  a  large  measure,  dismounted.  This  humil- 
iating policy  had  its;  effect,  and  Big  Star,  another  Spokane 
chief,  surrendered,  with  his  village,  in  due  form.  His  ex- 
ample was  followed  by  the  Coeur  d'Alenes,  who  were  told 
U)  make  their  submission  at  the  Catholic  mission  on  Coeur 
d'Alene  lake. 

On  the  seventeenth  of  Sepoember,  a  council  was  held  at 
this  place.  Father  Joset  and  chiof  Vincent  being  present. 
Wright  sat  in  judgment  in  -xn  aib'^r  of  green  boughs  In 
front  of  his  tent,  surrourJed  by  his  officers.  Vincent 
opened  the  council  by  acknowledging  that  he  had  com- 
mitted a  great  crime,  regretting  it,  and  hoping  for  forgive- 
ness. To  this  Wright  replied  that  he  had  spoken  truly  — 
that  a  great  crime  had  been  committed;  but  since  he  had 
asked  for,  peace,  his  request  should  be  granted  on  certain 
conditions,  these  being  the  delivery  to  him  of  the  mon  who 
struck  the  first  blow  in  the  attack  on  Steptoe,  to  be  sent  to 
General  Clarke;  the  delivery  of  one  chief  and  four  war- 


1 


S2 


498 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


n-M 


riors,  with  their  families,  to  be  sent  to  Walla  Walla ;  the 
return  of  the  property  taken  from  Steptoe's  command; 
consent  that  troops  and  other  white  men  should  pass 
through  their  country;  the  exclusion  of  the  turbulent 
ho  i'U  Indians  from  their  country,  and  a  promise  to  en- 
gag  hostilities  themselves  against  white  men.  They 
were  a.  equired  to  be  at  peace  with  the  Nez  Perces,  to 
which  they  cheerfully  agreed,  the  whole  treaty  being 
written  out  and  formerly  signed;  Polatkin,  for  the  Spo- 
kanes,  signing  and  smoking  the  peace  pipe. 

On  the  twenty-third,  a  council  was  held  with  the  Spo- 
kanes,  to  which  Kamiakin  was  invited;  but  he  declined, 
fearing  he  might  be  selected  to  be  sent  to  Walla  Walla. 
The  same  terms  were  ofiFered  and  accepted  as  had  been 
accepted  by  the  Coeur  d'Alenes.  After  its  conclusion, 
Owhi  of  the  Yakimas  came  into  camp,  when  Wright  had 
him  arrested  for  breaking  his  agreement  made  with  him 
in  IS-^,  and  ordered  him  to  send  for  his  son  Qualchin, 
telling  him  he  would  be  hanged  if  Qualchin  did  not  a[)- 
pear.  Unexpectedly,  the  young  chief  rode  into  camp 
without  being  summoned  and  was  hanged  without  trial. 
Owhi,  attempting  to  escape  on  the  return  march  when 
Wright  was  at  Snake  river,  was  shot  by  Lieutenant  Mor- 
gan and  died  in  an  hour  or  two.  Only  Kamiakin  and 
Skloom  of  the  Yakima  chiefs  of  any  note  were  now  left. 
Their  influence  was  greatly  lessened  by  the  results  of  their 
previous  acts.  Kamiakin  abandoned  his  country  and  peo- 
ple, going  to  British  Columbia,  whence  he  returned  no 
more,  and  Skloom  sank  into  obscurity. 

As  for  the  Palouses,  (Colonel  Wright  refused  to  treat  witii 
them,  but  instead  had  several  of  them  hanged.  Fort 
Taylor  was  abandoned  on  the  first  of  October,  and  on  the 
fifth  the  whole  command  returned  to  Fort  Walla  Walla. 

On  the  ninth,  Wright  summoned  the  Walla  Wallas  into 
his  presence.  When  they  were  assembled  he  ordered  all 
those  who  had  taken  a  part  in  the  recent  battles  to  stand 
up.     Thirty-five  standing  up  at  once,  he  selected  four  who 


THE   YAKIMA   WAR. 


499 


were  delivered  to  the  guard  to  be  hanged,  making  in  all 
sixteen  Indians  by  him  hanged  as  examples  to  their  people. 
The  country  east  of  the  mountains  was  closed  to  settle- 
ment by  military  order,  much  to  the  discomfiture  of  per- 
sons who  had  entered  into  stock  raising  on  its  grassy  plains. 
But  General  Harney  succeeding  General  Clarke  in  com- 
mand of  the  department  of  the  Columbia  opened  the 
country  to  settlement  in  1859,  since  which  time,  with  the 
exception  of  raids  by  Snakes  and  Utes,  and  Joseph's  war 
of  recent  date,  there  has  been  peace  and  prosperity  for  both 
the  white  and  red  inhabitant. 


Remarks. —  In  my  researches  into  the  history  of  the  northweBt,  I 
fell  into  the  habit  of  setting  down  the  names  and  numbers  of  white 
persons  killed  by  Indians.  In  the  list,  which  covers  the  territory 
north  of  California  and  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains,  now  forming 
the  states  of  Oregon,  Washington,  and  Idaho,  the  whole  number 
known  to  have  been  killed  or  wounded,  between  the  years  1828  and 
1878,  so  far  as  I  have  discovered,  was  eighteen  hundred  «nd  ninety- 
six,  or  an  average  of  over  thirty-seven  annually.  Of  these,  the  un- 
provoked murders  constitute  more  than  half;  the  remainder  being 
those  wounded  in  attacks  equally  un])rovoked,  or  killed  or  wounded 
in  warfare. 

It  should  be  remembered  that  only  a  few  of  these  murders 
occurred  before  1847,  which  doubles  the  annual  number  killed  after 
the  Indian  disturbances  commenced,  estimating  the  loss  in  that 
manner.  But,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  the  greater  portion  of  the  victims 
of  Indian  violence  fell  between  the  years  1850  and  1862,  and  esti- 
mating the  loss  by  averaging  it  over  twelve  years,  brings  it  up  to  at 
least  one  hundred  and  sixty  annually  for  that  i)eriod  ;  and  this  out 
of  a  sparse  population. 

The  greater  proportion  of  those  who  suffered  were  men  in  the 
prime  of  life,  who  could  ill  be  spared  by  the  struggling  young  terri- 
tories, though  comprising  all  classes  —  travelers,  prospectors,  minei-s, 
rauchei-s,  tradere,  freighters,  and  lastly,  volunteer  in  defense  of  the 
settlements,  or  soldiers  in  the  service  of  their  country.  Many  immi- 
grant families  were  totally  destroyed,  the  women  and  children  suf- 
fering every  outrage  which  fiendish  imaginations  could  devise. 
The  amount  of  property  destroyed  by  Indian  attacks  upon  immi- 
grants, settlers,  and  United  States  supplies  is  enormous.  The  losses 
sustained  by  the  people  has  never  been  repaid,  except  in  a  few 
instances  where  congress  has  been  specially  besought  to  reimburse 
a  transportation  company's  losses. 

Many  phiiauthropical  persons  ttud  themselves  greatly  outraged 


500 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON 


by  the  recJirrence  fron»  time  to  time  of  Indian  warB.  T  think  the 
simple  record  above  siifflciently  accounts  for  them.  In  1870  General 
Sheridan  wrote:  "So  far  as  the  wild  Indians  are  concerned,  the 
problem  to  be  decided  is :  Who  shall  be  killed,  the  whites  or  the 
Indians?  They  (meaning  the  interior  department),  can  take  their 
choice.  Since  1862,  at  least  eight  hundred  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren have  been  murdered  within  the  limite  of  my  present  command 
in  the  most  fiendish  manner,  the  men  usually  scalped  and  mu- 
tilated, their  privates  cut  off  and  placed  in  their  mouths ;  women 
ravished  fifty  and  sixty  times  in  succession,  then  killed  and  scalped ; 
sticks  stuck  into  their  persons  before  and  after  death." 

General  Sherman  also  wrote  strongly  against  the  Indian  apolo- 
gists and  sympathizers  a  few  years  later,  referring  to  the  great  num- 
ber of  persons  butchered  in  the  department  east  of  the  Rocky 
mountains. 

It  has  been  too  often  the  case  that  military  men  sided  with  the 
Indians  against  their  own  race,  causing  the  pioneers  of  the  west 
who  had  suffered  in  their  persons  and  fortunes,  to  suffer  again  in 
their  feelings.  The  Indian  ring,  besides,  gave  cause  of  offense  by 
holding  "councils,"  which  were  practically  fairs,  at  which  the  In- 
dians were  enabled  to  purchase  complete  supplies  of  arms  and  am- 
munition for  a  raid,  which  usually  followed  immediately  afterwards. 
With  such  supplies  they  massacred  the  garrison  at  Fort  Fetterman, 
and  Custer's  command  on  the  Little  Big  Horn,  Montana;  the  resi- 
dents at  the  White-river  agency  in  ('olorado ;  and  tlie  unsuspeotinj; 
people  of  Idaho.  These  severe  lessons  have  not  been  entirely  lost 
i>n  military  or  public  sentiment.  The  absence  of  such  knowledge 
in  military  circles  accounts  reasonably  for  the  blunders  of  the  army 
in  Oregon,  in  pioneer  times.  The  conquest  of  Mexico  and  Califor- 
nia had  led  army  officers  to  believe  that  it  waa  a  little  thing  to  sub- 
due wild  Indians — an  error  which  General  Clarke  and  Colonel 
Wright  finally  corrected,  since  which  time  the  army  has  faithfully 
defended  the  frontiers,  once  guarded  only  hy  the  heroic  pioneers,  to 
commemorate  whose  labors  this  history  is  written. 


think  the 
rO  General 
jrned,  the 
tea  or  the 
take  their 
and  chil- 
commanrt 
I  and  mil- 
ls; women 
id  scalped ; 

Jian  apolo- 
great  num- 
the  Rocky 

id  with  the 
of  the  west 
"er  again  in 
:  offense  by 
ilch  the  In- 
ms  and  ani- 
j  afterwards. 
;  Fetter  man, 
na ;  the  resi- 
insuspeotinK 
entirely  lost 
3  knowledge 
,  of  the  army 
and  Califor- 
thing  to  sub- 
and  Colonel 
las  faithfully 
c  pioneers,  t*> 


MUSTER  ROLLS. 


MUSTER  ROLLS. 


THE    CAYUSE    WAR. 


Names  of  the  soldlera,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  in  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  nnd  1848,  and  the  date  of  such  Bervice,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  lili'  In  the  olllce  of  the  secretHry  of  state  of  the  stale  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  Hrst  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Company, 


Hank. 


Abernethy,  George. 


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Adams,  Jackson 1 

Adams,  Andrew  Q 

Adams,  Geo.  W. 

Acoiti,  Michael - — 

Albright,  J - 

AIney,  Nathan 

Alsop,  Gaines  K. 

Alsop,  Jfynes  E 

Allen,  Benjamin 

Ampreville,  0. 

Alpoin.  Thomas. 

Anderson,  William.— 

Antwine,  Nez  Perc6  Indian 

Applegate,  Jesse  — — 

Ampreville,  John 

Arthur,  Richard 

Athy,  William 

Ashworth,  Christopher  ... 

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Abell,  T.  L 

Allen,  Solomon 

Harlow,  S.  K 

Bosworth,  John  II 

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Barnes,  Daniel  P. 

Karnes,  Daniel  P. ! 

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Bently,  Samuel I 

Brown,  A.  C. i 

Bowles,  Charles 

Bowles,  Charles 

Burrows,  D.  D 

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Burnette,  P.  H 

Blgler,  William 

Butler,  Isaac 

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Ist ! 

Ist,  9th,  I,  J,  Fort  l.ee  J 
Ist,  9th,  I,  J,  Fort  Lee- 

1,9,  A,  D,  I,  J 

A,  2d 1 

1st —-[ 

2d,  5th,  A,  D 1 

2d,  A ; 

2d,  6th,  A,  E ! 

2d,  3d,  A,  B ' 

2d,  A. 

2d,  A I 

2d,  A ' 

:m,  b 

Hd,  B 

Kegimcntal 


I'rtvaiu 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Kirsl  lieutenant. 
I'rivate 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Kifth  sergeant.. 

•  rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Sergeant  major . 


X>alii  0/ 
tervice. 


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1847,1848 
1848 
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1847,1848 
1848 
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1847, 1848 
1847,1848 
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INDIAN  WARS   OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 

Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  In  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian wiir  of  1S47  and  18-18,  and  tlie  date  of  such  KOrvico.  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  tile  in  the  otiice  of  the  sucretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  llrst  regiment,  Oregon  rillemen. 


Hanu, 


Blankership,  J.  H.  - 

Hurch,  Henjamln  F 

Burch,  ilenjamin  F 

llatteas,  John 

Hurch,  B.  S 

Baxter,  A.  M. 

Horden,  William 

Basey,  William 

Batey,  Andrew  Jackson  .. 

Hlbe,  John  H 

Blair,  Charles 

Bowman,  John 

Buckner,  Thomas 

Buckner,  Thomas 

Kuckner,  Tliomas 

Baxter,  A.  M 

Blacker,  Henry 

Brown,  James 

Brown,  Martin  D 

Brown,  Martin  P. 

Black,  Henry 

Itoggs,  Thomas 

Bogg.i,  Thomas 

Bradford,  W.  U.-.- 

Bradford,  W.  H -J 

Breeding,  William  P 

Boon,  James  D. j 

Blevins,  Vardsmon 

Bacon,  John  M | 

Butler  James ] 

Burch,  J.  W ' 

Bailey,  Thlmothy { 

Burnette,  D.  I  

Birden,  Henry  — • 

Butt,  John  • 

Burdon,  Henry ; 

Blair,  Thomas j 

Boist.  Joseph I 

Bu'rnaisse.  Etienne 

Bergpron,  Vltelle 

Basey,  H.  W... 

Beaucbmaln,  Charles 

Bonoufaus,  Antolne 

Bird,  Nicholas  G 

Bergeron,  Volntte 

Bergeron,  Vetal 

Barnes,  Michael-— 

Beale,  William  K 

Blair,  F.  K 

Beuch,  I 

Boon,  A. 

Bums,  Hugh— 

Buckingham,  H.  C 

Baker,  J. 

Baker,  It^aac 

Bailey,  John  - — 

Benuet,  G.  M. 

Bough,  John 

Buckner,  Henry. 

Beers,  Andrew  — 

Bornle,  H.  N 

Brown,  Charles 

Bates,  Thomas 

Berry,  J.  W.  - 


Company. 


3d,  B 

Kegimental . 

Md,  B :- 

;id,  B 

iid,  B 

M,  B 

•Ilh,  c 

4i.h,  C 

4th,  C_ 

4th,  C. 

4.7.C,  I,J... 


Rany. 


4th,  C 

4lh, C_ 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

4th,  6th,  C,  D. 

•■>th,  D 

■>th,  D 

.".Ih,  U 

4th,  5th,  C,  D. 

tlth,  E 

(1th,  E  . 


I  •.' 


1,  J,  Fort  Waters  . 
F,  8th 


F,  8th 

!•',  8th 

F,  8th  — 

(i,  9t.h - 

II,  '.Hh 

^i,  yth 

K,  H,  10th,  11th 

v.,  H.  10th,  nth 

li,  H,  I,  J,  7,  10,  11... 

K,  H,  10th,  nth I 

K,  H,  I,  J,  7,  10,11 1 

1,  J,  7th ' 

I,  J,  7th,  Fort  WatersJ 

7th 

7lh 

7th — 

n,  5th, 7th 
I),  5th,  7th 
I),  5th,  7th 
l,J.9th... 
U,  5th, 7tb 


Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co. 

Kort  Waters 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

1st ,  , 

1st 

I>,  E,P..-.- 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 

A,  2d 

J,  D,7th 

C,  4th 

Regimental 

J,  1),  7th 

A,  2d,  E,  H- 

C,  F.  4th,  8th 

9th,  G 


Piivate 

Adjutant 

Private - 

Prl  vaie 

Second  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — — 

Private 

.Second  sergeant 

Third  sergeant 

Private 

Privite 

Private 

First  lienteuant.. 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private — 

Second  duty  sergeant- 
Third  duty  sergeant 

Second  sergeant 

Private - 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

1  'ri  vate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private - 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private - 

Private 

Private— 

Fifth  sergeant 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private - 

Teamster  

lloatmaD 

Commissary  agent 

Private - 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Commissary  agent 

Private 

Private - 

Prl  vate 

Private - 


Halt  0/ 
»trvice. 


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1848 
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1848 
1848 
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1848 
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1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
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MUSTER  ROLLS. 


soft 


MUSTER  ROLLS -Continued. 


Onyuse  In- 

Brs 

relatinK 

igon 

,  (Joni- 

)n  rlHemen. 

llalr  0/ 

—  - 

ttnia. 

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1848 

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1848 

1848 

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1848 



1848 

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t— 

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•   1848 

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1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

18J8 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1818 

1818 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

v_-a> 

::     W48 

Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attacheH  thereof,  who  served  in  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848,  and  the  date  of  such  Hervlee,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  Hie  in  the  otflce  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  OreKou.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  llrsi  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Bradley,  J.  E. 

liuclcner,  (leorge ;  ^\  4th 


dontjmny. 


iHh.  10th,  E,  H,  F. 


Haltles,  John. 

Balcer,  Jacob 

liurcb.  Samuel 

Baldeno,  J.  B 

Barlow,  James 

Brown,  George 

Barrows,  Krauklin 

Balduc,  J.  B.  L. 

Bellteu,  James  L.  - 

Brown,  H.  L 

Berry,  William 

Berry,  William.— 

Uolils,  Charles 

Bolds,  Charles 

Beale,  William  K 

Burnett,  Geo.  William  — 

Burnett,  Geo  William 

Bidwfll,  Elisha 

Bean,  James  R. 

Bean,  James  1{. 

Bosworth,  John  H 

Bratton,  Benjamin 

Bunting,  vvilliam 

Burroughs,  1).  D 

Barnes,  Samuel  P. 

Brown,  Oriis 

Coe,  Henry  W 

Crandall,  Ellas  Jones 

Cummlngs,  Stephen 

Cummings,  Stephen 

Cummlngs,  Stephen 

Carnahan,  H 

Crandall,  T.  J. 

Crowder,  Reuben 

Cornelius,  Thomas  R 

Cook,  S.  Y 

Currier,  Manly— 

Chapell,  George 

Chapell,  George 

Clayton,  Jesse 

Comnorde,  Charles 

Conolre,  Manlv 

Chapman,  William 

Clark,  Samuel 

Courtney,  John  B 

Cornelius,  Samuel 

Crowell,  John  W 

Chase,  Samuel 

Cautrell,  John  M 

Cautrell,  Ari 

Cadwaller,  Jesse 

Glfmmens,  Stephen 

Culbertson,  William  A.  - 

Copen haver,  John  F 

Copenbager,  John 

Cautleld,  William  D 

i^randell,  E.  J. 

Crank,  Joseph 

Center,  Samuel 

Caspar,  John 

Chambers,  M.  C 

Chambers,  M.  C 


E,  H,  L,  (ith,  7th,  11th 

D.  E,  F 

B,  G,  3d,  9th 

J.  D,  L 

E,  F,  O 

E,  F,  O 

7th,  D,  J,  L 

D,  J.L 

B,  3d 

8th,  F 

1st 

1st. 

1st 

A.  D,',Jd,  r.th 

(Japt.  l,evi  Scott'aCo. 

E,  U,  10th,  nth 

E,  H,  10th,  lUh 

E,  H,  10th.  nth 

E,  H,  10th,  llth 

E,  H,  10th,  llth 

Ist. 

Ist 

4lh  Co 

4th  Co. 


1,5,  D,  Ft.  Wascopam 

1st 

Ist 

1st 

A,  2d 

1st,  5th,  D 

A,  2d 

2d,  4th,  5th,  A,  C,  D.. 
A,  2d 

A,  2d 

B,  3d 

Regimental 

B,  3d 

3,6, 10,11,  B.E,  H,I,J 

3d,  B 

;id,  B 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

1th,  C 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

•Hh,  D 

.">th,  D 

•'ith,  D 

5th,  D. — . 

5th,  D 

5th,  D 

5th,  D 

fith,  E,  Fort  Waters.. 
t>th,E,I,  J,  Ft.Waters. 
6,  8, 10, 11,  E,  F,  H.... 

I,  J,  Fort  Waters 

8th,  F  - 


Private 

Private 

i'rlvute 

Private 

I'rlvate 

Private 

Private — 

I'rlvate 

Private 

Private 

Third  sergeant 

Fourth  duty  sergeant . 
Fourth  duty  sergeant  - 
Fifth  duty  sergeant-.. 
i'Tfth  duly  sergeant  — . 

I'rlvate 

Private 

Uapinin 

•  )rderly  sergeant 

Kirht  lieutenant 

KirHt  lieutenant 

Kltth  sergeant 

I'rlvate 


i'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  sergeant. 
Second  sergeant. 
l''ourth  sergeant. 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

t'ourth  sergeant- 
Private 

Private 

.smith 

Private 


Private . 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  lieutenaat 
Private 


Private 

Prlvote 

i'rivate 

I'rivate — 

Private 

Private 

First  sergeant. 
Private 


Oaln  0/ 


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1848 
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1848 
184') 
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1847,1848 
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1848 
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18-17, 1848 
1847, 1848 
1847,1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
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1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1'  8 


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I 


506 


INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREQOS. 


MU8TER  R0LL8— Continued. 


Name*  of  the  Rdldterx,  and  of  the  attncheii  thereof,  who  served  in  the  Cayuie  In- 
dian war  of  1K47  iind  1X4H,  xnd  the  dale  of  Huoh  Hervleo,  an  Nhowii  by  papem  relatliif; 
to  said  war  on  llle  In  the  otlicu  of  the  secretBry  of  stiite  of  thu  slate  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  wore  compHniesorihe  Hrst  regiment, Oregon  riflemen. 


Name. 


Cronlchlle.  John . 

Crabiree,  William 

Curl,  Caleb  W 

Chrisroau,  Klchard 

Clark,  O.  K 

Carlln,  John 

Coleman,  Kenry . 

Culley,  Thomas 

Coldwell,  A.  P.- 

Cone,  Aaron 

Cook,  A.  R 

Culver,  David 

Chopson,  Thomas 

Chapin,  Thonirs 

Caton,  Jesse 

Chapson,  Thomas 

Chapman,  Thomaa 

Canoy,  Thomas 

Crura,  OrviUe- 

Clum,  (diaries 

Cook,  Wesley 

Cook,  Calvin  W 

Cook,  Calvin  W. 

Cook,  Calvin  W.. 

Clark,  Joseph 

Crabtree,  (Jcorge 

{^ablree,  George 

Cox,  John 

(tosper,  William 

Campbell,  8 

Cook,  M 

Caraby,  I. 

(.'uunnigham,  John 

Coweniah,  Charles 

Campbell,  James 

Craig,  William 

Coffin,  Htephen 

Crete,  Edward    

<!elester,  Joiteph 

Cazlne,  Samuel 

Cook,  John 

(Copenhagen,  A.  h 

Cbrisman,  Joel 

•  'ouch,  J.  H .. 

Cushlng,  John 

Crawford,  J.  1) 

Crawford,  J.  I) 

Crawford,  Medorum 

Catchlngs,  Kphrlam 

Catchings,  James 

Crawford,  David 

Crawford,  David 

Cayton,  Jesse 

Carpenter,  William  M.-.- 
Carpenter,  William  M.— 
Cuniiinghnni,  Thomaa.— 

Ceoilice,  Alex. 

Case,  William 

Dan  ford.  John   

DIefendorf,  C.  H 

Davis,  H 

Donel,  John  H 

Duffleld.  H.  T 

Doke,  William 


t'iwipiiny. 


Htb,  F,  Ft.Wascopam. 

Kth,  F 

«th.  F- 

l»th,  O 1 

nth,  G 

»th,  O 

l>th,  O 

9th,  0 

(Hh,  O 

ath,  G 

9ih,  Q 

!»lb,  (} 

tlth,  10th,  nth,  E,  H-_ 

.    E,  11,  10th,  nth 

,!  E,  H.lOili,  nth 

.1  10th,  nth,  K,  II 

!  E,  II,  10th,  nth 

,,  I,  J,  Fort  Waters 

I,  J,  1>,  yth 

I,  J 

■  I,. I,  7th,  Fort  Waters. 

I  Kegimental 

'  Kcglmeiital 

I,  J—- - 

I  I,  J,  Fort  Waters 

I  7ih 

I  I,  J,  Fort  Waters 

I  1,  J,  7th,  Fort  Waters 
J  7th 

7th 

1  7th 

•  7th- i 

I),  7th 

!  D,  7th 

i  (;apt.  Levi  Scott's  Co. - 

I  Regimental 

I  Fort  Gilliam  .— 

I  1),  E,  6th,  7lh 

7th- 

I  D,  E.  6th,  7th I 

1),  5th i 

i  D,  5th '• 

I  E,  H,  10th,  nth 

Regimental  — 

F,  8th 

Regimental | 

Regimental .- I 

Regimental | 

II.  Fort  Wascopam...! 
II,  Fort  WuscopBiU--- 

I.  J,  9th 

1),  7th i 

H i 

Regimental | 

l.ft- i 

1),  7th,  9th ■ 

l-'ort  Waters i 

lit:::::::::::::::::::: 

1st I 

l8t,  5th,  D,  1,  J. 

•2d,  A -.. 

:td,  B,  r.  J , 

:td,  B 1 


Private  ., 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'riVHtc 

Private 

Private 

Private-- 

I'rivKte 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private— 

Private 

I'rivHte- 

Private 

Adliitant 

(J.  M.  sergeant 

Private 

I'rivate 

I'hlrd  sergeant 
I'rivate 


....I 


Datt  of 
ttrviet. 


1848 
1848 
18«t 
1H4R 
1H4M 
1H4H 
1848 
1848 
184K 
if 


I'rivate— 

Private— — 

I'rivate - 

i'rivate 

I'rivate 

Private 

I'rivate 

I'rivate 

Interpreter  

I'rivate- — . 

I'rivate— 

Kirth  sergeant 

I'rivate 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Commissary  agent 

Private 

Commissary  adjutant - 
Commissary  agent 
Commissary  agent  .. 

Private.—' 

Private 

First  lieutenant 
Fourth  sergeant 

I'rivate -. 

.•surgeon 

.«urgeon- 

I'rivate— 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 


.1 


1848 
IMH 
1H4H 
1H4H 
1K4H 
IN-W 
IMS 
1848 
1848 
1848 
184H 
184X 
184>i 
1848 
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1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
18-18 
1W8 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1S47,184H 
1»U7,1848 
1848 
1848 
184H 
1847,1848 
1847,1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
184» 


'^i-m 


MUSTER   ROLLS 


507 


MUSTER  ROLLrt  — Continued. 


:;a 

yuie  In- 

m  relatinK 

{on.    (;om- 

n  rlllemen. 

Paift  tif 

unit: 

18-18 

1818 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

ltM8 

1848 

1848 

_. 

18 

.. 

... 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

18J8 

1848 

18-18 

1848 

... 

1848 

1848 

184K 

IMS 

IKI.s 

18-18 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1818 

1848 

1848 

1             1848 

1818 

1848 

1818 

■ 

1848 

1848 

1            1848 

1848 

ti: 

1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 

1M8 

1848 

1848 

1848 

"...    1847.1848 

1847, 1»48 

1848 

1848 

1848 

.     1847,1848 

1847,1848 

1848 
1            1848 

;            1848 

„i           184tt 

NaineH  of  the  BoldlerH,  and  of  the  attuchea  thereof,  who  served  In  the  CayuKe  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848,  and  the  dnto  of  nuch  service,  na  ahown  hy  pa|H.'rii  relating 
to  Maid  war  on  file  In  the  oHlce  of  the  Hecretiiry  of  state  of  the  Ktate  of  OreKon.  '.'oin- 
pantes  not  otherwUc  dcHcrlbud  wurecompuuluHof  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  rillenien. 


a^imt. 


Dtnimore,  John 

Durblu,  Solomon 

Davis,  A.  G 

Dickson,  James 

Danforth,  Manly 

Dlnsmore,  William  . 

DodBC,  KrI 

Dusklns,  Daniel  D... 
Dusklns,  Daniel  D... 

Davis.  Kurrel 

Downer,  Joseph 

Downer,  Joseph 

Dwlre,  John 

Dorlon,  John 

Dowlng.  John 

Davis,  Jonas 

Delaney,  Daniel 

Deaklns,  Thomas  ... 

Davldiion,  A.  V 

Darst.  William 

Davld.son,  John  K. .. 

Dice,  E.  C 

Davis.  T.C 

Davis,  J.  H 

Desport,  Joseph 

Despore,  J. 

Dotv.  William 

Danforth,  WlUtam.. 

Dupuls,  Kdward 

Dupuls,  Edward 

Delard,  Augustine  .. 

Duple.  Francis 

Doty,  Nelson  R 

Dorlo.  baptist 

Davidson,  A. 

Davidson,  A — 

Davis,  Davidson 

Davidson,  James 

Kverst,  David 

Kveret,  David 

Kvart,  1).- 

Rugart,  John 

Knyart,  John 

Kngart,  P 

Knyart,  R 

Engart,  Abraham... 

Enyart,  Abraham 

Kngart,  Peter  S 

Enyart.  Peter  8 

Elliot,  John- 

Ellenbaugb,  Squire . 
Ellenbaugh,  Squire. 
Ellenbaugb,  Squire. 

English,  N.- 

Evans.  D.  - 

Eyro,  Thomas  T. 

Earl,  S.  D.- 

Evans,  Harvey 

Ewlngs,  Harvey 

Earl,  Joseph 

Evans,  N.  B 

Gvana,  J.  B 

Edwards,  C 

Eades,  William 


Vvmpfiilif, 


Hair:  11/ 

urvleti. 


M.  B „.. 

4th,  C. 

4th,  C 

4th,  (; 

4th,  C 

4th,  C 

4th,  0... 

5th,  D 

5th,  » ; 

5th,  D 

Regimental 

5th,  U 

5ih,  D 

5th,  D i 

0th.  E_      - 

F.  I,  J,  8th : 

F.  8th ! 

F,  8th I 

F,  8lh ' 

0,  Oth.  Ft.  Wasconam 

G,  0th    

0,9th,  I.cvlSnott's  Co 
E,  H,  lOlh.llth 1 

E,  H,  loth,  nth 

D,  I,  J.  7th,  Oth 

D,  I,  J,  7th,  Oth 

G,  Oth 

Ueglraeiital ' 

D,  7th I 

1,  J , 

I,  J,  D,  7th .' 

D,  I,  J,  7th 

F,  8th ' 

I,  J, 9th.— \ 

Regimental 

Fort  Wascopam 

Fort  Waters i 


1st. 

Ist,  6th,  D,  I,  J. 

Ist,  5th,  D,  I,  J 

A,  2d 

A,  2d 

A,  2d 

A.  2d - 

A.  2d 

A,  2d 

A,  2d 

A.  2d 

A,  2d. 

Regimental 

Regimental 

B.-td-. 

B,  D.  3d,7th 

C,4th 

C,4th 

C,4th. 

C,4th. 

C,4th- 

C,4th 

C,  D,  4th,  5th 

0,4th 

D,  I.  J,  0,7,9,  Ft.  Lee- 
D,  5th 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rlvate 

Fourth  duty  Hfrntant  — ' 

Fifth  duty  seneunt 

Private ... 

Saddler 

I'rl  vate 

I'rlvate ] 

I'rlvate 

Fourth  duty  sergeant 

Private ... 

Private ... 

Private .... .- 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Assistant  surgeon 

First  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

First  lieutenant 

Second  lieutenant 

Boat's  crew 

i'rlvate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private. 

Second  lieutenant 

Private 

Private. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Third  sergeant 

Private...  

Acting  ho.spital  steward 
Hospital  steward.  Ft.  Lee 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 


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1848 
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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS  — Continued. 


Names  of  the  soWIerH,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  In  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1''47  and  18-18,  and  the  date  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  file  In  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  ihe  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Etcbels,  James 

Eldridge,  John— 

English,  Hiram 

English,  Sr.,  L.  N 

English.  .Sr.,  L.  N 

English,  Jr.,  L.  N 

English,  Jr.,  L.  N.. 

Everman,  N.  H 

Eberman,  Ninlan 

Elenberg,  J 

EUnberg,  I.- 

Earl,  P. 

Elktus,  J.  8.  F .— 

Eaton,  Nnthau— — . 

Emerice,  So).)tnon 

Bvans,  r.'^hiird  -— 

Eades,  .John — 

Evans,  Henry  W 

Earl,  A. 

Kdmuusen,  J. 

Eaton,  Jesse 

Ellenbaugh,  J. 

Fleming,  John 

Fleming,  John 

FInner,  .(nhn 

Fields,  James 

Fuller,  J - 

Fleming,  Thomas 

Furtjuson,  Thomas 

Furguson,  Thomas 

Fleeter,  .John  _ 

Fuller,  Iltnry 

Feat,  .lohn   ._ 

Falter.  Isaac  M 

Forage,  William 

Fields,  Sarnnel.. 

Fftles,  Howard 

Foster,  Reason  1) 

Fcrgusen,  Kli 

Ford,  William 

Fish,  Albert  II 

Pord,  Benjamin 

Fox,  Alvin  K 

Foren,  John-      

Ford,  Nincvab 

Flanner,  Isaac 

Fnllerton,  Charles  P 

Frost,  Fliiah 

Ford,  M.  A 

Foster,  J.  T - 

Friedender,  D.  H. 

Fowler,  Purnel 

Ford,  Sidney 

Felix,  William--. 

Felis.se,  William 

Fields,  Jiimea  M 

Force,  James 

Frazier,  Abner 

Forgey,  W.  A.-- 

Finch,  George  B 

Forrester,  T.  H 

Fox,  B... 

Foster,  ^' 

Fletchr.r.  Francii 


t),  5th 

D,  5th  - 

6th,  E 

6th,  E  -. 

Indep't  rifle  rangers.. 

6th.  E 

Indep't  rifle  rangers.. 

G,  9th — . 

G,9th,  Ft.  Wascopara 

G,  9lh  - 

G,  9th 

G,  9th  - 

G,  9th - 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 

I,  J -        - 

I,  J.  7th,  Fort  Waters 
Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co.. 

3d,  D 

Regimental  — 

Ist- — - 

9lh,  G,  Ft.Warfopam. 

Regimente.l 

1st - 

1st,  8th,  E,  F 

1st 

1st 

A,  'id.  Fort  Waters. - 

Regimental 

A, 'id- 

3d,  9th,  B,  C - 

:id,  B  - 

C,4th 

C,  4th 

(:.4th 

r,  D,  4tti..Sth- - 

Fort  WBlers 

C,  K,  4th,  «th- 

C,  4th,  7th 

C,4lh 

C.  D,  E,4th,.5lb,  «th. 

C,4th, 

5th,  n 

.'jth,  D... 

fith.  E  — 

13,  F,  eih.Hth 

E,  K,  I.J,r.th..sth,9th 
EF,6,8,Ft.Wascopani 

G,  9th 

<[,  I,  J,  9th - 

G,  9th 

I.  J,  F, 7th,  Ft. Waters 

I,  J,  7ih  

I),  I,  J,  7th,  9tli 

7th  -.. 

1st.  I,ev!  Scott's  Co 
Regimental 

«h  r,  c 


4lh,  8lh,  F,  C--. 

K,  F.  (;.  H 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 

A, 'id- , 

C,  E,  F.- 

E,  H,  I,  J 


Prl  vate  — 

Private 

First  duty  sergeant 

Captain  - 

First  lieutenant 

Private 

First  Ileuten-int 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private  — 

Private 

Private — 

Third  duty  sergeant.... 

Private 

Privata 

Private 

Hrtvate 

Private 

Smith  - 

Private 

Private 

Ordimnce  master 

Pri.ate 

Private 

Private , 

Private.. 

Private — -.  

Saddler - 

Private- 

Private 

Private — 

I'rivato 

Private 

I'rivate 

Private 

Third  lieutenant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private : 

I'rivate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private , 

Private 

Commlpsary  agent 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

P'ircle 

Private 

Private 


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1847, 1848 
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1847.1848 
184- 
184,S 
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IMK 
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18'x 
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1818 
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I.81X 
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18|« 
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1848 
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1848 
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MUSTER  ROLLS. 


609 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 


Cayuse  In- 
ers  relating 
egon.  Com- 
on  riflemen. 


Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  in  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848,  and  the  date  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  Hie  In  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  slate  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Vat'  of 

gerfirr. 


lfW8 
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iS«R 
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1848 
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1847, 184« 
1847,1818 
184- 
184i« 
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!  1848 

1818 
IMS 
1818 
1  1848 

I  1848 

18"< 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
. '  1848 

J  1848 

1848 
1848 
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1848 
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..:  1848 

1848 
1848 
..  18«7,1848 
1848 
184H 
1848 
1S48 
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1848 


t'otnpuitff. 


Frier,  A.  H E,  F,  H 

Fulkerson,  James  M Regimental . 


Frinler.  D.  H. ._.!  G,  9th 

Fra.'.ier.  George  E   i  D,  5th  — 

Flainery,  Isaso E,  8th,  F 

Frazier,  George  R. D,  oth  .„ 

Fales,  Howard*-- 

Gibson,  John 

Gret^ofy,  T... 

Qotoarv'  Samuel 

uottard,  -^umuel 

Green,  Israel  N 

Garish,  John  J 

Gage,  Jesse 

Gage,  Jesse 

Gardner,  S.  J - 

I  illlam,  C 

Ci»rdner,  S.  P 

Gilbert.  Isaac  N 

Oailan,  Daniel  O . 

Oooclhue,  S.  H 

Goodhue,  I^.  H 

Goodhue,  L.  H 

Graham,  Thomas 

Garrison,  William 

Gray,  C.  B 

Garrison,  Joseph  M..- 
Garrlson,  Joseph  M... 

Grager,  Jacob 

Gage,  Alexander 

Gribble,  Andrew 

(Jaddy,  Joshua 

•  iarrett,  James 

(irimth.  William  N.  .- 

Glasei.  William 

Goff,  F.  M.  I'. 

Gilliam,  •».  V. 

'iutherie,  David  51.-. 

(ilonds,  llrazll-  

Grounds,  Brazil 

Gorrel,  James 

Guninhan,  Hiram 

f^'Ttver,  C.  M 

iiervais,  Kevia 

Grier,  Israel- 

Gravi'Uc,  Gideon 

Gervais,  Isaac 

GroH,  I,ouis  John 

Gilliam.  William 

Uiites,  M.  W    

Gniham,  William 

Garrett,  James  .- 

lioodvnan,  T.  H 

Garrison,  A.  E 

Harrison.  A   K 

Gracor,  Jacob , 

GlUlum,  Mitchell 

Griffin,  William 

Gribble,  Andrew 

<iavell,  James 

Gaclt,  Alexander. 

llutchins,  Thomas- A,  Ud. 

•  t"ie  Howard  Fales, 

34 


Private 

Commissary  agent  and 
assistant  commissary- 
Private 

Private 

Private 

Orderly  sergeant 


Date  of 
tenrtce. 


U48 

1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 


j  1st — 

I  1st,  6th,  E,  Ft.  Waters. 

A,  2d  - - 

A,  2d_ 

A,2d.  7th-. 

A,  2d,  7th 

•M,  B 

Ui.f(!mental 

U,  (;,  .W,  4th 

Regimental  - 

3d,  B- 

4tll,  C 

4lh,C— - 

;  4th,  C 

Regimental 

Regimental 

4th,  C 

5th,  D 

5lh,  D 

7th 

5lh,  D 

.^)th,  n 

lith,  E 

(ith.  E 

F,  8th  

lith,  8th,  E,  F- 

8th,  P 

!»th,0 — . 

i)th,G 

!)th,  G 

yth.G 

R,  H,  lOlh,  nth 

E,  II,  10th.  nth 

I,  J,  F. 

lY.  7th'T'ort'Water8" 

1,  J,9th.. 

7th  - 

I),  7th    — . 

I),  7ih 

I),  7th 

Capt.  Lcvl9cott>Co.. 
r,4(h,  Ft.  VCascopam. 

E,  P,  G,  H 

I,  J 

Regimental 

7th,  Fort  Waters 

D,  5th „ 

6lh,  D 

»th,  G -. 

Bth,  E,  Ft.  Wascopam. 

4th  company 

Fort  Waters 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private . 

Private | 

Private j 

Boatman 

Private 

Colonel 

Private ■ 

First  lieutenant ' 

Private -. .i 

Private  - i 

Quartermaster ' 

Assistant  quartermaster. 

Private 

Private 

Private '. 

Captain i 

Second  lieutenoiit 

Private 

Private ; 

Private j 

Private 

Private  ..^ ' 

Private | 

Private- ! 

Private | 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate  .- j 

Private 

Private I 

I'rivate ' 

Private     ' 

I'rivatr   I 

Private 

Private .— — 

Private 

Private- 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate - 

First  lieutenant- 

First  duly  sergeant 

Third  duty  sergeant 

Sectmd  lieutenant 

Private 

Private 

Private...- 

Private—.. 

Privatis 


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INDIAN   WABS   OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 


Names  of  the  soldiere,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  in  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  18-18,  and  the  date  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  flle  in  the  oUice  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
paniea  not  otherwise  described  were  companies  ot  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Name, 


Oompang- 


Batlk. 


Date  0/ 
tervice. 


HanlcB,  William 1  A,  2d 

Harcomb,  8.  A |  A,  2d 

Hill,  F A,  B,  3d,3d 

Hall,  Lawrence A,  2d- 

Holgate,  1.  C -.;  A,  I,  J,  2d,  Ft.  Waters. 

Harper,  David A,  2d 

Holcomb,  I.  A A.  2d 

Holcomb,  8.  A A.  2d 

Hartley,  D.  H B,  I.  J,  3d 

Hulon,  Lester \  B,  M 

Hulon,  Lester Regimental 

Hibler,  James. B,  C 

Hartly,  James C,  4th 

Howard,  Fales. C,  D 

Hawkins.  William C,  4th 

Hoclt,  William C,4th 

Howell,  Wesley -   C,  U 

Heart,  Horace -  C,  4th,  9th 

Hughes,  W.ilUam  P C,  4th 

Hubbard,  Goalman C,  4th 

Hubbard,  Coalman Regimental 

Harmon,  Robert 5th,  D 

Haley,  William 5th,  D 

Henderson,  James  O. uth,  D 

Howell,  George  W ;  Oth,  E 


Hays,  Richard 6th,  K,  4th 

Hall,  S.  B.- 9th,  G,  Ft.  Wascopam. 

Hale,  8.  B 9th,  G 

Henshaw,  Isaac 9lh,  G 

Hackett,  J.  C. 9ih,  Q  - ._.- 

Hembree,  J.  T E,H,I,J,9th,l()th,lltli 

Hombree,  Lafayette. E,H,I,J,9th,10th,llth 

Heddriok,  William  T. E,  11,  10th,  llth 

Hill,  Almarine... E,  H,  10th,  llth 

Holgate,  J.  f !   A,  I,  J,  Fort  Waters  .. 

Holgate,  C A,  I.J,  Fort  Waters.. 

Huber,  A D.  I,  J,  7th,  9th 

Uerren,  John  C 7th 

Herren,  John 7th 

Herrei..  Daniel 7th — 

Hubert,  Andre D,  I,  J,  7th,  9th 

Hibbler,  George  F Capt.  Levi  Scott's  C'o. 

Harper,  John ;  B,  D - 

Hunily,  C.  A '  8th,  F.  H,  7th 

Henry,  Ellas !  E,  F,  U,  7th,  9th 

Harper,  L E,  H,  G,  9th,  10th 

Harty,  William. E,  F,  G,  H 

Hemoree,  A.  J Regimental 

Holman,  Woodford  _ Sth,  G 

Holman,  Woodford Regimental _. 

Hackett,  J.  C. Regimental 

Hartley,  G.  A Fort  Waters 

Hembree,  Absolam  I. 

Harvey,  Amos _. 

Harper.  Andrews „ 

Hunt,  John  8 

Humphrey,  Norrls . 

Ish,  Calvin E,  H,  10th,  llth 

Itenne, D,  7th 

Her,  8.  W 9th,  G,  Ft.  Wascopam - 

Imbrle,  James 9th,  O 

Johnson,  Jacob -  1st,  5th.  D 

Jackson,  Samuel  A ;  D,  E,  H,  1, 10,  U,  5 

Jones,  David 1,  2,  5,  9.  A,  D,  I.  J 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Captain 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Teamster 

Private 

Private 

Second  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private ._ 

Private - 

Second  lieutenant 

Private 

Teamster 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private  — — 

Private 

8<!Cond  lieutenant 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private  - 

Commissary  agent 

Fourth  duty  sergeant 

Fifth  sergeant ] 

Boatman 

Private . .__. 

Private 

Private 1 

Private 

Private -. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private.. 

Private 

Private ...,,.  .^. i 


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MUSTER  ROLLS. 


511 


MUSTER  ROLLS  — Continued. 


:3ayu8e  In- 

ra  relating 

;ou.  Com- 

n  riflemen. 

'■" 

Date  0/ 

*vrvic«. 

1848 

1848 

1K48 

1848 

1848 

1848 

i848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

„     1848 

„     1848 

1848 

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1848 

1848 

1848 

1    1848 

— -     1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

..     1848 

..     1848 

i     1848 

1     1848 

1848 

Qt  — i     1848 

1848 

1     1848 

.  .     1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

'     1848 

■  ...     1848 

1848 

1848 

"II..     18*8 
18*8 

■"...-  1847,1848 

.  1847.1848 

mmm^ 

...1     18*8 

Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  serve  i  In  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  184! ,  and  the  date  of  sncli  service,  as  show^  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  ou  Hie  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  first  regiment,  Oi-agon  riflemen. 


Samt, 


C^HNpony. 


Jones,  Daniel 

Johns,  Isaiah 

Jolly, 

Job.  Nooh  - 

Jenkins,  Stephen 

Jones,  N.  B 

Jackson,  John  W. 

Jack,  W.  A 

Jackson,  Jame!>  M. 

Johnson,  Rufus 

Johnson,  W.  R. 

Johnson,  W.  R. 

Job,  Alfred 

Johnson,  James  A 

Johnaon,  H.  C, 

Johnson,  John  A. 

Jackson,  T.  J. 

Jones,  Douglass 

Johnson,  William . 

Tobnson,  William 

Jones,  John 

Jackson,  L.  A 

Jackson,  P.  (Indian) 

Johnson,  James 

Jenkins,  Richard 

Jennings,  Herryman 

Jennings,  Berryman 

Kester,  James 

Keeney,  J. 

Keeney,  I. 

Karnanan,  H 

Knowland,  W.  R 

Kinsey,  A 

Kinsey,  Thomas 

Kenedy,  A 

Kinsey,  Thomas  L 

Keller,  James 

Keller,  James 

Keller,  James 

Knox,  8.  B. 

Knox,  8.  P 

Killingsworth,  James 

Keeney,  Elias 

Kearney,  EHa.s 

Karney,  Henry 

Kinney,  Joseph 

Kidwaladcr,  .Jesse 

Kendal,  Jehoial... 

Knox,  Alex.  .S 

Klum,  Charles 

King,  Stephen 

Ketcbiim,  Fred 

Kelsey,  Joseph 

Kitchen,  James 

Kirkpatrick,  John 

Kiser,  John 

Kelzer,  J.  B 

Keizer,  J.  B 

Klser,  P.  C 

Keliier,  P.  C. 

Kelzer,  P.  C 

Kneel,  John 

Klngery,  Bamuel 

King,  E 


A,  C,  D 

A,  C.  O 

A,  2d 

A.  '2d 

3d,  B 

4th,  C- 

4th,  C... 

4tb,C 

C,  D,  4th,  5th 

4th,  c ; 

4tb.C I 

6th,  E ; 

5th,  D 

5th,  7th,  D 

5th,  » 

D,  G,  9th I 

5lh,  D-. 

E,  H.  9th.- 

I,  J,  Fort  Waters 

E,  9th 

9th,  G 

E,  H,  10th,  llth 

I,  J,  9th 

7th 

6th,  E 

Regimental 

Regimental 

1st 

Ist 

Ist. 

Ist 

A,  2d 

A,  2d - 

A,  2d : 

A,  2d \ 

A,  2d 

Regimental 

Regimental 

B,  3d,C.... 

Regimental 

4th,  C... 

4th,  0 

4tb,C 

4th.  C 

5th.  D  -. 

5th,  D 

5th,  D.. 

F,  I,  J,  8th 

8th,  F 

8th,  F 

ilth,  G 

9th,  O.  Fort  Waters... 
E,  H,  I,  J,  10th,  11th- 
E,  H,  I,  J.  10th.  11th-- 

E,  II,  10th,  llth 

I,  J,  7th,  Fort  Waters. 

7th.- 

Fort  Waters 

I,  J,  7tli,  Fort  Waters. 

7th 

Fort  Waters  — 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

First  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Fifth  sergeant 

Privfite 

Private 

Private     

Privs'        

PrlvR         

Priva>        .     

QuartuMi    .'*ler         

Assistant  >|Uart>ji'ma8ter 

Private- 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Ordnance  ma.ster 

Ass't  ordnance  master.. 

Private 

Poymaster 

Private 


9th,  I,  J  - 

K,  ri,  F,  O,  9th 


Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private . 

Private 

I'rivale.— _ 

Private 

Private 

Kirst  sergeant — 

Private 

Private 

Second  sergeant. 

Private 

Private- 

Private 

Private '. 


Date  of 
eenice. 


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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 


Names  of  the  Roldiers,  and  of  the  attache!)  thereof,  who  served  In  the  Cayiise  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  184K,  and  the  date  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  rcla'.ing 
to  said  war  on  tile  in  the  otlice  of  tlie  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  tirst  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Kelly,  Joseph 

Kellogg,  M.  K 

Ladd,  ,1.  W 

Laasater,  John  F. 

Levally,  Henry 

Lytle,  John 

Lincter,  Richard 

Little,  A.  C. 

Lavadner,  Joseph 

Lassatur,  .1.  T 

Lousignont,  John 

Laugh  worthy,  George  A. 

Lingenfelter,  J.  \V 

Larlcins,  James 

Uneberger,  A.  J 

liouden,  O 

Lonsdale,  I).  H 

Ix)n8dale,  D.  H. 

Lonsdale,  I).  H 

Lenox,  E.  H 

Ixmls,  N.  B - 

Lemon,  James 

Laughlln,J.  H. — 

Laton,  Davis 

Landers,  Pleasant 

Lewis,  James  H 

Le./ls,  James  II. 

Lebo,  J.  R 

Leabo,  Jacob 

Lason,  Andrew-- - 

Laplant,  L 

Low,  James 

Lock,  H.  P — 

Lowry,  Joseph 

Louk,  J.  Q - -- 

Leo,  J.  M.  - 

Laughlin,  Robert 

Lewis,  Peter 

Lindsay,  William 


Compan-'. 


Bank. 


Long,  John - 

Long,  John 

Loyd,  AbnerT.- 

Lord,  Sidney  S.- 

Laboraln,  Alex 

Laforte,  K. 

Lemon,  James 

Louis,  John  (iros 

Linklater,  Richard 

Laforte,  Olllver 

Lacourse,  Pierre 

Laverdour,  Joe 

Laforte.  Antoine.. 

Ladereste,  Haptiste  J 

Laro<|ue,  (ieorge  - — 

Laroiiue,  Ceorge  — 

Ladereste,  Thomns 

Linegratty,  .laseph 

Lyd,  Abner— 

Lock,  Porter 

IxM'k,  Porter 

Lock,  Porter- 

Lee,  H.  A.  G 

Lee,  n.  A.  O 


E,  C,  F,  H,7th 

Reglmenial 

Ist— 

1st 

l8t,  2d,  A 

1st 

1st—.   

1st — . 

Fort  Wascopam 

1st -. 

A,  2d 

A,  2d 

A,  2d - 

A,  B 

A,  2d 

A,  2d- 

Regimental 

Regimental 

A,  2d— 

A.  2d 

(;,  4th 

C,  4th- 

C,4th 

C,4th- - 

C,4th -. 

Indep't  rifle  rangers .. 
C,  E.  6th 

C,  D 

D,  Wh 

n,  5th.    

I>,  I,  J,  7th 

F,  I,  J,  7th,  8th 

0,  9th 

G,  itth 

G,  9tli 

G,  9th        — . 

E,  11.  l'iih,llth 

E,  II.  ntth,  11th 

E,  H,  UHh,  lllh.  Fort 

Wascopam  _ 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 

Regimental -. 

E,  H.  I.J,  10th,  Ith  - 
E,  II.  7th,  lOlh,  1  th 
D,  I,  J.  7th,  9th 

1,  J.lHh 

7th.  Levi  Scott's  Co.-. 

1),  7th- 

D.  7th  — 

D,  7th 

D,  7th 

D,  7tli 

I),  7lh _ 

D,  7th- . 

I.  J,  9lh -  - 

"th 

I),  7th -. 

I),  7th 

1),  5th -.    

Regimental 

Regimental  - 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 


Private 

Commisriary  agent. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Recruiting  officer  .. 
Ordnance  master — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Pii  vate 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  lieutenant  . 

Private 

Private 

Prlvaie 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 


Dalr.  o/ 
service. 


Private 

Private — 

Boat's  crew 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

PrivHie 

PrivHtt' 

Private -- 

Second  sergeant 

Koiinh  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Maslerordnance 

Commissary  agent 

Quarit'rmaster  agent- 
Colonel 

Lieutenant  colonel 


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1847. 1848 
184V, 1848 
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184ti 
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518 


MUSTER  R0LL8— Continued. 


I  Cayuse  In- 
)crs  rela'.lng 
agon,  (.'om- 
on  riflemen. 


Names  of  tlie  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  in  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  184K,  and  the  dale  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  (lie  in  the  otRce  of  the  secretary  of  stale  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  werecunipauiesof  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


111" 

.1 



1 

i 

1 

It     1 

sent— . 

lel 

Date  0/ 
fsnrioa. 


18-4K 
1848 
1847,1848 
1847,1848 
1847,1848 
1847.1848 
184V,  1848 
1847,1848 
.'848 
1348 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
18f8 
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184H 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

184." 

IIW 

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1848 

1848 

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1848 

1848 

i848 

1848 

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1848 

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181.< 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 


Company. 


l,ee,  H.  A.  O Kegimental \ 

Lee,  H.  A.  O.— Ist.- 

Ix)vejoy,  A.  L Kegimental ! 

Lovengun,  Alex Fort  Waters ; 

Laytoii,  John 

Magone,  Joseph Regimental 

Ma^one,  Joseph Ist 

McMilUon,  J.  H 1st 

Marbh,  Lucius Ist 

Mwre,  H  W Ist .— . 

Marsh,  Kd 1st,  10th,  Uth,  E,  11  - 

McKee,  Joel 1st 

Moore,  George Ist 

Munkers,  Marion  M 6th,  E 

Morgan,  J.  W 1st 

Morrison,  D.  M G,  9lh,  Ft.  Wascopam 

Melloway,  W 1st, '2d,  A 

Monroe,  J.- 1st,  5th,  D— — . 

McCord,  John 1st,  'id,  olh.  A,  D 

Martin,  Marshall A,  H,E,2d,10lh,  lltb. 

Mundane,  Gilbert- A, '2d 

MIrch,  (i.  H A,  E, I,  J, 2d, 0th ; 

McLuaue,  Robert ,  A,  2d 

NcElwain,  Robert B,  3d 

McElwaln,  Kobert A, '2d 

McDaulel,  Joshua B,  3d 

Morris,  James-— B,  3d  - 

McCumber,  Daniel  M B,  D,  I,  J  — 

McDaniel,  E ;  B,M,7lh,  Fort  Waters 

Mcl>onald,  N.  G C,  E,  4lh,  fith.- 

Martin,  Horace C,4tb,  Ft.  Wascopam. 

Maxou,  H.  J.  G C,4lh- 

Mcclane,  J.  B. C,4th- 

Morrih,  J C,4th 

McCoy,  John C,  4tU 

Miller,  John— C,  4th - 

Morgan,  1 C,  D,  4th,  5th 

McCuUougb,  Madison C,  Ith- 

Montgomery,  Robert  A C,  4th 

MoKinley,  Joshua. C,  Ith. 

.McClinliek,  F. .Mh,  D 

Malhciiy,  Adam ath,  D 

McKey,  William D,  G,  6th,  9th 

Matheuy,  Daniel D,  G,  5th,  9th 

Matt,  Charles  P. D,  I,  J,  5th 

Mall,  Charles  1' 5th,  U 

Martin,  William I,  J,  Fort  Water* ; 

Martin,  William 6th,  E 

Martin.  Willlair  '  F,  «th 

Munkers,  Francis  M 6th.  E 

Meich,  George  H.  .- E,  I,  J 1 

Mcasvay,  William-- E,  1,  J ' 

Mlllt-r,  William 8th.  F 

McBrlde,  James F,  I,  J,  8th 

Moutelth,  James  .„ 8lh,  F 

.Monteith,  Thomas -.   8th,  F,Levl  Scott's  Co. 

Miller,  William  R. 9th,  G : 

Matthews, 9th,  G 

Morrison,  Robert  W 9th,  G 

Morrison.  A.  W 9th,  G 

Martin,  Asa 9th,  G 

Martin,  T. 9th,  G 

McNary,  John  W 9th,  G 

McCoy,  William 9th.  Q I 


Major 

Captain 

Ad;ntant-general 

Private 

Private 

Major 

First  lieutenant 

Third  duty  sergeant- 
Private  

Private .— 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  lieutenant  .. 
Private . 


Captain  

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private- 

Private 

Fourth  sergeant. 
Private . 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Captain 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private— 

Private 

Private— - 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

('aptain    — 

Orderly  sergeant . 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private - 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private.. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 


Date  0/ 
Mmrvice. 


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1848 
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ld4£ 
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514 


INDIAN  WAB8  OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS  — Continued. 


Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  In  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848.  and  the  date  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  Hlo  in  the  olHco  of  the  secretary  of  slate  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


McNeal,.John  W 

Moore,  L.  W.- 

McKinley,  James 

McKlmtay,  V.  T 

McKinley,  Elisba... 
McKlintay,  Klisha  -- 
McUinnIs,  Charles  — 

Mulkey,  Philip 

Mills,  Isaac  - - 

McMullen,  William. 

McQlnnis,  James 

Moore,  Alman 

Matheny,  Isaiah 

Melaway,  William  -. 

MuDcas,  F.  M 

Munlters,  F.  M 

Montour,  Louis 

Monrour,  Kobert 

Mowich  (Indian ) - .. 

Montour,  George 

Mlnto,  John 

Montelth,  Walter 

Mole,  I.  L 

Morton,  Josephus ... 

McKlnty.  8.  T 

Mcdway,  William.— 

Meek,  Htephen 

Maroni,  Miingo 

Matlock,  W.  T 

Mouiton,  William... 
Meek,  Joseph 


9lh,G 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 
E,  H,  10th,  nth 
E,  H,  10th,  nth 
E,  H,  10th,  nth 

E,  H,  lot;,,  nth 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 
E,  H,  10th,  nth 


E,  H.  I,  J,  <),  10, 11  ...J 

E,  H,  10th,  nth I 

I,  J - ' 

I,  J,  7th,  Fort  Waters. 

E,  I,  J,  Kort  Waters 

I.  J,  Slh  - - 

I.  J.Oth— I 

7th,  1) - - 

7th,  D — .1 

7th,  D i 

7th,  D - ' 

Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co. 
Capt.  l.evlHcott'sCo.- 

Kegimentul _-- 

E,G,H,7tli,  10th.  nth; 

D,  F,  Tith,  7th,  9th  ....  I 

E,  I, -J,  l8t   ' 

Regimental \ 

Regimental ! 

Regimental I 

Regimental ' 


McDonald,  Alexander  . 

Morris,  J.  M 

McCarver,  M.  M 

Merrill,  William 

McKinney,  M.  B 

Morris,  J 

McKay,  Thomas 

McKay,  Alexander 

McKay,  Charles -. 

McKay,  Charles 

Mullagan,  Charles 

Martin,  William  J 

Mendenhall,  Rush 

McCoskey,  John 

Martin,  Harrison  D 

Martin,  Franklin 

Martin,  Franklin 

Menley,  Madison 

Matick,  O.  II 

McGregor,  John 

Nolaud,  William  R 

Norlhrup,  I'.  U. 

Nelson,  I 

Neal,  John 

Newman,  J.  W 

Nelson,  Joslah 

Nelson,  J. 

Nichols,  B.  F.  - 

Newell,  Holjert— 


Newton,  Obedlah  . 
Nesmitb,  J.  W 


1st 

I),  E,  B,  F 

Regimental 

A,  E,  F 

E,  F.  H,  7th 

B,  E,  F,  7th 

D,  7th 

D,  7th 

D.  7th 

I,  J,  9th.. 

1st,  II -.. 

E,  U,  10th,  nth  . 

a,  9th 

O,  9th 

E,  H,  10th,  nth  , 
E,  II,  10th,  nth  . 
E.  H,  10th,  nth  . 

4th 

Fort  Waters 


A,  2d- 

A,  2d 

U,  E,  H,  10th,  nth  ... 

F,  I,  J,8th-- 

9th,  G,  Ft.Wascopain. 
E,  F,  10th,  nth,  II— . 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 

1,  J,  9th,0 

Regimental 

C,  4tb,  Ft.  Wascopam. 
O,  9th 


Private 
Private 
Private 

Private 

Private 

Private  .- 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private  - 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  sergeant 

I'rivate 

Private 

Teamster  

I'rivate 

Private 

Private ■ 

Commissary  agent 

Interpreter  

Commissary  agent I 

Koatniac i 

Dispatch   carrier,   com-  ' 

missioner  to  Wash 

Private 

Private 

Commissary  agent 

Private 

Private i 

Private | 

Captain ! 

.Second  lieutenant 

First  lieutenant [ 

Fourth  sergeant 

I'rivate , 

Captain \ 

First  sergeant ! 

Second  sergeant ! 

Second  lieutenant 

Second  sergeant 

Fourth  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Agent  and  assistant 

commissary 

Private — 

Captain 


1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
184X 
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1M8 
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1848 
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184H 
1M8 
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1847,1848 
184S 
1848 
184S 
1848 
1848 
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1848 

1847,1848 
1848 
1848 
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1848 
1848 
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1848 
1848 
181S 
1848 
1848 
181X 
1W8 
1818 
1818 
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184K 

1818 
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1848 


MUSTER  ROLLS. 


515 


MUSTER  ROLLS- Continued. 


)  Cayuse  In- 
lers  relating 
egon.  Cora- 
on  riflemen. 


Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  servod  In  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848,  and  the  date  of  Kuch  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  Hie  In  the  otlioe  of  the  wecrelary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


DaUof 

aanrfafl. 

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1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

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I            1848 

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com 
h.— 

' 

Istant 


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1848 


Compnnn, 


i 


nani. 


18-18 
1848 
]8'I8 


Olney,  N 

Officer,  James 

O'Brlan,  Hugh 

O'Bryant,  Hu(ih  D 

Orchard,  John — 

Olds,  William. 

Owen,  James  M. 

Osborn,  Deunet 

Osborn,  Bennet 

Owen,  John  W. 

Proctor,  J.  B 

Pnrvls,  Thomas... 

Parkinson,  J 

Peak,  A.  M 

Payn,  I 

Porter,  William 

Paine,  J.  R.  _ 

Paine,  J.  R 

Paine,  J.  R.  - 

Patterson,  John 

Pollock,  Thomas 

Pearson,  Joseph 

I'anl,  Fred 

Pollet,  Henry 

Pollard,  Henry 

i'oUard,  Richard  H 

Porter,  William  W 

Porter,  William  W 

Packwood,  James 

Pollard,  William- 

Powell,  Jackson ] 

Payne,  Louis ..' 

Pierce,  James. 

Potter,  Pardon 

Pringle,  Clark  8 i 

Peat,  James  W 

Pyburn,  Edward  1 

Pyburn,  Edward i 

Pj'burn,  Ilijah 

Pyburn,  George  W 

Peters,  E. 

Peters,  Philip 

Peters,  Jason ; 

Powell,  Thomas , 

Poe,  A.  M 

Previa,  Gregory  A , 

Patton,  Davis i 

Pierce,  James  H ! 

Pugh,  alias  G ! 

Plant,  E : 

Peean,  E. 

Plont,  A 

Peeares,  John ' 

Polrles,  P I 

Pearce,  Ashby. ; 

Prinkard,  JoUn i 

i'lante,  Zaver 

PloufTe,  Andre  .— 

Hoirier,  Antolne ; 

Plante.  Antolne 

Pain,  Joseph ! 

Plante,  Exevia J 

Pecard,  John 

Pion,  Gldlon  .. „„ ,..i 


Ist,  5th,  I),  I,  J 

2d,  4th,  (Uh,  A,  C,  E.- 

A,  2d 

A,  2d 

5th,  U 

9th,  O. 

9t.h,  G 

Regimental ' 

9th,  G 

3d,  B 

Ist,  4th,  C 

1st 

1st,  I,  J,  Fort  Waters. 

1st,  2d.  5th,  A,  D 

1st,  2d,  A 

2d,  5th,  7th,  A,  D 

1st 

E,  H,  10th, 11th 

A,  2d,  (ilh,  7th 

A,C.  2d,  4th.. ; 

B,  3d I 

C,  E,  I,  J,  3,  4,  6,  9..-. 

(;,  4th.-. 

C,4f  

C,4' _. 

n,  4li j 

Ist -. I 

A,  1),  ,')th,  7th ; 

5th,  D. : 

5th,  D,4th 

Gth,  E i 

8th,  F i 

8th,  F,  I,  J t 

8th,  F,  Kt.Wascopam 

8th,  F,  I,  J 

8th,  r ....: 

Fort  Waters,  I,  J ; 

9th,  o ; 

9th,  G I 

9th,  G 

9th,  G 

9th.  G    _ ....' 

E,  H,  10th,  nth .! 

15.  H,"ib'th',"lith"-IIII.' 

E,  H,  10th.  nth \ 

Fort  Waters I 

I,  J-.. ! 

I,  J,  7th,  Fort  Waters 

I,  J,  9th - ; 

I,  J.  9th ; 

I,  J,  9ih 

I,  J.  9th 

I,  J,  9th 

D,  I.  J,  7th,  9th. 

I),  7th I 

D.  7th 

7th,  D ; 

7th,  D 

7th,  D 

7th,  D 

7th,  D 

7th,  D.. 

7th,  D 


Private  and  boatman ... 

Private 

I'rivate 

First  lieutenant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Hospital  steward 

Private— 

Private 

Private 

Private... 

Private... 

Private. 

Private -. 

Private 

Fourth  sergeant... 

Second  lieutenant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private .*. 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  lieutenant 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private.. 

Private 

Private 

I'rivate 

I'rivate 

Fourth  sergeant 

Private 


Private 

Private 

Private... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

(Second  sergeant. 
Private 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Fifth  sergeant. 


Dat»  0/ 
fervJce. 


1847, 1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 

1847,1848 

1847,1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 

1847, 1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 

ltW7, 1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
18.18 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1«« 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 


516 


INDIAN  WABS  OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 

Names  nf  the  aoldierg,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  ocrved  in  the  Cayuxe  In 
dlan  war  of  1847  and  1848,  nnd  the  date  of  Bucb  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relutInK 
to  said  war  on  ttlu  In  the  oflico  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  de8crtbed  were  companies  of  the  first  reKlment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Xam«, 


Company, 


Porter,  William  M 

Prattler,  W.  B. 

Parkerson,  J 

Powell.  J.  W 

Pieburn.  W.  A 

Pierce,  A - 

Pomeroy,  Walter 

Parried,  F 

Poet,  Albion 

Palmer,  Joel— 

Palmer,  Joel. 

Pugh,  William  P 

Pain,  Caleb 

Pain,  Caleb 

Peean, J 

Pearce,  James  H 

Parkerson,  James 

Pricbett,  Jonas 

Robinson,  Edward 

Richardson,  John 

Rodgers,  B.  B 

Ross,  John  ..: — 

Rinearson,  J.  S. 

Rhynearson,  Jacob 

Ross,  J.  E 

Richardson,  L.  C.  - 

Robinson,  P.  R 

Rarnahun,  H. 

Ramsey,  Frederick  H 

Robinson,  Prospect  F. 

Richardson,  J.  1) 

Russel,  Wiliiani 

Rogers,  (i.  W 

Ross,  Snery 

Robinson,  James  0 

Robson,  Edward 

Rogers,  A.  F 

Ralston,  J.  R 

Rucard,  James 

Roberson,  William 

Ritner,  Sebastian j 

Rowell,  James  M i 

Rogers,  C.  C 

Rowland,  Greene I 

Rogers,  William I 

Rwers,  Clark ..: 

Roberson,  P.  R  | 

Richardson,  I.  D ! 

Rector,  L.  J 

Rector,  L.  J 

Rector,  L.  J 

Roth,  Charles 

Rowell,  Jackson 

Ramsby,  Maxwell 

Robinson,  A.  A 

Robinson,  A.  A 

Robinson,  A.  A 

Rader,  Archibald 

Redman,  Fred  F 

Rtggs,  Thomas 

Ritchie,  J.  M.  - 

Rltchel,  J.  M 

Robinson,  A.  G 

Rawion,  j.  Q. 


7th,  D 

Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co. 

Fort  Waters 

Regimental 

Fort  Waters 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Kegimeuial 

F   B 

e;  H,'lOth,'iith'.'IlII 

E,  H,  lOlh.  nth 

I,  J,  «th  - 

Fort  Waters 

Fort  Waters 

Fort  Waters 

Ist,  B,  :W 

Ist,  6lh,  D 

Ut- 

Ist 

iHt 

Kegimental 

1st 

1st,  «th,  F,  1,  J 

Ist,  5th,  D 

1st 

A,  2d 

A.  2d 

A,  1),  2d,  5th.- 

A,  C,  D,  2d,  4th,  5th- 
A,  K 

A,  2d 

B,  ad 

B,  3d  .- 

B,  8d,  Fort  l.ce 

C,4th 

C,  I,  J 

C, 4lh 

C,4th 

C,4lh. 

uth,  U 

5th,  D 

5th,  D 

5tli,  D 

5ih,  D 

5th,  D 

I,  J,  Fort  Waters 

6th,  E 

6th.  E 

fi,  E,  Fort  Wascopam. 
6th.  E 

F,  8th  - 

Kogimeiitul 

Regimental 

K.B,  Levi  Scott's  Co... 

F.  I,  J,  8th 

8th,  F 

8th,  F 

itth.  O 

•)th,  G 

9,  G.  Fort  Wascopam. 
E,  H,  lOlh,  nth 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Teamster .... 

Private 

Teamster 

Teamster 

Teamster 

Saddler 

Q.  M.  general.. 

i.'ommissary  general .. . 

Captain 

B'iist  sergeant 

I  Third  sergeant 

Private 

I  Private 

I  Private 

1  Private 

i  Private 

i  Private 

i  Private 

I  Second  lieutenant 

j  First  sergeant. 

Judge  advocate 

Captain 

I  Private 

■  Private 

Private 

Fifth  sergeant 

;  Private 

1  Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Orderly  sergeant 

Private 

I'rivatc 

Kiith  sergeant 

Private 

Private - 

Private 

Private 

Fourth  duty  sergeant ... 

,  Private 

I  Private 

I  Private 

I  Private 

.  PrlvatH 

First  sergeant 

Third  duty  se.geant 

Fourth  duty  sergeant .— 

Private 

Private 

.  Hecond  lieutenant 

Ordnance  master 

Ass't  ordnance  master .. 

Private 

'  Private 

Private . 

\  Private 

;  Private 

:  Private 

,  Private 

i  Private ,„. 


1848 
1848 
184K 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1847,1848 
1847,1818 
1847, 1848 
1847, 1848 
1847, 1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
18IS 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 


MUSTER  ROLLS. 


517 


MU8TER  ROLLS— Continued. 


CayuKe  In 
erg  relalliiK 
igon.    Com- 
)n  rlHemcn. 


UaXeot 


1848 
IMK 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1847,1848 
1847,1818 
1847, 1848 
1847.1848 
1847,1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
184M 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1  1848 

I  1848 

1  1818 

!  1848 

I  1848 

'  1848 

1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 

utV-V.  ,  IM* 

ant  -—  1*^** 

1848 

18»» 

;  184S 

:  1848 

---  1^ 
■;  1848 

---  \  1848 
.  ^^^^ 

1  1848 

1  1848 

■     ,  1848 

„  1848 


Names  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  lu  the  Cayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  Hiid  1848,  and  the  date  of  snch  Bervlce,  hs  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  tilo  in  the  olllcu  of  the  Hucretury  of  Ntatc  of  the  ttatu  of  Oref;on.  Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  first  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen, 


int. 


Kichards,  Solomon E,  II,  10th,  11th 

Koynolds,  Ja.  ksoii K,  11,  lOlh,  11th _ 

Koberts,  Jnmes E,  H,  loth,  11th,  Fort 

Wascopam 

Roundtree.  C.  II E,  H,  lOlh,  11th 

Rossan.  J.  J —  E,  II,  10th,  11th 

Rainwater,  Martin  A I,  J,  7lh,  Fort  Waters- 
Rainwater,  William I,  J. _ 

Russie,  Augnstine D,  7 - 

Hobinson,  A.  E. Capt.  Levi  Scott'sCo  . 

hainey,  Thomas Indep'trille  rangers-. 

Robertson,  Henry — ,,  E,  H,  G,  10th,  lUh  ... 

Ueesc,  W.  H. Regimental 

Rice,  Levi  A Kegimental 

Klce,  Levi  A.  - Regimental 

Rukct,  James Fort  Waters 

Rowley, Fort  Waters 

Koberts,  William 

Savage,  C.  W. Ist 

i-hannon,  S  W. 1st. 

Satl'arrans,  H Isl 

Satl'arrans,  H Regimental 

Sanders,  P Ist,  C,  D 

Sheldon,  William A,  '2d 

Stokes,  William -..  A,  2d  - 

Smith,  Charles... A,  2d 

Smith,  George  W A,  2(1 

Smith,  I.  H - A,  2cl 

Smith,  William A,  1),  K,  H,  10th,  llth. 

Smlth,  J.  W. A,  2(1 - 

Stevens.  W A,  2d 

Strahuir, A,  2d 

Smith,  James  W.. A,  2d 

Scroggin.  John A,  2d 

Scott,  Joseph A,  2d 

Smith,  D.  C - A,  2d 

Stephens,  H.  N.    A,  2d - 


A,  2d . 

A,  2d  . 

B,  Hd. 
B,  :{(1  . 
A,  B  .. 

u,  ;id . 


Shumuke,  Drewry. 

Stuart,  Albert 

Shaw,  Thomas  C 

Smith,  Robert 

Smith,  John  H 

Stemmerman,  Chris.. 

Shaw,  A  C.  R Regimental  - 

Shaw,  A.  C.  R. U,  3d - 

Shaw,  Wa-shington B.  M  -    

Stewart,  Daniel  -- —  1th,  C,  Ft  Wascopam. 

Stewart,  Daniel  _ -    4th,  C — 

Strltehoof,  Renben r:,4th 

Shannon,  Wesley Regimental 

Sliannon.  Wesley C,4lh- 

Shirley,  William C,  E,  4th,  6th 

Smith,  Alvin  T 

Simmons,  William C,  E,  4lh,  Gth 

Stove,  Asa C,  4th 

Smith,  W.  M.- C,  4th 

Stritehoff,  John  - C,4th 

Stewart,  Ixmis C,  K,  I,  J,  Ft. Waters— . 

Scrouder,  George  M -.   C,  4lh 

Smith,  A.  M. I,  J,  9th - 

Smith,  A.  M.  - C,  4th - 

Sullivan,  Isaac .'Jth,  D 

Sitliwell,  W.  1) .")th,  D 

Slonc,  Edwin  T ,—,-.,  ath,  D 

3d 


Fourth  duty  sergeant .. .!  1848 

Private ''  1848 

Private j  1848 

Private ,  1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1818 

Private 1848 

Commissary  agent 1848 

Adjutant-general 1848 

As.s't  adjutant-general -.  1848 

Private 1848 

Private -- 1848 

Private ,  1848 

Third  sergeant 18.17,1848 

Private ,  1847,1848 

Private 1817,1848 

Assistant  surgeon 1817.1848 

Private ,  1847, 1848 

First  sergeant 1848 

Second  sergeant 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private-— 1848 

Private 1848 

Private — .  1848 

Private  .- 1848 

Private- 1848 

Private I  1848 

Private i  1848 

Private .„  1848 

Private. 1848 

Private - |  1848 

.Second  lieutenant i  1848 

Fifth  sergeant ,  1848 

Private i  1848 

Private ,  1848 

Judgeadvocate 1848 

Private 1848 

Private ,  1848 

Fir.st  sergeant i  1848 

l''oiirth  sergeant 1848 

Private  1848 

Master  of  ordnance 

Private 1818 

Private 1848 

Private 1848 

Private- ,  1848 

Private !  1848 

Private |  1848 

Private 1848 

Private - 1848 

Private .;  1848 

Orderly  sergeant i  1848 

Private .1  1848 

First  lieutenant i  1848 

Private 1848 

Private —  1  1848 


518 


INDIAN   WARS   OF  OREGON. 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 

NnmeB  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  In  the  Oayuse  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848,  and  the  date  of  such  service,  as  shown  by  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  flle  in  the  olllce  of  the  senretary  of  statu  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  Com- 
panies not  otlierwlse  described  were  companies  of  the  flrst  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Vompany. 


Scales,  John ■ 

Shepard,  William i 

Bhaw,  William- 

8haw,  William ! 

Shaw,  0.  W I 

Shaw,  G.  W i 

Shaw,  O.  W. I 

Simpson,  BenJHraln -.' 

Senters,  Samuel 

Bmead,  H. - 

Smead,  M.  M 

Scott,  Prior 

Stewart,  Arcbemldes ' 

Slmpklns,  Hiram I 

Savage,  Lewis  M 

Savage,  John 

Stout,  Ell  

Sheaffor,  Peter 

Smith,  Joseph 

Shrum,  Thomas 

Sbelton,  Harvey ' 

Stevens,  William 

Stewart,  Kim 

Snooks,  J.  S - 

Scudder,  John 

Smith,  D.  H. 

Smith,  J.  N. 

Savage,  William 

Smith,  Jesse 

Smith,  Anderson 

Shively,  Roubeu 

Shtvely,  Keuben 

Sylvester,  John 

Simpson,  H.  B 

Souvran,  Alexander 

Shaw,  B.  F. 

Sourran,  Alexander 

Sylvester,  Joseph... 

Sylvester,  Joseph 

Sabourain,  Alexander 

Senegratte,  Joseph. 

Spence,  John 

Sassafras,  H. 

Stemerman, 

Scott,  Levi 

Scott,  J.  M 

Scott,  W.  J.  J. 

Scott,  Felix 

Sayre,  A.  O. 

Suttle,  John 

Smith,  H.  A 

Shaw,  Franklin- 

Stewart,  Burch 

Snyder,  Francis  F 

Smead,  H.  N 

Thomas,  A.  J 

Tupper,  0.  F 

Tuppcr,  K.  S 

Thomas,  George  B 

Teat,  John 

Thomas,  John  8 

Thompson,  J.  T 

Thornton,  S.  P 

Thomas,  Obed  S 


5th,  n 

6th,  D,  I,  J 

6th,  9th,  E,  I,  F- 

6th,  E 

6th,  E 

6th,  E 

I.  J,  9th 

6th,  E 

6th,  E 

9th,  I,  J 

8th,  F 

8th,  F 

8th,  F 

8th.  F  

8lh,  F  . 
8th,  F  . 


Private 

Private 

Captain 

First  lieutenant 

First  duty  sergeant 

Second  duty  sergcaut.. 

Third  duty  sergeant 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Second  sergeant 

Private. 


I 

8,  F,  I,  J,  Ft.  Wascopani' 

8th,  F 

8th,  F. i 

8th,  F,  I,  J 1 

8th,  F - I 

8,  E,  F,  H,  10,  11 1 

8th,  F 

9th,  O 

9th.  Q - I 

9th,  G,Ft.  Wascopam-, 

9th,  G  .- - i 

E,  H,  10th,  nth 1 

E,  H,  10th,  11th ' 

E,  H,  lOlh.  nth 

I.  J.  Fort  Waters 

E,  H, 10th, 11th  

E,  H,  7th,  10th,  11th- 

I.  J 

I,  J,  7th 

I,  J, 7th.  Fort  Waters.-! 

I,  J,  7th 1 

7th,  Fort  Waters .1 

7th— - i 

7th,  D i 

7th,  D 

7th,  D 

Regimental 

Regimental  _ ... 

California  expedition 
Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co. - 
Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co. . 
Indep't  ride  rangers— 

Fort  Gilliam 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Regimental 

Fort  Waters 

A,  D,  I,  J,  7th 

l8t 

1st 

8th.  V 

A,  2d 

8th,  P 

1  A,  2d 

B,  8d 

C,4th 


Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

First  lieutenant - 
Third  sergeant- 
Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Third  sergeant  — 
Private 


Private 

Private , 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Fourth  sergeant... 

Private 

Private 

Captain 

Private 

Acting  surgeon 

Saddler 

Captain 

Private 

Private 

Captain 

Private 

Team8f«r 

Commissary  clerk. 

Teamster 

Teamster— 

Assistant  surgeon  . 

Private 

Private 

Private... 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Second  sergeant... 


Uatraf 
itnUt. 


1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1818 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

18'18 

1848 

lfM8 

1848 

1H18 

1848 

1W8 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1818 

1848 

1848 

1817,1848 

1818 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1848 

1818 


MUSTER  ROLLS. 


519 


be  Cay  use  In- 
iperi  relating 
)recon.  Com- 
igon  riflemen. 


Uatro/ 
tervitc. 


1 

nt"-! 
t 

::::: 



1 

rk 1 

m ■ 

.__._„ 1 

1 



t_„. 

1848 
184H 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1W8 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
18.18 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
1848 
1818 
1818 
1848 
1848 
18IH 
IMS 
1818 
1817,1848 
1818 
1848 
1848 
184K 
181H 
1848 
184H 
181S 


MUSTER  ROLLS— Continued. 

NameR  of  the  Midlers,  and  of  the  attnchca  thereof,  who  xerveil  In  the  CayuBe  In- 
dian war  of  1847  and  1848,  and  the  date  of  Muuh  service,  ax  Nhown  by  pupern  relating 
to  said  war  on  flle  lu  the  oUlve  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  (Com- 
panies not  otherwise  described  were  companies  of  the  Unit  regiment,  Oregon  riflemen. 


Kmm*. 


Hank. 


Teel,  Samuel C,  4th 

Tailor,  William C,  4th 

Thompson,  Philip  F. olh,  D 

Tomllnson,  John 5th,  1) 

Teller,  J. 6th,  D 

Taller,  J 5th,  D 

Taylor,  Benjamin I.  J,  KoM  Waters 

Taylor,  Benjamin Dth,  U 

Taylor,  Benjamin 'Jth,  (i.  Ft.  Wascopain. 

Trunder,  Daniel 'Jth,  G 

Tarry,  William I),  K.  H,  I.  J,  7th 

Tony,  William I),  E,  H,  I,  J,  7th 

Towy,  William D,  E,  H,  I,  J,  7th 

Towyes,  William E,  H,  10th,  Uth 

Taneg,  William i  E,  H,  10th,  Uth  - 

Tooey,  William U,  I,  J,  7ih,  iith 

Tooly,  William 1  i>,  I,  J,  7th,  ath 

Towie,  William D,  I,  J,  7th,  9th 

Thomas,  Jack D,  7th 

TItherow,  Sol Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co..: 

Teza,  William E,  C,  II,  I,  J 

Taylor,  J Keglmcntal 

Taylor,  Chris Keglmental 

Taylor,  Chris Regimental i 

Teats,  John* Fort  Waters 

TwUiquer,  Jam»i  - 

Uber,  Andrew 9ih,  I,  J - 

Umpreville D,  7th 

Vaughn,  William A,  E,  6th,  4th 

Vaughn,  John C,  4tn. 

Vanvarst,  W.  T 9th.  G 

Vanvarst,  Stephen nth,  O 

Vernon,  (i.  R.- I,  J  - 

Vernon,  O.  W 8th,  F 

Vernon,  Q.W I,  J 

Vernon,  J.  W I,  J 

Valreller,  Alexander I,  J,  9th — 

Vlbrals,  Alex.- I,  J,9ih - 

Vllrell.  Alex I,  J,  9th 

ValreUer,  E. I,  J,  9th 

Vllrais,  Alexis — .  D,  7th 

Vlltrals,  Alexis D,  7th 

Wltchey,  Jacob 1st 

Weston,  G.  W. 1st 

Wesley,  George Ist,  6th,  E,  I,  J,  9lh  — 

Walgamot,  Isaac Ist,  2d,  D,  A,  6th 

WaWon,0.  W. Ist 

Wllhert,  Jos B,  3d- 

Winston,  James 1st 

Walker,  R A,  2d - 

Williams,  W A,  2d,  Ft.  Wascopam, 

Williams, Fort  Wascopam 

Walters,  William A,  2d 

Williams,  Asa- A,  2d - 

Wilson,  William B,3d- — 

Wilson,  Thomas B,  1) 

Waters,  J.  - B,  M 

Wallace,  William -  B.  3d 

Wheeler,  Jason C,  4th 

Warden,  Henry  B. -  C,  4th 

Warden,  Henry  B. Regimental 

Warner,  Thomas C,  I,  J  - 

Welton,  A.  8 D,  6th 


Private 

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Private 

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Private 

Private 

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Third  sergeant 

Private 

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Private— 

Private 

Private — — 

Private 

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Private 

Private 

Private - - 

Private 

Private 

(i.  M.  sergeant 

Clerk  in  commissary — 
Clerk  to  Q.  M.  general  -. 

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Private - 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private— 

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Private 

Pri  vate  - 

Pri  vote 

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Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private — — 

Private 

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Private 

Private 

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Colonel  QllUam 

Private 


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Private 

Privote 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

Private 

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Private 

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INDIAN  WARS  OF  OREGON. 


MU8TER  ROLLS  — OoNTiNUEO. 

Namo»  of  the  soldiers,  and  of  the  attaches  thereof,  who  served  In  the  ('ayiiae  In- 
dian war  of  1H47  and  lH-»«,  and  the  dale  of  such  service,  as  shown  tiy  papers  relating 
to  said  war  on  tile  In  the  olllce  of  the  cecretary  of  state  of  the  state  of  Oregon.  (,iim- 
panles  not  otherwise  described  were  companies  uf  the  llrst  regiment,  Oregon  rltlemen. 


Samt, 


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Welton,  A.  8 R,  fith 

Wright,  Martin D,  fith 

Wright,  Charles !»'-h,  (),  Ft.  Wascopam. 

Welton,  Archibald 8th,  D 

Webb,  ivuiiam K,  II.  10th,  llth 

Webb,  William I,  J 

Wright,  William fith,  D,  I,  J 

Walker,  W.  H.  H '.Hh,  O,  Ft.  Wascopam. 

Waldo.  David dih,  K 

Wlgger.  Thomas (ith,  E 

Welch,  Joel iith,  O,  Ft.  Wascopam. 

Wager,  Thomas 6th,  K 

WeiM,  Peter 0th,  O 

Wilcox,  8. 

Weston,  David I.J,  Fort  Lee 

We<(ton,  David 8th,  F 

Whitley,  John  H Hth,  F.  I.  J 

Wlmberly.  Enoch Hth.  F,  I.  J 

White,  Ueorge C,  E,  II,  10th,  llth. 

Fort  Wascopam 

Waldo,  William Hth,  F,  I,  J 

Wright.  Lynden »th,  F,  I,  J 

Walter.  W.  H.  H ilth.U. 


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Private 

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Private 

Private 


Private 

Private 

Private- 

Private 

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Orderly  sergeant. 

Private 

Private 


Wilkes,  Arch i  E,  H,  lOlh,  llth 

Wood,  George E,  H.  10th.  llth 

Wright.  13  >n|amln Fort  Waters 

Wright,  Benjamin I,  J 

Wood,  Israel I.  J,  Fort  Lee 

W(X)d,  Isaac ,  7th.  Fort  Waters 

Waldo,  Joseph _.   Capt.  Levi  Scott's  Co.. 

Waters,  James. Ueglmeiital 

Waters,  James Regimental 

Walt,  Aaron  E Keglmental 

Wilcox,  Ralph Keglmental 

Wilcox,  Kalph Heginiuntal 

WUsou,  Albert  E... Ueglmontal 

Wilson.  William  H Itcglraentiil 

Waldo.  Daniel Kegimental 

Whitman.  P.  H Regimental 

Wright,  Henry D,6th 

Walker.  W 9th,  U 

Wil.son,  Edward  A. 

Woodsides,  Ann. 

Winchester,  Miles 

Yarborongh.R A,  2d 

Yarboran,  Randal A,  2d 

Young,  David B,  Hd 

York,  Alexander (ith.  E,  Fort  Lee,  Fort 

Waters 

Zackary,  John  Q. A,  2d 

Zumalt,  Thomas B,  Hd 

Zumcrode,  C B,  M 

Zumnorde,  C B,  3d 

Zachery,  A ;  E,  H,  lOth,  llth 


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Private 

Private 

Private 

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Private 


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Lieutenant  colonel 

Ass't  commissary  gen'L 

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Ass'l  adjutant-general . 
AH.s't  adjutant-general .. 

(,'onunlsHary  agent 

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the  oltice  of  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  state  ot  Oregon. 

T.  C.  Shaw, 

(irand  commander  of  the  Indian  war  veterans  of  the  north  Pacific  coast  for  the 
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INDEX. 


A.  B.C.  I""  M. policy  toward  the  missions, 

Abfriiethy.O  ,  elected  gov. 84;  messHi;e  to 
leKlsliiiure  \M6,  Hi);  mesaaKc  of  1847,  91 ; 
asl<ed  to  send  peaoe  commissioners  to 
Nez  I'erciSs,  114;  letter  to  ()gdeii,I'24;  re- 
ceives reply, I'Ji'):  message  to  lexislature, 
127;  letter  to  the  assemhly,  132r  flr-;t  ifeii- 
eral  order  to  army,  138;  pr(M!laraation, 
144-5;  determines  upon  an  express  to 
Oal.,14ii;  letter  to  Apple);ate,146;  sendsa 
spyglass  to  Major  I-ee,  157;  Hnd  it  hard 
to'raibe  a.i  aruiy,158;  answer)<  I)onglas' 
war  letter,  162;  orders  to  Col.  (tilliam, 
1(13-0;  letter  to  the  Nez  Percte,  182, 191 ; 
letter  to  Gilliam,  19-1;  proclamation,  1%; 
letter  to  l,ee,207;  colonization  of  (Jayu^e 
lands  approved,  217;  effort  to  unlet  re- 
ligions ijnarrels,  221;  letters  to  ComiTio- 
dore  shnbrick.  227-8;  to  Gov.  Mason  of 
Cal.,  2:W:  tr  2;a;  to  Maj.  Hardle, 

'2M;  to  I'ri  2;t6-8;  niessage  to  the 

legislatMre,. 

Abiqua  creeli,  uattle  of, 224. 

Abbott,  Geo.  H.,  interpreter,  and  capt.  of 
vols,  32;i-4;  on  recruiting  service,  381; 
Hghts  the  Cbitco'!  Indians,  38.1-4. 

Abbott,  Charles  C,  flies  of  wounds  re- 
ceived in  battle  of  Kvans'  Creek,  313. 

Achekala,  (  Five  Crows,)  Cayuse  chief, 47. 

Accoiti,  Jesuit  i)rlest,  writes  to  Major  I^je, 
220. 

Adam'.  \.  D  ,serg.,  mortally  wounded,  351. 

Addington,  A.  M.,  wounded  in  battle,  447. 

Addison,.!.  McIj.,  lient.,  escorts  Lane,  248. 

Ahtanahm  mission,  424-471. 

Albln,  John,  wounded  In  a  skirmish,  810. 

Alcorn,  Miles  T.,  captain  Ross'  reg.,  349; 
elected  capt.  in  southern  bat'allon,  3tiO; 
in  fight  on  I-lttle  Butte  creek,  3(?4;  scout- 
ing, i«}7. 

Alden,  Capt.,  U.S.  A  ,  aids  volunteers, ;i09, 
is  given  the  command;  resigns  to  I.ane, 
311;  Is  wounded,  312. 

Allen,  Beverly  S.,  appointed  treaty  com- 
missioner, 270. 

Allen.  L.  F,,  wounded  in  battle  of  Grave 
creek,  354. 

Allen,  Ira,  wounded  In  battle,  448. 

Anatashin,  a  Nez  PercO,  171. 

Ambrose,  <i.  IT.,  Dr.,  settler  in  Uogue-rlver 
valley,  294;  appointed  commissioner  to 
settle  war  accounts,  319;  appointed  In- 
dian agent,  ;!3;t;  his  letters  over  the  sig- 
nature of  "A  Miner,"  342;  his  ordei'S, 
3:V) 

Americanism  in  the  United  States,  2. 

American  consul  at  San.iwich  Islatids, 
145. 

Apashavnkaikt,  a  Nez  Perc6, 171. 


Applegate,  Jesse,  friendly  to  H.  B.Co.*,  86; 
e.xplores  for  a  southern  route,  87-8;  com- 
missioned to  effect  a  war  loan,  134-8; 
communication  to  the  legislature,  141; 
his  qualifications  and  character,  147; 
writ(!s  to  Palmer,  147;  his  account  o<  an 
attempt  to  go  to  Cal.  with  dispatches, 
149-51;  letter  to  Palmer,  200, 201 ;  letter  to 
I.ee,  202;  |)loTieering  for  Kearney;  en- 
courages volunteering,  277. 

Applegate,  Lindsay,  volunteers  for  the 
southern  road  expedition,  87. 

Appraisers  appointed  to  value  war  sup- 
plies, 141. 

Armstrong,  Pleasant,  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Kvans'  creek,  311,  313. 

Armstrong,  Lieut.,  engages  the  Indians, 
:ie7. 

Armstrong,  Ambrose  N.,mHJor,  in  the  Yak- 
ima country,  4'is),439,4.'>4.  ' 

Ashbnrtoii,  Lord,  plenipotentiary  from 
(ireat  Britain,  33. 

Ashley,  W.  H.  expedition  of  in  1822,  3. 

Astoria,  troubled  hy  deserting  sailor,  5'2. 

Anderson,  A.  C,  of  U.  B.  Co.,  in  confer- 
ence at  Fort  Walla  Walla,  4.34. 

Anderson,  J.  F.,  elected  second  lleut.,  sec- 
ond reg.,  360. 

Angell,  Martin,  settler  on  Rogue  river, 
'290;  shoots  an  Indian,  314;  Anita,  U.S. 
transport  In  the  Columbia,  '239. 

Aubrey,  Thomas  J.,  wounded  In  battle, 
3.55. 

.\uger,  Capt.  V  S.  .V.,  ordered  to  Port  Or- 
'  \^.,  380;  relieves  <;apt.  Smith,  410;  In 
.:,e  Yakima  country,  429. 

"Authentic  Account"  of  3roulllet,  177. 


Baber,  Granville  H.,  raises  a  company  of 
volunteers.  198. 

Badger,  John,  murdered  by  Indians,  328. 

Bailey,  Wm.  J.,  wounded  by  Indians,  12. 

Bailey,  Holland,  killed  by  Indians,  36'2. 

Bailey,  W.,  wounded  by  Indians,  469. 

Bailey,  Jo.sepb,  captain,  35;i;  in  battle  on 
Grave  creek,  364;  capt.  In  2d  reg.,  O.  M. 
v.,  301. 

Banahi,  a  Cascades  chief,  475. 

Barkwell,  M.  C,  asks  for  protection,  318. 

Barnes,  James,  captain  of  a  soy  company, 
397. 

Barnum,  E.  M.,  adj. -gen.,  ;i59;  visits  south- 
ern Oregon,  ;W1. 

Battalions,  northern  and  southern,  3,'i8, 
359 

Battle  of  Abiqua,  2-24, 22'), 

Battle  of  Touchet,  187-189. 

Battle  of  Evans'  creek,  311-313. 

Battle  of  Skull  bar.  3,50, :«1. 


r 


704 


INDEX. 


Battle  or  Qrave  creek  on  Hungry  hill, 
863-355. 

Battle  of  The  Meadows,  399-403. 

Battle  of  the  roKulai-s  with  John's  force, 
near  The  Mendows,  40M-411. 

Battle  of  NValla  Wallii,  444. 

Battle  of  Four  I.akeH,  491-495. 

Barlow,  Samuel  K.,  road  pioneer,  86, H6. 

Barlow,  James,  attacked  by  Indians,  275. 

Beale,  W.  K.  2d  lieut.  of  volunteers,  809. 

fieardy,  Dcs  Chutes  chief,  explains  his 
conduct,  172;  gets  a  letter  from  OlUlam, 
173:  appearH  on  Snake  river.  210. 

Bennett,  Charles,  captain,  440;  killed  in 
battle,  444. 

nentle.v,  I.  N.,  lieutenant,  349. 

Berry,  William,  sergeant,  wounded,  156. 

Bewley,  Lorinda,  assistant  teacher  at 
Waiilatpu,  94,  95;  taken  to  the  lodges  of 
chiefs,  104.  106. 

Bewley,  sister  of  LoriAda  at  Chemekary, 
215. 

Bewley,  Crockett  A.,  94.  98;  killed  by  In- 
dians, 102. 

Big  Bend  of  Kogue-river  encampment, 
374. 

Big  Star,  Si>okane  chief,  479. 

Bill,  sub-chief  in  Shasta  valley,  202,  321, 
322. 

Birdseye,  David,  shot  by  Indians,  309. 

Birkheimer,  \Vm.  E.,  captain,  U.  S.  A.,  ex- 
aminer of  Cayuse  Indian  war  accounts, 
262. 

Blackledge,  Milton,  wounded  in  battle, 
351. 

Blake,  C.  ¥.,  elected  llrst  lieutenant,  860. 

Blair,  ('harles,  Ituutenantat  Evans'  creek, 
311. 

Blanchet,  V.  N.,  Rev.,  missionary,  28. 

Blanchet,  A,  M.  A.,  bishop  at  Walla 
Walla,  meets  Dr.  Whitman  at  the  fort, 
95,96;  Is  questioned  by  the  (layuses,  96; 
confers  with  the  Nez  Perces,  113;  letter 
to  Gov.  Abernethy,  123;  writes  a  letter 
for  the  Yakimas,  173. 

Bledsoe,  Relf,  lieutenant,  elected  to  com- 
mand Poland's  company,  381,  383. 

BUK)dy  Chief  of  the  Nez  PercfSs,  speech 
of,  47. 

Bloody  Point,  pais  at  the  head  of  Tule 
lake,  299. 

Bloody  Spring,  camp  on  Grave  creek,  354. 

Blue  Cloak,  Flathead  chief,  21. 

Bogus,  Henry,  exploring  expedition,  87. 

Bolan,  A.  J.  appointed  agent  to  the  Yak- 
imas,  339;  sets  out  for  Colvllle,  424; 
killed  by  Indians,  425. 

Bonneville,  Col.,  U.  H.  A.,  view  of  Indian 
character,  20,  22;  arrives  at  Vancouver, 
306;  furnishes  artillery  for  the  Rogue- 
river  war,  309;  refuses  arms  and  sup- 
plies, 331. 

Bonnycastle,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A  ,  attacks 
Indians,  322. 

Boundary  question,  writings  on,  3. 

Bourbon,  — .,  killed  by  Indians,  469. 

Bowman,  Nathaniel,  joins  Meek's  party, 
108. 

Bradford  Sl  Co.,  store  beselged,  460. 

Bradley,  Isaac,  killed  in  battle  of  Evans' 
creek,  313. 

Brauu,  J.  II.,  killed  by  Indians,  ;J80. 

Bray's  bouse  burned  by  Indians,  352. 

Brewer,  H.B.,  farmer  at  The  Dalles  mis- 
sion, 62;  letter  of,  55;  in  charge  of  prop- 
erly, 78. 


Bridges,  James,  hli  daughter  at  Waiilat- 
pu, death  of,  95. 

Britton,  Daniel,  wounded  by  Indians, 
342. 

Brooks,  C.  B.,  appointed  surgeon,  349. 

Brooks,  Lloyd,  settler  in  Waila  Walla  val- 
ley, 441. 

Brown,  James  Henry,  warned  by  Dr. 
Whitman,  93;  publishes  a  history  of 
Oregon,  218. 

Brown,  B.  W.,  killed  by  Indians,  461. 

Browne,  Ross,  appointed  by  gtivernme'it 
to  examine  Indian  Htl'alrs  in  Oregon, 
417. 

Bruce,  James,  volunteers  to  pursue  In- 
dian mi?rdererg,  293;  Interpreter,  318; 
captain  of  volunteers,  349;  la  battle  nt 
Grave  creek,  354;  elected  majoi,  360;  his 
order,  360;  moves  his  command.  362; 
attacks  -  The  Cabins,"  364-866;  reelected 
major  of  southern  battalion,  387. 

Brush,  Gilbert,  wounded  by  Indians  ^83. 

BroulUet,  J.  B.  A  ,  Rev.,  look^ojj  for  a 
mission  site,  97;  his  "Aul.ien  Ic  Ac- 
count," 98;  assists  to  bury  Whiiziian  and 
others,  103;  helps  Spalding  to  escape, 
110,111;  confers  with  the  Nez  Perc^, 
118,  117;  letters  to  Indian  Agent  Olney, 
425. 

Buchanan,  lieut.-col.,  U.  8.  A..  383,  384, 

Burord,  James,  wounded  by  Indians,  341. 

Bullen,  Henry,  killed  by  Indians,  380. 

Bumford,  settler  in  Walla  Walla  valley, 
441. 

Bunch,  killed  l>y  Indians,  345. 

Buoy,  Toba)i,  elected  captain  in  2d  reg., 
361;  escorts  prisoners  to  Grand  Roud, 
!t68;  reports,  390. 

Burch,  Benjamin,  exploring  expedition, 
87. 

Burch,  sergeant,  in  battle  of  the  Tonchet, 
189. 

Burch,  Samnel,  appointed  to  examine 
Cayuse  war  claims,  260. 

Burgess,  John  C,  denies  the  story  of 
poisoning  Modocs,  306. 

Burls,  Dennis,  joins  Meek's  parly  for  the 
states,  180. 

Burnett,  G.  W.,  elected  captain,  203. 

Burns,  Hugh,  appointed  loan  commis- 
sioner, 140;  reports,  253-255. 

Burrows,  J.  M.,  lieutenant,  killed  In  bat- 
tle, m. 

Bushey,  U.,  elected  second  lieutenant, 
360;  reports  as  captain,  .387. 


c 


"Cabins,  The,"  at  the  cascades.  166, 163. 

Cadwallofler,  Jesse,  letter  ot,  196. 

Calapooyu  Chief,  makes  trouble,  55. 

Caleb,  chief  of  Calapooyas,  receives 
friends,  74. 

Calderwood,  killed  by  Indians,  469. 

Caldwell,  Alex,  killed  by  Indians,  392. 

Caldwell,  W.  8.,  raises  a  company  of 
volunteers,  428. 

Camas  valley  station,  368. 

Coraospelo,  Cayuse  chief,  interrogates  the 
priests,  90;  denies  taking  part  in  the 
Wbltman  massacre,  114;  speech  in  coun- 
cil, 188. 

Camp  Castaway,  on  Coos  bay  beach,  29U. 


M 


at  Waiilat- 

y   Indians, 

on,  349. 
t  Walla  val- 

ed    by    Dr. 
history   of 

ns,  461. 
jovernme'it 
in  Ort'gou, 

pursue  In- 
preier,  318; 
iQ  battlu  at 
Joi,  30();  his 
imand,  362; 
66; reelected 
.,387. 

ndlans  283. 
lokii^ii  for  a 
t.ien  lo  Ac- 
'hiin;an  and 
g  to  escape, 
Nez  Perc^, 
>gent  Olney, 

A..  383,  884, 

Indians,  341. 
ians,  380. 
k'alla  valley, 

i. 

in  In  2d  reg., 

jrand  Roud, 

[  expedition, 

theTouchet, 

to  examine 

the  story  of 

parly  for  the 

&in,  203. 
oan  commis- 

llilled  lu  bat- 

1   lieutvnant, 


les.  166, 163. 
1, 195. 
ible,  65. 
yaa,     receives 


tns,  469. 
idlans,  392. 
company 


INDEX. 


706 


of 


terrogatcR  the 
;  part  in  the 
peuch  in  couu- 

tay  beach,  290. 


Camp  ElifT,  at  south  end  of  Umpqua 
canyon,  868. 

Camp  (iordon,  8  miles  above  the  mouth 
of  I'ow  creek,  368. 

Camp  cipencer,  on  lower  Applegate  creek, 
866. 

Campbell,  James,  volunteer  for  Cal.  ex- 
pedition, 148. 

Campbell,  Hamilton,  called  on  for  money 
by  loan  commisriloners,  254. 

(Canadian  (;atholics,  good  neighbors.  28. 

Cawfield,  William  D.,  at  Waillatpu,  95,  99; 
escape  from  the  massacre,  1U2, 1U8. 

(.'apron,  2d  lleut.  in  battle  on  Cow  creek. 
393. 

Card  well,  J.  A.,  joins  the  volunteers,  278. 

Carroll,  James,  wounded  in  a  skirmish, 
310. 

Cartwrigbt,  James  W., killed  by  Indians, 
345. 

Cascades,  The,  as  a  military  station,  156, 
495. 

Cascades  attacked  by  Indians,  460. 

Casey,  tiilas,  liont.-col., U.S.A.,  and  troop 
in  Oregon,  28H;  fight  in  the  CuquUle,  289; 
returns  to  Cal.,  290;  assigned  to  Puget 
sound.  458. 

Cash,  Wiley,  killed  by  Indians,  367. 

Caster.lieui.,  U.  H.  A.,  pursues  Indians,  319. 

t;astle,  S.  N.,  of  Honolulu,  :!27. 

Castle,  U..  lleut.,  killed  by  Indians,  380. 

Catholic  Ladder,  28. 

Catholic  teaching  on  element  of  discord, 
28,29;  th(!  legislature  peiltloned  to  ex- 
pel them  from  the  country,  221. 

Cattle  company  of  the  WiUaraet  mission, 
12,13. 

Cattle  company  of  Cayuses  and  Walla 
Walla  Indians,  77,  78. 

Cayuses,  their  characteristics,  18, 19;  their 
begging  habits,  20;  their  religion,  22; 
treatment  of  Ur.  Whitman,  30;  cause  of 
the  Cayuse  war,  92, 97, 98;  their  trickery, 
186, 187:  attack  the  volunteers,  189. 

Ciaics,  Yakima  chief,  writes  to  Gilliam, 
173. 

Cbaroberlin,  A.,  member  of  legislature, 
127. 

Chance,  Wm.,  Indian  agent,  pursues  In- 
dians, 276. 

Chance,  John,  wounded  by  Indian,  kills 
him.  461. 

Chaplin,  Wm.,  lleut.,  resigned,  391. 

Chaplin,  F.  D.,  serg.,  discharged,  391. 

Chapman,  W.  W.,  captain  in  2d  reg.,  0.  M. 
v.,  301;  report,  369;  elected  lieut.-col., 
387;  moves  down  Rogue  river,  399. 

Chemekane  mission,  failure  of,  27. 

Chenoweth,  Mardin,  saves  the  steamboat 
Mary  from  the  Indians,  461. 

Cbenoweth,  a  Cnscattes  chief,  tried  for 
treachery  and  hung,  470. 

Chlnn,  Mark  A.,  junior  major.O.M.V. ,1st 
reg.,  erects  Fort  Henrietta, 439;  proceeds 
to  Walla  Walla,  440. 

Chuck  lehead.  Rogue-river  chief,  attacks 
a  party,  274. 

Clark,  John,  killed  by  Indians, 321. 

Clarke,  Newman  9.,  general,  U.  B.  A.,  ap- 
pointed to  the  command  of  Colum'Jia- 
river  district,  484;  fits  out  an  expedition 
to  punish  the  Coeur  d'Alenes,  489;  is 
succeeded  by  Uen.  Harney,  499. 

Claiburne,  Thomas,  junior  captain,  U.  S. 
A.,  defends  the  Cayuses  on  tr.n!  for 
murder,  2fiU. 


Cltiton,  John  Henry,  wounded  lu  battle, 

403. 
Cluggago,  James,  Joins   the  volunteers, 

Coekstook,  chief  of  Dalles  Indians,  73:  In- 
cites a  feud  at  Oregon  City,  74;  is  killed, 
76,90. 

Colburn,  A.  C,  killed  in  skirmish  with 
Indians,  310. 

"Colonel  Wright,"  first  steamboat  on  up- 
per Columbia,  483. 

Cook,  lirove,  kills  Klljah,  son  of  Peu-peu- 
mox-mox,  82. 

Cooke,  C.  W.,  sergeant,  in  battle  of  the 
Toucbet,  189;  returns  his  adjutant's 
commission,  205;  letter  to  Lee,  222. 

Cook,  J.  D.,  pursues  Indian  murderers, 
•293. 

Cooley,  Daniel,  wounded  by  IndiauB,  412. 

Connoyer,  Capt.,  lu  battle  of  Walla  Walla, 
446. 

Conroy,  U.  P.,  lieutenant  of  volunteers, 
349. 

Cornelius,  Thomas  R.,  elected  colonel  of 
1st  reg.  ,0.  M.  V.,  448;  returns  to  Dalles, 
skirmishing  with  Kamiakln.  456;  reply 
totien.Wool,  470. 

Council  in  Rogue-river  valley,  315;  terms 
of  treaty,  316,317;  names  of  witnesses 
(see  note),  317. 

Council  of  Oak  Flat  on  Illinois  river,  406, 
407. 

Coquille  guards,  S73,  376. 

Coquille  minutemen,  377. 

Cox,  A.,  member  of  legislature,  127. 

Coy,  James,  attacked  by  Uogue-rlver  In- 
dians, 273. 

Cratibru,  Frank,  wounded  in  battle,  446. 

Craig,  William,  shelters  Mrs.  Spalding, 
109;  joins  the  army  to  aid  the  peace 
commissioners,  180;  leaves  Lapwal,  '214; 
Joins  Gov.  Stevens,  448;  arranges  a  conn 
ell  with  Nez  Percys,  451;  appointed  aid 
to  Stevens,  452;  letter  to  Stevens,  477, 
478. 

Craumer,  J.  M.,  adjutant  to  Major  Bruce, 
400. 

Crawford,  Peter  W.,  keeps  a  journal,  93, 
94. 

Crawford,  Medorum,  member  of  legisla- 
ture, 127. 

Crawford,  Mrs,,  clothes  the  volunteers, 
196. 

Creighton,  John,  raises  a  company  and 
reports,  394,395. 

Crittenden,  John,  wounded  by  Indians, 
3'28. 

Crook,  J.  M. ,  orderly  sergeant  of  volun- 
teers. 309. 

Crook,  lleut.,  U.  S.  A.,  mission  to  Fort 
Lane,  3'22. 

Crook,  Theron,  authorized  to  raise  a  com- 
pany ( names  in  note ),  348. 

Crouch,  W.  H.,  wounded  in  battle  of 
Graves  creek,  355. 

Crow,  Henry,  mortally  wounded  in  battle 
of  Walla  Walla,  444. 

Culver,  Samuel  H., Indian  agent  in  Kogue- 
rivcr  valley,  318;  superseded  by  G.  H. 
Ambrose,  333. 

Cunningham,  Edward,  purchases  blankets 
of  Major  Hardie,335. 

Cunningham,  John,  killed  by  Indians, 
842. 

Curry,  George  L.,  acting  governor,  308;  req- 
uisition on  Col.  Bonneville    honored, 


706 


INDEX. 


H09;  nenda  a  comtniasion  to  Lane,  H15; 
apiiroves  of  protectiiiK  the  ImmiKratlon, 
829;  (ritllN  Tor  volunlevrH,%<l;  compauieii 
called,  :i5:i:  diHbaiidii  the  militia  In  the 
field,  :<A9;  visits  the  seat  of  war,  361; 
authorlzeH  mliiutemun,  IMl;  answers  to 
requisition  of  Major  lialns  with  a  regi- 
ment, 427;  proclaniatiou,  428-  his  reasons 
for  occupying  the  Walla  Walla  country, 
\M.  letter  to  Adj. -den.  Barnum,  48H; 
proclamation.  464;  disbands  the  flrMt 
regiment,  457.; 

D 

Dalles, The,  Methodist  mission  station,  62; 
site  of  Fort  Lee,  Ifi6,lti8;  U.  3.  A.  irmy 
headquarters  for  K.U.,426,427,4a». 

Dandy,  U.  H. ,  lleut. ,  U.  8.  A. ,  at  Four  Lakes, 
491. 

Dart,  Anson,  appointed  superintendent 
Indian  Htl'air8,270;  expenditures, 271:  re- 
|H>nof,  272;  visits  I'ort  Orford,  2Htl-287; 
re.slgna  his  oftlce,  298:  is  superseded  by 
Palmer,  308. 

Dart,  1'.  C,  secretary  to  superintendent 
Indiau  at]'ulr!i,270. 

Dart,  Cieorge,  military  commissioner, :<1U. 

Davenport,'!'.  J.,  wounded  by  Indlaas, 28:i. 

Davidson,  lleut.,U.  8.  A.,  at  Four  l^akev, 
494. 

Davis, —.,  wounded  by  Indians, :<08. 

Davi!i,John  W.,  governor,  asks  (Jen,  Wool 
for  troop.s,829. 

Davi.", John, killed  by  Indlans,:!92, 

Davy,  Allen,  captain  of  volunteers  to  pro- 
tect settlements,  224. 

"Decatur,"  government steamei  on  I'uget 
sound,  427. 

Deer  creek  ( Koseburg )  asks  permission  to 
arm,)!9't. 

Demers,  Modeste,  Kev.,  Catholic  mission- 
ary, 28. 

Denuison,  A.  P.,  captain  of  volunteers, 
469. 

Dent,  F.  T., captain,  U.S.  A  ,at  Four  I.,akes, 
491. 

Des  Chutes,  its  dangers  from  Indians,  94. 

Dice,  K.  C,  volunteer  in  California  expe- 
dition, 148. 

DlUoy,  David,  killed  by  Indians, 274. 

Dimmick,/..,  1st  lieut.ln  2d  reg.,0.  M.  V., 
361. 

Dodson,—., attacked  byludian8,276. 

Dollein,  Augustus,  appointed  enrolling 
oBlcer.  Vk>. 

Dooley,  William,  killed  in  battle, 393. 

Dorion,  Kaptiste,  Interpreter  for  Dr.  White, 
44;  charged  with  InultinR  the  Indians 
to  hostilities,  62;  son  of  Madame  Dorion 
of  Irvlng'H  Astoria,  210. 

Doty,  James, aid  to  Uov.  1. 1. Stevens, 334, 
449. 

Dougberlv,  A.?., killed  by  Indlans,283. 

Douglas,  James,  furnishes  McBeau's  letter 
to  Gov.  Abernethy,r28,131;  a  Protestant, 
KK);  his  letter  to  the  governor,  162;  letter 
to  H.  B.  Co.'B  agent  at  the  Handwicb 
Islands,  239. 

Douglas,  A.,  killed  in  skirmish  with  In- 
dians, 310. 

Dowell.B.F.,  claim  agent  to  settle  Indian 
war  accounts,  320;  luriiished  facts  for 
history,  34'J. 

Drew,  K.  P.,  appointed  Indian  agent  at 
the  Umpqua,  333;  Instructed,  XAh\  in 
charge  of  Coos  bay  Indian8,378. 


Drew,  C,  9.,acta  as  quartermaster-general 
criticized,  :f.'9;  appointed  adjutant  of 
Koss'  regiment, 349. 

Driggs,  Jeremiah,  Isi  lieut.,198. 

Drolley,—.,  settler  on  tlie  (;o«iuilIe  river, 
:fl8. 

Dugan,  Richard,  military  coramlNsloner, 

310. 

Duncan,  L.  J.  C,  remarks  on  the  Indian 

HiiirderM,  ;!09. 
Duval,  Frank,  wounded  in  battle, 447. 
Dyar,  Jerome,  murdered  by  Indians,  34(i. 

E 

Kagle-fromthe-Llgbt,  Nez  I'erc^  chief, 
482. 

Kbberts,  G.  W., Joins  Mcek's  party  for  the 
Journey  to  Washington,  180. 

Kdwards,  I'hlllp  lj.,mlii.Hlonary,5. 

Edwards, Richard, murdered  by  Indians, 
:h)8. 

TSAAy,—.,  vlMti  the  caves  on  the  Klam- 
ath, 322. 

Kel  Is,  Cuahing,  missionary  at  Chemekane. 
17;  In  fear  ol  Indians,  178;  writes  to  Col. 
Waters,  209. 

Elgin,  J.,  wounded  by  Indians, 469. 

Klk,a  Coqullie  chief, 374. 

Klliott,  K.  K., sergeant  in  volunteer  com- 
pany, 349. 

Kills,  Flathead  chief,  24;  trouble  with 
Kpaldlng,2o:  threat  to  bury  A.  B.  Hmlth, 
26,  elected  chief  of  the  Nez  Percys,  19; 
Influence  with  the  Cayuscs,  61,  62;  pa- 
rades bis  force,  62,63;  his  education, 63; 
in  council,  6(1,69;  visits  Dr.  McLoughlin 
and  Dr.  White  at  Vancouver,  80;  on  a 
hunt  afler  buffalo,  182;  dies  of  measles, 
215. 

Ely,  lieutenant,  has  a  skirmish,  is 
wounded,  310. 

Empire  City, on  Coos  Bay,:n8. 

English,  L.  N.,  captain  at  Fort  Gilliam, 
169;  in  charge  of  Fort  Waters,  189;  date 
of  first  comiulN8ion,267. 

I'^rlcson,  John,  wounded  at  Skull  bar,361. 

Krmatlnger,  Frank,  a  Protestant,  160. 

Escalcom,  Frank,  missionary  name  for 
Tlntlnmltsi,a  Cayuso,  104. 

Evans,  W.  M., orderly  sergeant  of  volun- 
teers, 349. 

Evans,  Allen,  wounded  at  Skull  bar,  851. 

Eveline,  ship  from  California  with  mail, 
240. 

Rverman,  K.  H.,  volunteer  fVom  Clatsop, 
198. 


Farnham,  T.  J.,  Impressions  of  mission 
work,  27. 

Fawn,  brig  chartered  to  carry  troops,  291. 

Feather  Cap,  Cayuse  chief,  his  heart  is 
sick, 51;  co.stume  and  dignity, 60. 

Fellows,  A.  M.,  lieutenant.  In  battle  of 
Walla  Walla, 446;  elected  captain, 448. 

Penning,  William,  his  denial  of  the 
charge  of  poiBoniug  ModocB,;!06  (note). 

Ficka8,John  L., killed  by  Indians,341. 

Fields,  James  M.,  on  the  California  expe- 
dition, 148. 

Fields,  Calvin,  killed  by  Indians,  342. 

Fiulay,  Nicholas.employed  at  Walilatpu, 
95;  visits  Ollllam's  camp,  176. 

First  Regiment,  Oregon  Mounted  Volun- 
teers, 439. 


i'SJ*^; 


INDEX. 


707 


Fitzgerald,  Major,  U.  S.  A.,  succors  Mrs. 
Harris,  :)4.'i:  piirsucR  Indians, :I52:  not  In 
battlu  of  (iravo  creek,  XiA;  ordered  to 
Kort  DalleK,;«>2,427. 

Klve  CrowB,  CayiiHe  chief.  In  council, 47; 
elected  head  chief,  70;  takes  a  white 
wife,  106;  In  council  with  (.'atbollc 
prlesis,  115;  wounded  In  battle,  175; 
chnrKO  to  the  Cayuses,  17B. 

Flasher,  Henry,  wounded  In  battle,  313. 

Klatheadfi  Jouruey  to  8t.  I,ouls,4;  cliarac- 
teri!itic8,l»-:.>l. 

Fleming,  Jesse,  wounded  mortally  In  bat- 
tle, 447. 

Floyd's  bill  In  connress  for  the  occupa- 
tion of  Oregon  in  1x21,;!. 

Force,  James,  commissary  at  Salem,  ISW. 

Ford,  M.  A.,  member  of  legislature,  11!7. 

Ford,  John,  appointed  to  raise  volunteers, 
144. 

Ford,  K.  W.,  writes  for  a  sectarian  paper, 
221. 

Ford, Sidney  8.,  captain,  Washington  vol- 
unteers, 4.52. 

Fordyce,  A.  G.,  wounded  by  Indians, 80U. 

Fordyce,  J.  M.,  wounded  In  battle, 355. 

Fort  Vancouver  in  danger,  64, 

Fort  Boise,  H.  B.  Co.  post  on  Bols6  river, 

180,  aso. 

Fort  Hall,  new  route  to,  «8. 

Fort  Laramie,  trading  post  on  the  I'latte 

river,  9. 
Fort  (Jllllam,  at  the  cascades  of  the  Co- 
lumbia, 150. 
Fort  Orford,  U.  8.  military  post  at  Port  Or- 

ford,290;  force  Inadequate, 3U7. 
Fort  Jones,  U.  8.  post  in  Scott  valley,  308. 
Fort  I^ne,  U.  8.  post  in  Kogue-rlver  val- 
ley, .114. 
Fort  Bailey,  volunteer  station  five  miles 

Kouth  of  (-'ow  creek,  368. 
Fort  Leland,  volunteer  station  on  Grave 

creek,  368. 
Fort  Vannoy,  volunteer  headquarters  on 

Rogue  river,  389,  ."190. 
Fort    Smith,    volunteer    station   at   the 

house  of  \V.  U. Smith,  Cow  creek. 368. 
Fort  I.americk,  at  The  Meadows,  volun- 

unleer  statlou,403. 
Fort  Umpqua,  VJ.  s.  post  at  the  mouth  of 

Umpqua  river,  418. 
Fort  Kitchen,  volunteer  station  on  Co- 

qul He  river,  378. 
Fort   Roland,    volunteer   station  In  Co- 

<iuille  valley,  374. 
Fort  Johnson,  volunteer  station  in  Cbet- 

coe  valley,  383. 
Fort   Miner,  volunteer   station   at   Gold 

Beach,  ;W1. 
Fort  Sheridan,  U.  8.  post  on  Grand  Rond 

re«ervation,418, 
Fort  Hoskins,  V.  S.  post  in  the  county  of 

Polk, 418. 
Fort  Walla  Walla,  Hudson'.s  Hay  post  on 

the  Columbia,  destroyed    by  Indians, 

43.5,440,441. 
Fort   Walla   Walla,  U.  8.  post  in  Walla 

Walla    valley,     established     by     Col. 

Wright  In  1856,46.5,480,483. 
Fort  Owen,  in  Hitter-root  valley,  a  trad- 
ing house  and  mission, 449. 
Fort  Bennett,  volunteer  statiou  two  miles 

above  Waiilatnu,448. 
Fort  Waters,  volunteer  Ktatlon  at  Waiilat- 

pu,  179, 180,  IIX). 
Fort  Lee,  volunteer  station  at  The  Dalles, 

168. 


Fort  Henrietta,  volunteer  station  on  the 

Umatilla,  440. 
Fort  Was'  opani,8ame  as  Fort  Lee,l(i8. 
Fort  Tayl  t,  U.  8.  post  ou  Tucannou  river, 

490. 
Fort  Nesqi  ally,  H.  B. trading  post  on  Nes- 

qually  river, 242. 
Fort  Nachess,  U.  8.  station  on  Nacbess 

river,  474 
Fort  Sirac'ie,  IJ.  8.  post  on  the  Yakima 

re8ervat'on,484. 
Fort  Stei.acoom,  on  Pugot  sound,  U.  8. 

post,?. 5. 
Fort  '  olvlUe,  H.  B.  Co.  post  on  Colvllle 

river,  17. 
Fortune,  — .,  house  burned  by  Indians, 

352. 
Foster,  Philip,   subscribed  to  war  fund, 

226. 
Foster,  Charles,  survives  the  massacre  on 

Kogue  river,  379,  .381. 
Fo.\,—., killed  by  lndlans,345. 
Fraxell,   Thomas,    lieutenant,  killed   in 

skirmish,  314. 
Fremont,  captain,  U.  8.  A.,  attacked  by 

Modoos,  299;  employs  Walla  Wallas  in 

California,  KS. 
French  and  Spanish  tllt>!s  transferred,!. 
French,  Alfred, killed  by  Indlan8,328. 
Frost,  J.  H.,  missionary  at  Clatsop,  15. 
Fry,  Nathan,  wounded  in  battle, 447. 
Frye,S.  A,  captain  of  volunteers,  349.  . 
Fulkerson,  J.  M., commissary  In  Polk, 201, 

202. 

G 

Gage,  Danle4,  killed  by  Indians,  328. 

Gaines,  John  P.,  appointed  governor  of 
Oregon  and  Indian  superintendent, 270; 
iitiable  to  raise  troops,276;  treaty  with 
Rogue-river  Indians,  287. 

Galilee  creek  settlers  ask  leave  to  arm, 
349. 

(ialvln,  John,  volunteers  to  pursue  In- 
dians, 293. 

Gardner,  T.  J.,  captain  of  volunteers,  :^9. 

Garrison,  Joseph  M.,  captain,  at  The 
Dalle8,195;  returns  nome,203;  commis- 
sioned captain, 257. 

Garrison,  A.  E.,  first  lieutenant,  takes  his 
command, 203. 

Garry,  chief  of  Spokane  Indians,  for 
peace,  496. 

Garnett,  R.  S  .major, U.S.  A., at  Fort  81m- 
coe,48t. 

Gaston,  Wm.,  lieutenant, U. S.  A., killed  in 
battle,  488. 

Gay,  George,  escapes  from  Indians,  12. 

Gay,  Richard, drowned,  381. 

Geary,  E.  R.,  appointed  to  duty  aa  In  jian 
agent,  8.57. 

Geades,  corporal,  Sutton's  account  of  hiir' , 
387. 

Geer,  Ralph  C,  warned  by  Dr.  Whittcan, 
93:  captain  of  volunteer  home  guards, 
224. 

Geer,  Mrs.  In  danger  from  Indians, 94. 

Gelsell,  John, killed  by  Indians,  with  four 
children,  380. 

Gelsell, Mrs., and  daughter, captured, :{80. 

Geiger,  Wm.,as.si8tant  to  Dr.  Whitman, 3;?; 
paves  Mrs.  Whitman  from  assault, 44;  his 
appears rioe  on  the  donkey, 61. 

(ieorge,  Abel,  second  lieutenant  of  volun- 
teers, 309;  captain, .349;  reports, 391. 

Gerow,  H.  C,  drowned,  881. 


708 


INDEX. 


Gerrali,  Jnneph,  goes  to  meet  the  Ne« 
Per(;(»ti.  180;  wounded  In  l)ftttle,-t47. 

Uibbii,  John,  killed  hy  tndianii.HOS. 

Olbbs,  A.  C,  nppnintod  conitnlHiloner  to 
settle  war  AccouDtfi,  K19. 

OlbRon.H.B.,  lieutenant,  U.S. A.,  wounded 
at  Qrave  creek,  856;  in  battle  of  Four 
Lake*,  401. 

OIU.Thomaii,  wounded  in  battle, 8M. 

Qillesplo.  John,  killed  In  batt1e,S8A. 

Otlleland,  Isaac,  tailor  at  Walllatpu,94,99; 
killed  hy  Indians,  102. 

Gilliam,  volunteer  for  California  expedi- 
tion, 148. 

OiUtam,  Cornellui,  appointed  colonel  of 
Oregon  riflemen,  146,  182;  procoedB  to 
The  Dalles,  158,  IWl;  his  orders  to  Mnjor 
Lee  and  the  army,  109;  speech  to  tlie 
volunteers,  172;  troubles,  173;  letter  to 
Kroulllet,  177;  visits  the  mission  ruins, 
council  with  officers,  179;  marches  for 
the  Cay  use  camp,  186;  has  a  flKht  on  the 
Touchet,  187-189;  accidentally  killed, 
190;  remarks  on  his  policy,  191,192;  reso- 
lution of  leRlslature.lOS. 

OUmore,  Thomas,  wounded  In  battle, 898. 

Given,  William, killed  by  Indians,345. 

Ooff,  David,  explores  southern  route  to 
Ore(ton,87. 

Ooff,  captain  of  Washington  volunteers 
on  John  Day,  476. 

Goodall, captain  of  Yreka  volunteers, 309; 
In  the  flght  on  Evnns'  creek,  .SIO;  with 
Lane's  comni».nd,.Sll. 

Goodwin,  Charles,  mortally  wounded  at 
Grave  creek, .S.'H. 

Goodhue, quartermaster  to  Gilliam's  com- 
mand, 189. 

Goodhue,  .Samuel,  explores  southeru 
route, 87. 

Gold, discovery  a  blessing, 240. 

(iold  Beach,  mining  camp  near  the 
month  of  Rogue  river, — . 

Gold  Beach  Guards,  volunteer  company, 
418. 

"Gold  Beach,"  a  schooner  belonging  to 
Crescent  City, 381. 

(toldsby,  John,  wounded  at  Grave  creek, 
?M. 

Gordon,  Samuel,  captain  In  battle  of 
Grave  creek,  864;  captain  In  second  regi- 
ment. O.  M.V., 861. 

Gray,  W.  H.,  lay  missionary,  17;  visit  to 
the  states, 24;  trouble  with  the  Cayuses, 
30;  remarks  on  Haines' writings, 86. 

Gray  Kagle,Cayuse  chief,  killed  by  Thos. 
McKay,  17r.. 

Gray,  Thomas,  killed  by  Indians,  341. 

Grade,  Archibald,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A., 
pursues  Indians, .335. 

Great  Brltian  surrenders  forts  to  the  U.S., 
1;  controversy  over  title,  2. 

Gregg,  lieutenant,  U.  8.  A.,  at  Steptoe's 
Butte,  488, 494. 

Grelgor,  captain  of  volnnteers,  killed  on 
the  Klamath, 322. 

Grier,  W.  N.,  major,  U.  P.  A.,  In  battle  of 
Four  Lakes,  494. 

Orlffln,  Burrell  F.,  wounded  by  Indians, 
308. 

Griffin,  Buford  B.,  first  lieutenant  of  vol- 
unteers, 309. 

Griffin,  J.  8.,  editor  of  Oregon  American 
and  Evangelical  Unionist, 221. 

Grim,  J.  W.,  warned  by  Dr.  Whitman, 93. 

Griswnld,  George,  Indian  agent  at  the 
cascades,  464;  killed  by  Indians,  469. 


Groloutie,  John,  half-breed  Interpreter, 
824. 

Grovcr,  L.  F.,  flrst  lieutenant  of  volun- 
teers, 809;  appointed  commlsHlcmer  to 
settle  war  accounts,  319;  apfKiinled  to 
raise  a  oompativ, 428. 

Uuess,— ..settler  killed  by  Indians, 887. 


lladlev,  9.  B.,  first  lieutenant  In  second 
regiment,  O.M.  v., 361. 

Hager,  Henry,  kiUen  by  Indians, 469. 

Haines,  family  of  four  killed  by  Indians, 
345. 

Ilaller,  Granville  O., major,  U.  8.  A  .goes 
to  chastise  the  dnake  tribe, .3.30;  ordered 
into  the  Yakima  country,  426;  fl.bting 
end  defeat, 426, 427;  further  pursuit, 429; 
his  losses, 471. 

Hall,  Lawrence,captaln,blll  for  relief  of, 
262. 

Hall,  8.  B,  volunteer  from  Clatsop,  198. 

Hall,  — .,  captain  In  the  battle  of  the 
Touchet,  188. 

Hall,  Peter  D.,  at  WalllAtpu,9&,99;  his  es- 
cape to  Fort  Walla  Walla,  and  unkni.  'n 
fate,  102, 106. 

Hall,  David,  appointed  Indian  agent,  ap- 
peal of  the  settlers,  872;  agreement  with 
them,  and  troubles,  878,  relieved  by 
Wm.  Chance,  874. 

Hallick,  John  8.,  denies  the  story  of  poi- 
soning Moilocs,  306  (note). 

Hamilton,  killed  by  Indlan8,345. 

Hans,  William,  wounded  at  Grave  creek, 
864. 

Hand,  lieutenant,  In  battle  of  Walla 
Walla,  446. 

Hanna,  lieutenant.  In  battle  of  Walla 
Walla,  446;  in  the  Yakima  country,  42<.). 

Hardle.  J.  A.,maJor,  U.  8.  A.,  sent  to  Ore- 
gon for  recruits,  229;  Ogden's  remarks 
on  him,  282;  letter  to  Abernetby,284, 
236. 

Hardle,  J.  A.,  captain,  U.  8.  A.,  at  Four 
Lakes,  491. 

Harding,  B.  F.,  secretary  of  Oregon  terri- 
tory, 429. 

Harding,  lieutenant,  U.8.  A.,at  Fort  Urop- 
qua,418. 

Hardin,  John  R. ,  mortally  vounded  by 
Indians,  809. 

HarknesK,  McDonald,   murdered   by  In- 
dians, 898. 
;arney,  gei 
Clarke, 499. 

Harris,  Moses,  exploring  southern  route, 
89. 

Harrls.George  H.,  killed  by  Indians, 844- 
845. 

Harris,  Mrs.,  defends  herself  and  child, 
846. 

Harris,  W.  H.,  captain  of  minutemen, re- 
port, 895-397. 

Harris, T.  8., captain  of  volunteers, 349;Tln 
battle,  364. 

Harry,  a  boy  volunteer  in  pursuit  of  In- 
dians, 208. 

Hart,  brother  of  Mrs.  Spalding,  109. 

Hat,  Flathead  chief,  killed  by  Sioux, 25. 

Hathaway,  brevet  major,  U.S.A.,  arrives 
In  the  Columbia,  243;  at  Vancouver,  re- 
moves to  Astoria,  247. 

Hawking,  lieutenant,  U.S.  A,, in  command 
of  Lane's  e&cort,  243. 


crpretor, 


.ns,8t)7. 


In  iiecoutt 

,4A9. 
Indlann, 

I.   A  ,RO«R 

orciered 
fl.Mliig 
urmill,429; 

■  relief  of, 


JtiDEX. 


709 


llawklnN.ft  traiter.shot  l>3r  Holillurs,,'Ml. 
lliiyN,  Kehurcii, HtoiipliiK  at  Wallliit|iii, ur). 
llayeH,   tl.   II.,  captain  of    Iiiile|M'i>aeiit 

KanKorN,:M0,:i4i). 
HayvH,    ThomaN,    wounrled    In    iIkIU   at 

Kvaim'  ori'cU.H'.M. 
Ilayex'  hoiiNe  attnckuit  by  In<llanH,.1'Jl, 
Iluydi'n,  captain,  IT.  S.  A.,    in    S'alclina 

country,  Ijy. 
llcdKe.'<,  A.  K., appointed  Indian  axunt  at 

siiut]!,4ir>. 


lluddvn,  ('vnm,  attacltod  l)y  lndianH,'JK3. 

IIuditInK,  Klljrtli,  Mon  of  IVn-poii-mnx- 
Miox,IU;  killed  in  (;alircirnla,7',),K(l. 

Helnrlch,  I'etur,  killed  by  lndlanH,8to. 

Helm,  I..  8.,  appointed  onrolliiiK  olUcur, 
4'28. 

Henibree,  A.  J.,  member  of  IpRlslature, 
127;  cc>inmiN'<ary  In  Vainliill  cninily, 
2(K);  obtained  a  loan  for  war  expciiRes, 
'2.06;  appointed  onrollinK  olllcer,  128, 

lleinlnelpelp, a  No/,  ri"rc(\171. 

Ilendriek,  Hamuel, killed  by  Indl»nH,.nK). 

Henry,  A.(i,,ap|)ointed  sub-Indian  agent, 
270. 

HenneHHey,  VVIIIIani,  killed  by  IndiauH, 
."MO. 

Henry,  R.  W.,  lieutenant  in  volnnleer 
(<ervlee,;i4y. 

Henry, major,  liir  hnntluK  expedition, In 
1W8,2. 

Henry's  Kork  of  Snake  river,  name,  :t. 

Hereford,  Mrs.,  clothes  the  volunteers, 
196. 

HesH,  Kdwln,  seuond  lieutenant  In  volun- 
teer Mirvlee,  :tflO. 

HIbbler,  Geortfto  F.,  volunteer  for  (Cali- 
fornia fxiwdltlon,  lt>*. 

Hill,  Isaac,  attacked  i>v  Indians,  ,3ii9. 

Hill, .1..!.,  house  robbed  by  Indiana, i}71. 

Hill,  David,  member  of  leBlsl«liire,127. 

Hill,  It.  H,  captain,  U.S.  A, at  Astoriaand 
Ne.squally, establishes  a  post, 214. 

Hill,  F.  K.,  captain  In  voli.nteer  .service, 
;M9. 

Hlllinan,Johii,  express  rlder,;!49. 

HInus,  Unstavus,  excursion  to  the  Ump- 
(jua,  i:);  to  the  Cayuse  country, 57;  view 
of  While's  laws,,'>3;  hisHttttudc  towards 
White, 04, (i.'i:  report  of  the  Indian  coun- 
cil of  184;i,6u,m). 

Hluman,  Alauson,  stationed  at  The 
Dalles,  156;  visits  Vancouver,  131. 

Hitchcock,  general,  t'.  H.  A.,  receives  lalse 
reports,  2S6;  orders  troops  to  Port  Or- 
for(l,2««. 

HodRkliis,  William,  woniided  by  Indians, 
H09. 

IIoinnan,.lacob,  at  Waiilatp<i,95;  killed  by 
the  cayuses,  1«2. 

Hiillman,  house  bilrneil  by  Indlang,374. 

Hnhoselpelp,a  Nez  IVrcO,  171. 

Holbrook,  .\raory, prosecutes  the  Cayuses, 
249. 

Holcomb,f;.C.,klllcil  by  lndiana,;«0. 

Holland,  John  1'.,  killed  by  lndlans,'28;<. 

HolUnger,  Lot,  corporal,  killed  by  In- 
dians, 457. 

Ilolman,  Dillard,  attacked  on  Rokuo  river, 
275. 

Hood,  Mrs., clothes  the  volunteers,  196. 

Howard,  M.  P.,  captain  in  volnnleer  serv- 
ice, 349. 

Howe,  E.W..  killed  by  Indians, :«0. 

Howli6h  Wampool, Cayuse  chief, 482. 

Hoxie.O.  D.,aajutanl-general  of  southern 
battalion,  360. 
69 


Hudson's  May  (Company,  2,  3;  memorial 
aKaliist,  5.''i;  Joins  lif  the  Koverninenl 
0(impiicl,Hl;  liilliieiice  with  the  <'avuscs, 
IIM.  apiieHled  to  for  mumv,  rri.lH.'),  |:I7; 
priihlbit>-d  from  selliiiK  ainiiinnltloii  tu 
Indians,  241;  deiiounccil  as  Catholic, 
IIKI,  1(11;  respecl  for  law, 272 

Hudson,  .Miss,  killed  by  Indians, ;i4ri. 

Iliiliin,  lliraiii,  killed  by  liirllaiiN,:i2l. 

HninaNon.o  ,  appolnle  i  eiirolliiiK  olllcer. 
42M,.|;i<.i, 

lliiKioii,  11.  c,  wounded  by  Indians, 412. 

Hutchinson,  appointed  c'nroUiiiK  otlicer, 
445. 

r 

Idles, .lohii,  killed  bv  Indians, 380. 

Ihrle,  lieutenant,  V.  8.  A., attacked  by  In- 
dians. 

Illinois  Valley  asks  for  permission  to 
arm,  319. 

lllutlii, Cayuse  chlef,speech  of,fiH. 

[man's  house  burned, 4t'>2. 

ImiiilKratlon,  perils  of,  84;  winters  at 
Wliitinan's  station, 88. 

Indi'iiendeiit  Runners, ;t4fl. 

Innalls,  Riifus,  captain,  U.S.  A.,  sent  to  es- 
tablish a  |)Ost  at  Vancouver, 24«'). 

Intemperance  of  Indians, 89. 

Inlnillpilp,  Ne/,  t'orciS carries  a  letter  for 
Siialdliii;,113. 

IrvliiK, lieutenant,  U.  d.  A., In  Kearney's 
command, 276,279. 

Isala(hliikis,siirrL'nder8,'247;  is  hunK,251. 

Isbtooplo-opnin,  .S'cz  I'erc^',  171. 


Jacob, a  Nez  Perce,  his  cunnliiK,171. 

Jackson,  assistant  at  I.apwal  mission.  111'.). 

.lames,  Nez  Perce  chief,  robs  the  mission 
at  I.apwal, nil;  frlendlv  professions,  182. 

Jason,a  Nez  I'erce,171. 

,)eff  Davis,  govern  ment  steamer,  t2H. 

Jetl'rys,  lieutenant  In  volunteer  service  at 
Walla  Wallii,4K;. 

Jennings,  Herryman,  appointed  special 
Indian  agent, 3.=i7. 

Jenner,  K.  P.,  denies  the  poisoning  of 
Modocs,306  (  note). 

Jesuit  priests,  at  Colville  and  C'oenr 
d'Alene,4.")0. 

Jewett,  house  aitncked  by  Indians, 344. 

Jim,  brother  of  Chief  John  of  Scott  val- 
ley, 293. 

Jo,  name  given  to  Rogue-river  (dilcf  by 
Lane,  2119, 2!»2. 

John,  Kogne-rivur  chief  In  Scott  valley, 
292;  arrested,  and  escapes, 293;  speech  to 
Col.  Buchanan,  ki";  mockery  of  Capt. 
Smith,  409;  submission,  414;  "speech  to 
Ross  Browne,  and  attempt  to  take  the 
steamer  (;oliimbia,417,418. 

John  Day  river,  robberies  by  Indians  at, 
94. 

Johnson,  Miss,  asslslmit  teacher  at  Lap- 
wai,109. 

Johnson, settler  In  Scott  valley, 293. 

Jones,  John,  explores  southern  riiiiie,87. 

Jones,  Thomas  Ap.  C,  commanding  Pa- 
cific lleet,'239. 

Jones.J.K.,  killed  by  Indians,.'M4. 

Jones,  Mrs., mortally  wounded, 344. 

Jones,  Floyd,  captain,  U.S.  A., ordered  to 
Crescent  City,  386. 

Jordan.captalu.U.S.  A.,atTheDailcs,483. 


710 


INDEX. 


JostSt,  Catholic  priest  at  Coeur  d'Alene, 
450;  his  acROuntofthe  hostility  of  the 
IndianN,489. 

Joseph,  Nez  I'ercC-.  chief,  gives  a  parade, 
62,61);  robH  the  misei^m  at  Lapwai.lO!), 
171;  bis  Bpeei3h  as  acting  head  chief, 
182;  opposed  to  the  treaty  of  Waliii 
Walla,  337,  l«8, 

Joseph,  YouiiK,ciiiise  of  war  of  1877. 

Judah, captain  U.S.  A. .at  Fort  .(ones,  ;ttl; 
ailair  on  the  Klamath, :W2;  pursues  hos- 
tile Indians,  STil;  gives  aid  to  volun- 
teers, 262,263. 

Jump-off-Joe  creek, engagement  of, 362. 

Justin,  Thomii.s,  Irnned  money  to  eom- 
n)4s8ionerg,255. 

K 

Kamiakin,  chief  of  Yi.kimas,  opi>oses 
treaty,  *:!7-H;  informs  the  aitent  or  a  v.  s,t 
council,  424;  at  a  Ititer  war  council,  472; 
refuses  to  treat,  480;  in  battle  of  Four 
Lakes,  41)0;  llees  to  Britich  Columbia, 
408. 

KansOot,a  '.< ./.  Pere<'',171. 

Kas>aRS,8noqualiraicli  chief, executed  for 
murder,  IJ4'>. 

Kautz,  A.  v.,  lieutenant,  LI.  S.  A. .sent  to 
Pnrt  Orford,  28f>:  to  Konne-rlver  valley, 
3110,314,326;  ineident  at  Hon  ■,>rlord,3-12; 
explores  a  WB^wM  inHd.lMti. 

Keath,K.,  killed  in  a  skirmish, 310. 

Kearney, major,  U..S.  .\., marches  for  Cali- 
fornia,27;);  lights  on  the  niad.2T(i. 

Keeney,  Jon.uhan,  raptaiii  in  second 
regiment,  O,  M.  V.,;ii>l. 

Keeiie,  Clranvilie  M.,  killed  by  Indlaii;!, 
3.12. 

Keith,  Daniel  W.,  first  lieutenant  in  sec- 
ond regliiieut,  o.M.V.,  it'll. 

Kelley,  James  K.,  lleu'.i'nanl  colonel  ot 
ttrst  regiment,  ().  M.  V,  4:W;  meets  Ihc 
Indians  in  Walla  Wnllii  valley,  4H);  re- 
marks ..a  the  death  of  I'eu-peu-mox- 
mn;i,  445;  takes  seat  in  the  legislature, 
H&;  l(>8vej',<'/7. 

Kelly,  Matrhew,  sergeant,!;.  S.  A.,  com- 
mand block  house  Ht  th'j  cascades, 4; -9. 

Kelso,  Eleazer,  B.,  killt-ii  in  battli',  Ml. 

Ke'.c<!y,  John,  colonel,  second  re.Rimi-nt. 
O.M.  v., reports, 897. 398:  Onal  putsui.  of 
the  enemy,  too, 40;f. 

Ken)pton,.'es8e, weundid  by  Indians.'iri!!. 

Kennedy,  John,  uiorlHily  woiinde<'.  in  Die 
battle  t-f  Urave  crock, ilfxi. 

Kent.— ..settler  on  '     v  creek, ■'?90. 

tCentuck,  Nez  Perci ,  .it  of  Dr.  Tavl-er  In 
18;;.^, speech  in  councii,18.i. 

Keyei,  E.  D.,  major,  r  B.  A.,nt  F(mr  If'kes, 
46l-4(M. 

Ktamtsiimpkin,  Cavuse  mnrdrrer,  sur- 
rt  riders, 248;  is  exec\lted,2.")i." 

KiZborne, captain  of  brig  Henry,  19i"i. 

Klmbull,  employed  at  Waiilatpu,  (lO,  OH; 
woundin"  and  kllllnK  of,  101, 102. 

Kimball,  Nathan, llfo  soared  by  Cayiises, 
105. 

Kinder, D.H., volunteer  ■  >di  Ciatsop.KW. 

Kip,  I  %wrence,l!eutcuHnt,  0.  "^  A. .opin- 
ion of  Lawyer,  337;  ,t  battle  of  Four 
I  .Ites,  401-494. 

Kl.'kpatrick,  J.  M., adventures  at  I'ort  Or- 
ford,'281. 

Klaniath«  invade  the  W  llaroelte  Tatlcy, 
73;  trouble  with  thl"  tribe.  88. 

KllckiUti  threaten  the  aettlera,64. 


Klokomas,  Caynse  rauruerer,  surrenders, 

248;  is  executed, 251. 
Kniehton,  Henrv  M.,  wagon  road  pioneer, 

85. 
Knox,  3.  B., appointed  paymaster, hi.i  let- 

U  r,  192. 
Kn.jx,—  ,  carries  first  government  mail  In 

Oregon, 224. 
Kohsh,a  Nez  Peroc\171. 
Kone,  W.  W.,  missionary  at  Clatsop,  15. 
Kyle,  James  C, murdered  by  Indians, 321. 
Kyle, H,  wounds'^,  by  Indians, 469.  , 

Kyle.  Jacob,  klll'id  by  Indians. 46-1, 


Lanierlok,  J.  K.,  captain   of    voliniteer 

company, 294. 297,  ;i09;  muslerins;  officer 
of  southern  battalion, 3fi0;  elected  briga- 
dier-general, 386;  stays  with  the  enemy, 
S9i». 

I.&ne,  .Toseph,  general,  appointed  gov- 
ernor of  Oregon  and  superintendent  of 
Indian  atrviirs,  ariives,  proceeds  to  his 
diilles  as  superintendent, 242, 243;  meet« 
Mfl.ior  Hathaway,  243;  pursues  deserters. 
247;  secures  urrunder  of  Cayuso  mur- 
flpiers,  248;  goes  to  the  mines,  2'1; 
elected  delegate  to  congress,  277;  seruits 
payment  '  Caynse  claims,  2ri2;  holnn  a 
council  with  Koguc-rlver  Indians,  re- 
ceives a  present  of  a  slave.  Joins  Kear- 
ney's command,  277;  work  in  congress, 
299;  returns  to  Oregon  as  governor,  and 
is  reelected  delegate, 30S;  joins  tht)  vol- 
unteers and  takes  the  command, 311;  Is 
wounded, 312;  Curry's  commission, 315. 

I.anc,  \V.  B,,  lieutenant,  U.S.  A.,  guardi' 
Caynse  prl»c»ners,2i'). 

I.mis'dale,  R.  H.,lnuian  agent  on  the  Bit- 
ter Root,  449. 

J.aphar,  lames,  wounded  in  lirave  crack 
light,  :r..i. 

Larkin  Thomas  O.,  U.S.agent  in  Califor- 
nia, -J, 

La  I'.iK  he,  settler  in  Walla  Walla  valley, 
143  I. 

'.litter  Day  SainU")  interfere  oith  Ore.gon 
Indians,  272. 

I.alsliaw,\Vm.  H,  elected  major  of  north- 
ern battalion,  3  i7. 

I.ttwrencp,  Henry,  killed  t'y  Indians, 880, 

Livwyer,  Nez  IVrce,  educated  (Hid  shrewd, 
63;  wants  pay  for  being  chief, ',19;  policy 
nl  the  couif  11  of  Walla  Walla,  33,'); 
favorable  to  a  creaty,.'i37,!i38. 

Laws,  given  by  Dr.  White  to  Kez  Perc<5s 
and  ('nyu.ses,48. 

Lavton,  Davis,  captain  in  battle  of  W^alla 
Walla,  445;  w(iim;le<i,  447;  commands 
bntlalion,457. 

I.eabo,  Jacob,  joins  Meek's  party  to  tbo 
slates,  180. 

Leclaire,  Catholic  -  priest,  in  council  at 
Cmatilla.li4. 

LeBreton,  y.  W  ,  accompanies  White  >) 
Waiilatpu, 56, 58;  is  killed  by  an  Indian 
at  Orci'ou  City,  75, 76. 

Lee,  Jasnnt  superintendent  of  Methodist 
mis.sioii,r,6,7. 

Lee,  Daniel,  missionary,  ."i,  14. 

Lee,  H.  A.  »;.,  riiises  tirst  company  for 
(Caynse  war,  133;  appointed  major,  146, 
152;  (icace  commissioner,  152;  proceeds 
to  The  Dalles, complaintagainst  Ogden, 
155;  ordered  by  Col.  (iilliaro  to  pursue 


INDEX. 


711 


volunteer 

-'lino;  oflicet 

I'lt'd  tir^Ba- 

tlio  i.'nemy. 


the  Indians,  170,  171;  presses  powder 
from  H.  B.  Co.,  178;  returns  to  Oregon 
City  nnd  Is  rt|>puluted  to  the  coinmaud 
of  the  army,  193;  his  appeal  to  the  peo- 
ple, l'J7;  troubles  in  ollloe,  202, 203;  leaves 
for  Kort  Waters,  204;  returns  his  coin- 
misiiion,  205;  council  with  the  Indians, 
207;  expedition  to  l.apwai,  2oy;  (fov. 
Abernethy's  appointment,  233;  oilers 
Cayuce  binds  to  volunteers,  217;  letter  to 
tbegovt'rnor,21»,219. 

liCniun,  Jmnes,  volunteer  for  California 
exp('rlii,if)n,148. 

Leroe,  Joseph,  and  sons,  killed  by  In- 
dians, 380. 

Leslie,  Mrs.  D., clothes  the  volunteers,  196. 

Lewis  and  Clnrke  explorations,  1;  Bloody 
Chief  8  account  of  them,  47;  allusions  to, 
08. 

Lewis,  J(K>,  half-breed  at  \Vaiilatpii,9ri. 

IjCwis,  \V.  B.,  captain  of  volunteers, 
wounded  at  Skull  bur,3ol. 

Lewis,  J.  H., commissioned  caplftin,257. 

Lewis,  "., captain  and  assistant  adjutant- 
nent'ral,311. 

Liinpy,  hub-chlef  of  the  Roguorivcr  In- 
dians, 31!-. 

Lindsay,  James,  bounded  by  Indians, 
401  109. 

Liun.Ur.,  IT. S., senator, bill  for  the  occu- 
pation of  Oregon, 8,  ;t3;  etTect  ol  au  ira- 
inl),'ratloM,3-t.»6,**9. 

Ltltlejohn.P.  IJ.,ftnd  wife.KO  to  'le  relief 
of  SpaldiUK,44;  at  I^pwai,ti2. 

Loan  comnii8.sioner8,l;Hl,  1:!.';;  reply  of  H. 
U.  Co  to  their  letter,  !;t7:  change  in  the 
board,  140;  report  to  the  legislaiufe,2.')3- 

Locktirg.L.  killed  in  a  skirmish, 310. 
Long,— .,!eada  a  party  to  punish  Indians, 

274. 
Long,.Sylve8ter,dro;viic  i,381. 
Long  John,  (^otiullle  cli. 'f   ..rrested,  874; 

kUled,37H. 
Loomis,  L.  A.,  ralU'.arv  commissioner,  310. 
Looking  iJlass,  .>ez  I'erci?  chief,  opposed 

Ut  treaty,  'X'<\  XM,  3;t8;   conduct  while 

with  8ievens,419-4iJ2. 
Loralne,lleutennnt.  U.S.  A.,41J<. 
I.,aring,  W.   W  .brcvet-colomd,  U.  3.  A., 

commanding  mcunti'il  riUe  regiment, 

24.'>;  (luartored  at  Vancouver, 247;  miikei^ 

reservallnns  for  military  pur|)0.s«».248. 
Lount,  .Seth,  local  Indian  ageiil  at  Fort 

Orford.  ;{«<). 
I.«velady,   Presley,  attacked    by    Kogue- 

rlver  Indians, 275. 
Lovejoy,  A.  L.,  goes  to  Santa    Fc  with 

Wlilimnn,  33;  loan  commissioner,  i;>4, 

i;«j,  ",40;  adjutam-geueriil.   145;  report, 

2.VJ-257. 
Lowe,  Thomas,  testifies  against  Indians, 

■Xii. 
Lupton,  J.  A  ,  major,  attacks  an  Indian 

camp,  is  killed,  3 13. 
Lyon,  U.  U.,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,at  Four 

l4ikes,491. 

M 

Majfone,  .loseph,  paymaster  In  volunteer 
array,  180;  letter  of,  101;  crosses  Snake 
river,209.  goes  to  relief  of  missionaries. 
215;  remarks  on  his  coram  and,  2t">0. 

Mngi-uder,  Thomas,  apiioiuted  to  examine 
Cayu.se  war  claims,  itM). 

Malcolm,— .,tesiilles  uguin:U  Indiana, :!24. 


Maloney,  M.,  captain,  U.  S.  A., ordered  to 
the  field,  427. 

Mango,  James,  killed  in  skirmish  at 
Long's  ferry,  314. 

Mann,  S.  S.,  (juartermaster  of  volunteers, 
395. 

Mansoo,  Donald,  two  sons  of,  at  Waiilat- 
pu,95;  spareil  bv  the  CayuseH,129. 

Marsh,—.,  and  daughter,  at  VVaiilatpu, 
miller,9o,99;  killed  by  CayuseB,102. 

Martin.  Wm.J.,  raises  a  company,  198;  re- 
signed, 203;  special  Indian  agent,  358; 
major  of  northern  battc '.;;;:■.,  Ileuienaut- 
eolonel,  361;  his  orde/, "  no  prisoners," 
308;  resigns, 887. 

Martin,  William,  captain  of  company,34L 

"  Mary,"  steamboat  abrve  the  cascades. 

Massacre  of  Waiilatpr,  100-103,  VM. 

Massacre  of  Kogue  river, 345. 

Massacre  of  Gold  Reach, 380. 

Massacre  of  Ward's  train,  3:{0. 

"Massachusetts,"  war  steamer  in  the 
Columbia,  2^24. 

Mason,  K.l!.,colon>;l, governor  of  Califor- 
nia, 114;  letter."  to  him,  147;  letters  to 
Gov.  Abtrnethy , '229. 

Ma.soii,  acting  governor  of  Washington, 
requisliiou  for  troops,  I'i;; :  called  upon 
by  41ajor  Rains  for  volunteers,  420;  at- 
tempts to  relieve  Stevens,  427,  428,  4;t;{; 
commissions  Kuins  brigadier-general 
of  volunteer  armv,43l<. 

MattU-e,T.  a,  killed  by  .Indians, :«1. 

Mattlce,  K.  I).,  killed  by  Indians, ;i41. 

.Matney,  James  M..  elected  first  lieuten- 
an!,360. 

Maxou,  captain,  his  company  Insubordi- 
nate, 172;  in  battle  en  the  iouchet,  189; 
at  The  Ualles,  19.V.  appeal  for  aid,  190; 
writes  to  U)vejoy,2ii4. 

.Mayden,  Wesley,  killed  by  Indians, 321. 

MayUeld,  Ira,  wounded  at  Grave  creek, 
3a4. 

McAmy,—.,  killed  by  Indians, 3-28. 

McAnlifr,  James,  raises  a  company  at  The 
Dalles,  ;!49;  In  battle  of  Walla  Walla, 
447. 

McHean,  recepthm  of  fugitives  irom 
Waliliitpu.  liKi,  107;  letters  to  his  supe- 
riors, r2.S;  letter  fiom  Spalding  to  bim, 
171,177;  peace  commissioners  visit  him, 
178. 

McUean.Jnhn,  express  rider, 439. 

Mc'';ricte,  James,  I'r.,  contribution  to  war 
fund,  l!*!';  attacked  by  Rogue-river  In- 
dians, 274. 

McCafl'erty,«ireeiie,  first  lleuteaant  Wash- 
ington volunteers,  4,i2. 

McClure,  lieutenant,  ordered  to  The  Mead- 
ows,412. 

.McClm-ky, P.,  killed  by  Indians, 380. 

McConnell,  J.  M. ,  sergee  n t,  198. 

Mccracken,  Jo)in,a£8ls'.ant  quartermaster- 
general, 331. 

Mc(.'ue,  Felix, drowned, 381. 

Met 'ully,  William,  settler,  390. 

McCuUough,  Patrick,  killed  by  Indians, 
380. 

McCurdy,  J,  D. ,  Dr.,  surgeon  to  southern 
arniy,;W9. 

McDirniltt,  Charles,  raises  a  company  to 
relieve  immigrants, 300. 

McDonald,  Hreene,  wounded  ou  the 
niarcli,  175. 

McDonald,  Angus,  in  charge  of  Fort  Col- 
ville,;i0. 

McGuire,  J., settler  ou  Kogue  river,380. 


712 


INDEX. 


McKay,  Tbouiaa,  H.  B.  Co.  leader,  aids  Dr. 
White  U  quiet  ihu  CayiiHes  and  Nez 
Perc6s,44,  Mi,  96;  captaiu  of  a  volunteer 
company,  iU,  168;  aids  the  peace  com- 
jaissioDurs,  188;  ieaveB  the  army,18o. 

McKay,  iVilllain,  settler  in  the  Cayuse 
country,  446. 

McKaw,  Daniel,  murdered  by  Indians, 340. 

McKinlay,  Archibald,  successor  to  Pam- 
burn  at  Fort  Walla  Walla,  friendship 
for  Wlilinian,'W;  aids  him  logo  east, 3:); 
aids  Dr.  While  with  the  Cayiises,  44,46; 
a  Protectant,  ItiO;  axked  to  build  boaUs 
for  the  Tolunteers,  167;  his  queKtiou  t^> 
Aljernelhy,  284;  lu  conforeuce  at  Walla 
Walla,  434. 

McLeod,  John,  volunteers  to  pursue  In- 
dians, 2OT. 

Mcl/oughllii,  John,  Dr.,  gives  advice  to 
Pevipeiiiuox-mox,  63;  vi.nv  of  White's 
proceedlUKS,.'j«;  rei>enl8  the  settlers'  me- 
morial, oV;  aids  White  tokcep  the  peace, 
«1;  letter  to  the  11.  i;.  Co.  in  l  anada.ixi; 
convened  to  Catholicism,  160. 

McMII'au,  carries  a  spyglass  to  Major  l.ee, 
1")7. 

McNamara,  chairman  of  iiettlerg'  meet- 
ing, 326. 

Meek  &  Tuolliug,  first  orchard Ists, 248. 

Meek,  Joseph  L.,  member  oi' legislature, 
127;  appointed  messenger  to  Washing- 
ton, 143-144,  1 10;  assists  the  peace  com- 
missioners, 169;  saves  ^rae  of  Mrs. 
Whitman's  hair,  179;  starts  for  Wash- 
ington, 180;  returns  with  the  appoint- 
ment of  U.S.mur>hal,242. 

Meek,  Helen  Mar,  duughterof  J.L.  Meek, 
9.");  (lied  during  the  massacre  of  Walilat- 
pu,  10'2. 

Mercer,  Kllas  D.,  wounded  In  battle,  402. 

Merrick,  J.  M.,  second  lieutenant  in  sec- 
ond regiment,  O.  M.  V.,361. 

Merrilt,  K.  W.,  volunteers  to  pursue  In- 
dians,'293. 

Messenger  authorized  to  proceed  to 
United  States,  143. 

Meservey,  Kllsha  H.,  captain  of  Gold 
Heacli  guards, 41H;  report,4l9. 

Metawuptosh.a  Nez  I'erco,  171. 

Metoalf,  Ko' ert  B.,  volunteer  and  in- 
terpreter, 313;  appoiutetl  Indian  agent, 
33;i;  refuses  to  submit  to  military  order, 
368;  agent  at  !Siletz,3i6. 

Methodists  withdrawn  I'rora  The  Dalles, 
73. 

Methodist  missionaries  for  Oregon, 4, ft. 

Milk'r,Bauiuel, Joins  Meek's  party,  180. 

Miller,  -  ,  IJ.  B.t)Ut'rtermastt'r,'29l. 

Miller,  Richard,  house  attacked  by  In- 
dians, 224. 

Miller,.lohn  F.,''aptaln  of  volunteers,. ■311); 
visits  th''  camp  of  the  ho.-tlle  Kogue- 
rlver  Indians  with  Lane,  315,  316;  or- 
dered to  the  Modoc  (Miiiiitry, 318;  elcctert 
tir&t  lieutenant  in  southern  battalion, 
360. 

Miller,  Enoch,  wounded  at  (irave  creek. 

Miller,  Jacob  W,  killed  in  battle  of  (irave 

creek,  3;'>4. 
Miller,  Kirby,  mortally  woiindeil  in  flgbt 

on  Pistol  river,  3M. 
Miller,  Isaac,  sergeant,  wounded  by  Poii- 

peu-mox-mox,4l.'J;  appointed  recrniiing 

officer,  4,'>4. 
Hlnto,  John,  ecenes  at  the  cascades,  K<; 

volunteers   for  Callforula   expedition, 

148. 


Miiwton  in  WiUamet  valley,  6;  applied  to 
for  money  to  carry  on  a  war  Hgainsl  the 
Indians,  133;  misKion  politics,  160. 

Mltch'^U,  J.  11.,  V.  3.  wnator,  advocates 
Cayuse  war  claims, 26'2. 

Modoc  Indians,  troubles  wlth,8S. 

MoR'att,  wounded  at  attack  on  the  cas- 
cades, 469. 

Mollalas,  ben  t  on  mischief,  73. 

Monteith,  Thomas,  volunteers  for  Califor- 
nia expedllloii,148. 

Monteith,  Walter,  volunteers  for  Califor- 
nia expedition,  148. 

Moore,  W.  A.  J.,  lieutenant,  wounded  at 
Skull  bar,349,3ftl. 

Morgan,lieutenant, U.S.  A.,  shoots  Owhl, 
498. 

Morris,  M.B.,  wounded  by  ludians.RtK*. 

Morrison,  -  ,  lieutenant  in  voluuteer 
service,  349. 

Morrison,  U.  W.,  volunteer  from  Clatsop, 
198;  In  charge  of  Kort  I.ee,2iK!. 

Mosher,  L.  F., assistant  adjutant-general, 
311. 

Mounted  Kille  Regiment,  sent  to  Mexico, 
2.')6,  '241;  establish  forts  Laramie  and 
Hall,  '245;  arrive  in  Oregon, 246;  desert 
for  the  8r)ld  mines, '247. 

Mounts,  Klljnli,  witness  lo  agreement, 393. 

Mulkcy,  Cyremes,  second  lieutenant  In 
second  regiment, 361. 

Mullan,  John,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,  ex- 
plores for  a  wagon  road, 489;  commands 
Wright's  Nez  Puree  auxiliary  at  Kour 
Lakes,  491. 

Munsiin,  L.  B.,  captain,  wounde<l  in  tbo 
battle  of  Walla  Walla, 444,417. 

Murpliy,  Patrick,  killed  by  Coquille  In- 
dians,'283. 

Murphy,  Fletcher,  wounded  by  Indians, 
469. 

N 

Nsghel,  captaiu  of  schooner  "  Ltnco'.n," 
'290. 

".Nassau,"  schooner,  first  vessel  In  Coos 
bay,  291. 

NIkalani,  Klickitat  chief, 475. 

Nisqually,  visited  by  Oov.  Laiir,243. 

Nelson, (ieorge,api)oinied  cnptaln  to  raise 
a  company,  144. 

Nesmith.  .1.  W.,  nicmljor  of  leglslfture, 
r'7;  resolution  by,  133;  efforts  »<■  raise 
volunteers,  ixi,  134,  198;  captain  of  vol- 
unteers, 309,  315;  appointed  coinmia- 
sioner  to  correspond  with  foreign  pow- 
er--, 146;  as  brigadler-fjeneral  discour- 
ages expedition  to  Hois('',;i,11;  appoilileil 
Indian  agent  at  Silet/.,  416;  Joins  Rains 
in  the  Yakima  country,  1'29;  proceeds  to 
Walla  Wftlla,432;  cho.sen  colonel  of  first 
reg'ment,0.  M.  V.,439;  resigned,  148;  ap- 
pointed gupei'inteiident  ol  ln<llan  af- 
fairs, 481. 

New 'II,  Robert,  member  of  legislature 
anil  speaker  of  the  house,  127;  ap- 
pointed peace  commissioner,  182;  opin- 
ion of  the  army,  169,  178,  181,  185;  aii- 
pointei'  Indian  agent, '244. 

Nez  Perces,  compact  with  Lewis  and 
Clarke,  18;  character,  dialect,  etc.,  19; 
pull  <lown  Spsldinu's  mill,  and  insult 
Mrs.  Spalding,  31,  14;  their  t.altsas  seen 
by  Spaldlng,.'iO;  they  release  the^r  cap- 
tives for  a  ransom,  119;  refuse  to  ac- 
knowUdge  treaty  obligations,  480. 


INDEX. 


713 


the  caB- 


Noah,a  Nez  Perc(?,171. 

Noble,  Kettler  in  Walla  Walla  valley,  441. 

N'nlaiid,  Rliodct),  murdered  by  Indiaus, 
808. 

Nolaud,  P.  C,  second  lieutcnanc  in  sec- 
ond reuimenl,  3t>l;  elected  captain,  re- 
port, 391 

Norri.'^,  Hliubricli,  authorized  to  raise  a 
company,  428. 

Nuitall.BcieuilBt.ezplorcH  Oregon, 5. 


o 


Oatman,  Harrison,  wounded  by  Indians, 
342. 

O'Brien,— ..shot  by  U.S. soldiers, 341. 

O'Brien.  John,  drowned,  381. 

Oi'Kfr,  Jaincfc,  appointed  cuptiiin  la  raise 
acoijipnny,i;t. 

Ogiie;j,  IVtcT  -Siiten, chief  factor  11.  B.  Co., 
ifJ;  bpeecb  to  the  Cay  uses,  117,118;  writes 
to  .Spalding,  119:  to  tho  uli•^^louaries  at 
(Jheiiieliaue,  120;  at  ""'je  Dalles,  123;  ar- 
rives at  Vancouver  and  delivers  the 
ci^ptives  to  Uov.  Abernethy,  123;  a 
I'rot  "Jint,lti0;  publishes  ripuldiiig's  let- 
ter, Kil;  letter  to  Abernethy, 231;  writes 
Gilliam's  obituary,  letter  to  Abernethy, 
232;  opinion  of  the  V.  S.guvensmeut. 

Otjle,  lieutenant,  I'.  S.  A.,  arrives  ai  the 
Klamath  caves, 322. 

O'Neal, Thomas,  killed  by  Indians, 328. 

O'Neal,  elected  first  lieutenant  in  south- 
ern battalion,  360;  marches  with  .Major 
Hums,  litHi;  Sutton's  account  of  him, 
387;  his  reftorts, 389,391. 

Oldlield,  John,  killed  bv  Indians, n21. 

Oliver,  L.W.,  killed  by  Iudians,3«(). 

Gluey,  Nathan,  api>ointed  Indian  agent, 
333;  goes  to  Walla  Walla  to  prevent 
combination  of  Indians,  434;  bis  letter, 
436. 

O'Meally,  J.  H., secretary  of  settlers'  meet- 
ing, ;r2(i. 

Ord,  is.  O.  C,  lieutenant,  U.  8.  A.,  sends 
artillery  and  ammunition  to  Oregon, 
240;  deairoys  an  Indian  village, 405. 

"Oregon  Territory"  declined  by  colo- 
nists, 90. 

Oregon,  already  a  state,  241;  attachment 
to  the  U.  8.  government,  242;  organized 
into  a  territory,  242. 

"Oregon  Kangers,"  names, place  of  meet- 
ing, 77. 

Oregon  City  iiercliants  called  on  for 
money  to  carry  on  the  war,  13;l. 

Oregon  First  Kegimeut,  disljanded  in 
August,  479. 

Osborne,  J.  M.,  lieutenant,  in  volunteer 
service,  ;t49,;!<i0. 

Osborne  Dennett,  explores  southern 
route,  1(7. 

Osborne,  Josiah, and  family, at  Wa'ilatpu, 
96,98;  escapes  the  luassacre,  102  100,107. 

Otter-skin  Shirt.a  C'ayuse  chief,'.05. 

Owens,  John,  ap(iointed  to  ru'.se  acom- 

fiany,  144;  In  the  battle  of  <  Jt  Touchet. 
88. 
Owens,  John, explores  southern  route,87; 

joins  Meek's  party,  180. 
Owens, —., captain, gains  revenge, 314. 
Owbi,  chief  of  the  Vakimas,  opposed  to 
treaty,  837, 42Q;  refuses  to  treat,  480;  shot 
by  l.feut.  Morgan,  of  Col.  Wright's  com- 
mand, 498. 


Packwood,  Win.  H.,  secretary  of  miner's 
meeting,  32'J,  ;J24;  captain  of  company, 
scouting  on  the  Cuquille,  373;  dealings 
with  Iiiiiiaus,374;  report  to  (iov.  Curry, 
375;  discharges  his  company, 37G;  letter 
to  the  governor, 377. 

Palmer,  Joel,  wagon  road  pioneer,  86; 
meeting  with  iJr.  Whitman,  93;  ap- 
pointed commissary-general  and  super- 
intendent of  Indian  atlairs,  146;  peace 
commissioner,  162, 157;  purchases  army 
supplies  on  his  own  account,  103;  report 
to  the  governor,  100,  107;  outcome  of  el- 
forts  as  peace  commissioner,  184,  185, 
186;  report  as  commissary-general, 259, 
200;  his  character, 200;  resigns  from  In- 
dian Dllice,  206;  account  of  the  nrmy, 
"ih,  hoUla  11  council  in  Kogue-river  vul- 
Ic/,  311;  hiH  plans  for  the  Indians, :i;t3; 
appi'luted  to  treat  with  the  Indians  of 
eiuilcru  Oregon  and  Washington,  334; 
treats  with  coast  tribes,  339;  issues 
"regulations," 3^)6, 358;  removes  Indians 
to  reservatiou3,4l.'),47; . 

Palmer,  Norman,  killed  )y  Indians, 409. 

Pambrun,  P.  C,  teach  mi,  of  the  Indiaus, 
'22;  his  religion, 28;  aii.icked  by  Cayuses, 
69. 

Pankey,  John,  wounded  at  Grave  creek, 
365. 

Pandozy,  Catholic  priest  in  Yakima  coun- 
try, 4;iO. 

P<irker,  Hamnel,  Kev.,  visit  to  Oregon  in 
183.'),  18;  his  promirie  to  the  t^ayuses, 24; 
Inliuence  of  his  Intercourse  with  them, 
28,29. 

Parker,  William,  explores  southern  route, 
87. 

Parker,  Samuel,  captain  of  volunteer 
company, '224. 

Parrisli,  J.  L.,  interview  with  the  Co- 
qullles,  '285,  286;  story  of  Peupeu-mox 
mox,119;  services  tothe  superintendent 
of  Indian  affairs, '272. 

Parrish,  Ed  warii,  killed  by  ludians,  341. 

:'t;lkauiin,Sno(iualimich chief,  his  treach- 
ery, 242, 243. 

Patterson,  A.  W.,  fir.«t  lieutenant  in  sec- 
ond regiment,  iiOl. 

Patton,  T.  McKttdden,  rides  express  to 
.Salem  from  Jacksonville, ;t46. 

Payne,  Aaron,  attacked  'oy  Rogue-river 
Indians, '275. 

Pavnc,  T.  J.,  wounded  in  battle  of  Walla 
\Vallu,447. 

Pearcy,  James,  killed  at  G«'ave  creek, 3'>4. 

Pearson,  \\ .  H., express  rider, 448. 

Pearl,  Henry,  killed  at  tirave  creek,  AM. 

Peck,  — .,  captain,  D.  S.  A.,  wounded  in 
skirmish, 2i6. 

Pedigo,  liinathan,  mortally  wounded  in 
battle,  3i">4. 

Pedro,  —., killed  by  Indians, .'Ml. 

Pellet,  .Miss,  tempeiance  lecturer,  her  es- 
cape, ;(44. 

Pension,  John  A.,  evidence  against  In- 
dians, 3'23. 

Pep,)er,  J.  P.,  killed  by  CouulUe  Indians, 
284. 

Perkins,  H.  K.  W  ,  missionary  efl'orts,  14; 
letter  of,.'^;  at  Walilatpu  with  White,5.H; 
visits  the  Umatilla,61;  attacked  by  In- 
dians, 73. 

Perry,  Frank,  killed  In  a  skirmiib,  31U. 


714 


INDEX. 


'r 


PetcraoD,  H.  J. ,  raises  a  company  of  voluu- 
teers,  198. 

I'etlygrove,  F.  VV.,  HaxliuK'H  lutler  to,2;w. 

Peu-peu-niox-mox.i!'ilef  of  Walla  Wulla»i, 
53:  visited  by  llincp,61;  speeoli  in  ctiiiii- 
cil,6ti;  leads  au  exteUltiuii  toCulifornin 
for  cattle, 78;  Koes  t.  becoiid  time  to  Ciili- 
fornia,  83;  policy  oi"  peace,  119;  friendly 
overtures,  180,  187;  brought  lo  conlest- 
sJon,  208,  214;  opposed  to  the  treaty  of 
Walla  Walla,  3»7;  declares  the  vallev 
not  sold,  434,  4;«,  440;  his  hostility, 44l", 
442;  hi»i  death  and  mutilation,  446. 

Peu-peu-mox-mox,  young,  472. 

Phoenix  mills,  asks  peruiiision  to  arm, 
849. 

Phillips,  Edward, killed  i>v  lndlana,328. 

Phillips, Thomas,  killed  in  baitle,H14. 

Philip,  son  of  chief  Tolo,2!).'i. 

Pickett,  Charles  E.,  appointed  Indian 
agent  for  Oregon, 2!18;  Abernethy  writes 
to  him, 239. 

Pickett,  J.  W.,  killed  in  battle  of  Skull 
bar,3Gl. 

.'illow,  lieutenant,  in  battle-  of  Walia 
Walla,  446. 

Piper,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A. ,  418. 

Plant)},  Antoine,  settler  on  the  Spokane, 
400. 

Plomendeau,  S.,  member  of  legislature, 
127. 

I'ocatosh.a  Ns/  I'eroC'  chief,lTl. 

Poland,  John, captain  of  (jold  Bench  vol- 
unteers, 379;  killed  bv  Indians,  380. 

Polatkin, chief  of  Spokanes,4r>9. 

Polk,  elected  president  on  "(lity-four- 
forty-or-tiahl"  principles, 242. 

Pollock,  John,  killed  by  Indians, 340. 

Powell,  captain  of  volunteers  to  rescue 
the  cascades,  469. 

I'ratber, Thomas  vv., second  lieutenant, in 
second  regiment,  3()1;  captnin  of  spy 
company,  399. 

Pratt,  O.  C,  judge,  tries  the  Cayuse  mur- 
derers, 2oO. 

Prentiss,  Narcessa,  married  Dr.  Whitman, 

18. 

Presbyterian  mission,  fouTided,  17. 

l*ri'.ston,tte'>rge  C,  Indian  agent, 2i4. 

Price,  John  11.,  subbcribod  to  v/ar  fund, 
26."). 

Price,  Thomas,  wounded  i)y  Indians, 409. 

Prince,  The,  Cayu.'-e  chief,  in  council, 67, 
68, 69;  his  attack  on  l'nnibrun,6'.l. 

Pritcheti,  Knlizing,  defends  the  C'ayuses, 
249,  Ail. 

Pugh,  W'm.  P., raises  a  company  of  volun- 
teers, 198. 

Puriiell,  William,  wounded  at  (irave 
creek,  3M. 

Q 

Quatley,  chief  of  Rogue-rlver  tribe,  267, 

268. 
(luallawort,  chief  of   Snoquallmichs,  Is 

bung,  246. 
Qualebiu,  chief  of  Yakimas,  refuses  lo 

treat,  480;   hanged    by   order  of   Col. 

Wright,  408. 

B 

Radeford,  K.  C.  W.,  lieutenant,  IJ.  8.  A., 
pursues  Indians,  319. 


Kains,  major,  U.  S.  A.,  honors  requisition 
of  Gov.  Mason  for  arms,  425;  calls  on 
.Mason  for  volunteers,  427;  inarches  for 
the  Vakinitt  country,  429;  reply  to  Kam- 
luk ill's  letter,  430;  reports  to  Gen. 
Wool, 432;  commissioned  brigadier-gen- 
eral of  volunteer  forces, 438;  cost  of  his 
expedition, 471. 

Randolph  City,  mining  camp  on  the 
coast,  320. 

UHvelli,  c;atholic  priest  at  ColvlUo,  450, 
480. 

Raymond,  N'Hrcisse,  letter  of, 435. 

Hayniond,—., killed  by  lndians,341. 

Raymond,  W.  W.,  appointed  Indian  agent, 

Rector,  W.  11,  member  of  legislature,  127; 

wugon  roiul  pioneer, 85, 86. 
Redtield's  house  burned  by  Indians, 862. 
Red  Wolf,  Nez  Perec  chief,Hpeech  of,  182, 

lh3. 
Regiment  of  mounted  riUemeu  aulhor- 

izeil,  i:<4. 
Reed,  Kraiik  A.,  killed  by  Indians, 345. 
Keed,  Martin,  killed  by  rndiuns,38U. 
Hecd,(;eorge,killcil  by  Indlans,380. 
Keese,  George, uppoinicd  enrolling oOicer, 

455. 
Rees,  W.  H., member  of  legislature,  127. 
Knward  oil'ered  by  volunteers  for  ariest  of 

Cayuse  murderers, 212. 
Reynolds,  R.  H  ,  major,  U.  8.  A., defends 

the  Cayuses,  249;  commands  at  Fort  Or- 

lor<l,381. 
Rhodes,— ., captain, of  Yrcka  volunteers, 

309;  joins  Lane's  command, 311. 
Rhodes,  F.  M.,  transferred  from  one  com- 
pany M»Hnwthor,391. 
Rice,  E.  A.,  elected  captain  in  southern 

battalion,  :I60. 
IMfhard,  Nez  I'erco  chlef,171;  speech  of, 

183;   appointed  in   place  of   Ellis,  208; 

gives  Magone  information, 210. 
Richardson,  A.,  attacked  by  Rogue-river 

Indians,  275. 
KicliardsoM,  JohnC,  wounded  at  Grave 

creek,  IU> 
Ricbunls.'n,  Daniel,  lieutenant,  of  volun- 
teers,:M9;  severely  wounded, :!07;  killed 

al  Gold  Reach,  ;«o. 
Rlcney,  John,  volunteer  from  Clatsop,  198. 
Uichniond,  J.  P.,  missionary   on    I'uget 

sound,  15. 
Rinearson,  judKC  advocate,  \a  the  battle 

on  the  Touchel,  189:  captain  in  Rosl^' 

regiment, :!49:  leads  in  a  charge, 354. 
Robb,  .Mrs,  clothes  the  volunteers,  196. 
Roberts,  William,  Rev.,  mission  superin- 
tendent, asked  for  Hid,  l:J9,254. 
Robinson,  J,,  member  of  legislature,  127. 
Robinson,  A.  K,  volunteers  for  Cullforniu 

ex|iediiloii,ll8. 
Rogers,  Cornell  MS,  Isy  missionary,  17, 46. 
Rogers,  — .,  killed  by  Indians  at  Oregon 

City, 76. 
Rogers.  .Andrew, teacher  at  Waiilatpu,96, 

97,99;  killed  by  Cayuse8,100,102;  dying 

statement,  129, 
Rogers,  A. T  ,  lieutenant  in  charge  of  Fort 

Lee,  218;  his  charge  against  the  Catlio- 

llcs,219. 
Rogers,  L., member  of  the  legislature. 
Rogue-river  Indians  attack  travelers,  12. 
Root,  Orrin,CAptain  of  volunteers,  849. 
Rose,  William  R.,  Dr  ,  killed  by  Indinhs, 


f , 


INDEX. 


715 


Hoao,  Jubu  K.,  takes  advice,  IKi;  reHuucs  a 
tamily,  94;  captain  of  a  Jacksonville 
company  ralHed  for  the  rulief  of  im- 
nilgraDts,;U)H,:i04;  colonel  of  militia,  lUl; 
recognizes  the  "  Ran^erK."  34(i;  orKan- 
Izen  ttie  ninlli  reKiineiit.Ii'K);  discharges 
It.ItfKi;  the  regiment  irannferred.Wl'J. 

RoHseau,  Catholic  pricfct  at  Umatilla,  07, 
114,217. 

Uousch,  Jacob,  mortally  wounded  by  In- 
dlan«,4fi'.t. 

Runnels,  Jesse,  attacked  by  Rogue-river 
Indians,  275. 

Russell,  James  H.,  major  of  militia, 848. 

Knssell, captain,  U.S.  A.,  with  Mailer's  ex- 
pedition,427. 

Rvau,  Thomas,  wounded  at  Grave  creek, 

Ryland,  Jeremiah,  killed  by  Coqulllc  In- 
dians, 2H4. 

8 

Sntl'arans,  Henry,  Dr.,  Indian  agent  at  The 
liallos,  15t>. 

Siiger,  John, adopted  son  of  Dr.  Whitman, 
95;  sick  of  measles,  !•<»;  killed  liy  In- 
dians, 100, 102. 

Stager,  Krancin,  adopted  son  of  Dr.  Whit- 
man, 95:  klUeil  by  (;ayuses,101. 

Rales,  Amos, 95, 98;  killed  bv  (■rtvusps,102. 

"Sam,"  Kogue-rlver  chief, 292,  294;  treaty 
with  him  unreliable,  1106;  his  poller, 
;M7. 

Sanford,  II.  W.,  witness  to  agreement,  :i7^. 

Sandwich  Island  mL^siouarios  decline  to 
come  to  Oregon, yi. 

Sandwich  Island  route, 89. 

Saunders,  Luke,  and  wife,  teachers  at 
Waiilatpu,94;  last  session  o(  school, !»!l. 

Saunders,  Mrs.,le'!timony,!»9. 

Sawyer,  Alexander,  killed  by  Indians, 328. 

Saiton.John,  wrote  a  i)ook  about  t)regon 
biographv,22fi. 

Scarface,  Shasta  chief, 292. 

Scarborough,  John,  killed  in  battle  of 
Evans  creek,  313. 

Scott,  Felix,  appointed  captain  to  raise  a 
company,  141;  sub-Indian  agent,  225; 
biography,  226;  commissioned  captain, 
2.57. 

Scott,  Levi,  explores  southern  route,  87; 
volunteers  for  California  exiK'dition, 
148;  comml8slone<l  raptain,  257;  joins 
Kearney's  command, 277. 

Scott,  John,  explores  southern  route, 87. 

Scott,  major,  U.  8.  A. ,418. 

Scott,  H.  R.,  chairman  of  settlers'  meet- 
ing, S26. 

Scott,  Win.  J.  J., volunteers  for  California 
expedition,  148. 

.'^eaman,  Nelson,  killed  by  liidiani,.'380. 

Seattle,  beseiged ,  476. 

Second  Regiment,  Oregon  Mounted  Vol- 
unteers,.'!61. 

Seige  of  "The  Cabins,"  on  Applegale 
creek,  365. 

Settlers'  petition, 7. 

Shannon,  Wesley,  api«>intcd  captain  to 
raise  a  company,  144;  ordnance  olllccr, 
166;  appointed  to  examine  Cayuse  war 
accounts,  260. 

Sharp,  T.  J.,  wounded  In  flgh;  on  I'istol 
river.  384. 

Shasta  Indians  hung  for  murder, IWS. 

Shaw,  captain.  In  the  battle  of  the 
Touchet,18H. 


Shaw,  J.,  killed  in  a  skirmish, 310. 

Shaw,  B.  F., colonel, of  Washington  terri- 
tory volunteers, 4.5'2;  crosses  the  Cascade 
mountains  to  reinforce  Wright,  476; 
message  to  the  hostiles,479. 

Shetlield,  Kd ward,  captain,  report, 292, 293. 

Shell,  Edward,  military  commissioner, 
310. 

Shell, Ueorgc  K., adjutant-general, :t.Sl. 

Shelton,  Isaac,  mortally  wounded  by  In- 
dians, 344. 

shelton,  Hawkins,  wounded  at  (irave 
creek,  i}56. 

8ii?pard  A.,  wounded  in  battle  of  Walla 
Wixlla,448. 

Shepard,  Cyrus,  missionary  in  1834,5. 

Shepard,  — .,  killed  by  Indians  at  The 
Dalles,  94. 

Sheridan,  Philip,  lieutenant,  ordered  to 
join  Haller,  427;  share  in  the  relici  of 
the  cascades, 468. 

Showaway, chief  of  Yakimaa,472. 

Shubrick,  W.  B., commodore,  letter  to,  147, 
227. 

Shultz,Z.,  wounded  in  skirmish, 310. 

Hiletza,  Des  Chutes  chief,  l.V),  15;i,  170. 

Sinclair,  James,  In  charge  of  Fort  Walla 
Walla,  33.5:  destroys  the  ammunition  at 
the  po8t,4,ii'>;  killed  by  Indians, 462. 

Silton,  Nathan  K.,  appointed  enrolling 
ottlciT,  445. 

Six  Bit  house, Sill. 

Skinner,  Alonzo  A.,  appointed  treaty 
commi.ssloner,  270;  trouble  with  E. 
Steele,  294,  296;  resigns, 308;  appointed 
Indian  agent,  tran!-action8,288,'298,30<). 

Skloom,  Yakima  chief,  writes  to  (rilliam, 
173:  his  policy, 424, 471, 472, 474, 498. 

Skull  bar,  battle  of, 350. 

Slaciini, government  agent  and  «py,6. 

Slaughter,  W.  A.,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A., or- 
dered to  the  Yakima  country, 425. 

Sloa.i,  citizen,  wounded  at  I'istol  river, 
384. 

Smith,  Jedediab,  fur  trader,  attacked  by 
Umpqua  Indians,  11. 

Smith,  A.  H,  missionary  at  Kaminh,  on 
the  Clearwater  river,  17;  his  labors  and 
tri.\l.'<,26. 

Smith,  Persifer  F., general, arrived  in  Ore- 
gon, 247. 

Smith,  Robert,  explores  southern  route, 87. 

Smith, S.M.,  Indian  agent  at  Port  Orford, 
326. 

Smith, Hugh, killed  by  Indians, 309. 

Smith,  I.  W., appointed  captain  to  raise  a 
company,  114. 

Smith,  (i.W,  wounded  in  battle  of  Walla 
WHlla,447. 

Smith.  Joseph, sawyer  at  Whitman's  mill, 
95;  gives  his  daughter  to  the  Indians, 
104. 

Smith,  Hannah,  wife  of  Joseph, 95. 

Smith,  John,  wounded  in  battle  of  Walla 
Walla,  447. 

Smith,  T., captain  of  volunteers, ;M9. 

Smith,  A.  J.,  captain,  II.  S.  A.,arriv,>s  at 
the  seat  of  war,  314;  pursues  Indians, 
322;  refuses  to  surrender  murderers,  341; 
in  battle  on  Grave  creek,  353;  agrees  to 
aid  the  volunteers,  362;  turned  back  by 
weather,  361!;  ordered  tojoi'i  Buchanan 
on  Illinois  river  with  his  iioop,386,405; 
battle  with  John's  force, 407,  410;  joins 
steptoe  at  Walla  Walla, 484. 

Smoldt,  Adolf, killed  by  Indians, 380. 


716 


INDEX. 


■5 


'1, 


Snellbiick,  Peter,  volunteer!  to  pursue  In- 
dians, 293. 

SnohomiKh  Indlauarebukestho  Siioquali- 
inicb8,243. 

Snook,  Casper,  Uiortally  wounded  In  bat- 
tle, 447. 

Snooks,  I'.,  wouiidod  by  Indlaiis,4ii'.t. 

.SnoqualimichH  onlcr  tlie  settlers  on  Piiget 
Hound  to  U'ave,'.!4.t. 

rtoap,  A.  F.,  rhairiniin  of  settlers'  meet- 
ing, 32:). 

Solomon,  a  Nez  Percd.  171. 

South  Pass,  reached  bv  traders  In  1822,;!. 

8orreII,I>.,inl!<sion  to  Fort  l,iine,3'J2. 

HpaMinK,  n.  H.,  Rev.,  missionary  at  Lap- 
wai,17,18;  punishes  chiefs  for  ilesertimj 
Gray,  24;  imprisoned  In  his  liouse,  %'>: 
teaching,  farming,  and  trials,  2(>,  2S,  44; 
report,  30;  receives  Nez  Pereos  in'o  the 
rburcii,62;  ceases  to  teach,  it2;  goes  to 
Umatilla,  W,  97,  98,  104;  meelliiK  with 
Hroulllet,  110;  writes  a  letter  to  HI  mcliel 
and  B.ouillet,  112,  12;i;  offers  to  lurnisb 
money  to  aid  the  Oregon  Kovernmeiit, 
U'y.  letter  to  thi-  Nez  Percys,  171;  to  Mo- 
Hean,  171;  appointed  sub-Indian  agent, 
270,271;  goes  to  Port  ()rford,28,"). 

rpaldlug,  Kliza  Hart,  Mrs.,  wife  of  H.H., 
character  and  work, 2(i,27;  receives  the 
news  of  the  massacre,  108, 109. 

Spalding,  Eliza,  daughter  of  H.  H.  and 
Eliza  II. ,9.x 

Sparks,  Kichard,  attacked  by  Rogue-river 
ludlatiK.'J?;'). 

Speaking  Eagle,  Nez  Pem^  chief, 490. 

Spencer,  John  C, secretary  of  war,  U.S., 8. 

Spencer's  Hutte,  named  after  the  secre- 
tary of  war,8.'i. 

Splltled  I,lp,  Cayuse  chief,  orders  l)r. 
Whitman  off  his  land,'24,:KI 

Spokane  boy's  bravery, 4(13. 

Sportsman,  William,  explores  southern 
route,  87. 

Spotted  Eagle,  Xez  Perci'' chief, •»  '■>. 

Stan  field,  Joseph,  Ofl,!*,  101, 104,  \M. 

Stttiinard,  A.  W.,  lieutenant  in  scooikI 
regiment,  ;sr)l. 

Staiiness,  John,  woundeil  at  Crave  creek, 
;i,Vi,  :!87. 

Stanley,  J.  M.,  Indian  paiDtcr  in  Oregon, 
107. 

Stanton,  lieutenant,  U.  a.  A.,  at  Port  Or- 
ford, '288;  in  fight  on  (-(xiulllo  rivei-,289; 
shipwrcckrd,  290;  escort  to  Lien:.  Will- 
iamson, 291. 

Steel,  James,  joins  Meek's  party,  180. 

Steele,  EiisliB, '293, 294;  trouble  with  Agent 
Bkinner,2!)4,'<i9(>. 

Steptoe,  colonel,  ''.  S.  A. .joins  Wright  in 
the  Yakima  country, 473;  sent  to  occupy 
the  Walla  Walla  valley, 479;  assifts  (iov. 
Kievens,  481;  npinion  of  his  course, 482; 
in  charge  of  Fort  Walla  Walla, 48;t:  bat- 
tle of  siepioe's  Hutte, 487, 488. 

Sterling,  E.  A.,  appointed  Indian  agent, 
271. 

Stevens,  1. 1.,  appointed  governor  of  Waah- 
ington  territory,  .3:13;  appointed  to  treat 
with  the  Indians  of  Oregon  and  Wash- 
ington, :<:t4;  In  the  K|iokane  and  Cicur 
d'Alcne  conntrlcs,;):!9,4;{;t,4;t7:  arrival  at 
Fort  Hen  net  and  Olympla,448;  attempt 
to  treat  with  the  eastern  Oregon  and 
Washington  tribes, 480,  481;  view  of  the 
tiollcy  of  tien.  Wool. 

"SteveiiK' Cuards  luid  SiH)kaue  Inviiici- 
bICB,"  *-)l. 


Sticcas,  Cayuse  chief,  makes  overtures  of 

peace,  176, 185, 20.'),  482. 
Sllllwell,    William,    wounded     at    The 

Dalles,  Kit;. 
Sterling  men  join  the  volunteers,  3('m. 
i>t"ekion,  (kmimodure,  goes  against   the 

Walla  Wallus,8:i. 
Stone,    E.    II.,  lieutenant,  in    volunteer 

servl('e,:i49. 
Stoneman,  (Jeorge,  lieutenant  in  Uasey's 

command  at  Port  Orford,  '288;  fights  on 

Co<|Ullle  rlver,'290. 
Stuart,  James,  captain,  attacks   the    In- 
dians on  a  branch  of  Rogue  river, 27,5;  is 

killed  in  the  light. '276. 
Stuart, Camp. on  Stuart  creek, 294. 
Sturdovant,  Joseph,  mortally  wounded, 

447. 
Stewart,  John,  appointed  captain  to  raise 

a  coiiipanv,144. 
Stewart.— ,,  killed  by  Indians, 3'28. 
SuUix,  Shasta  chief,  at  Ashland,  •::19;  his 

hideoiisiiess,  298. 
Sutter.  J.  A.,  captain,  82. 
sntton.  J.  M..  reminiscences  of.  ;187.  :!89. 
sweitzer,  lleutenaut,   U.  S.  A.,  in  battle 

with  John,  408. 


Table  Rock,  Indian  stronghold,  '276  276. 

Taft,  Henjamtn,  mortally  wounde<l  at 
Sktill  bur.  ;r)l. 

Tamahas.  Cayuse,  surrenders,  248;  Is 
binig.  'i-'d. 

Tamsucky.  Cayuse.  questions  the  Catho- 
lic priests,  wi;  designs  to  kill  Whitman, 
98;  at  the  massacre.  101;  carries  off  Miss 
Hewley,  104;  !.>  protected  by  the  tribe, 
18'>. 

Tappan,  W.  H  ,  appointed  agent  of  the 
Nez  Percc8,3;i9. 

Taultiiwe,  Cayuse, opinion  of  white  men, 
21;  observes  religious  forms,  01;  hau- 
teur, 64;  attacks  Pumbrun,  69;  invites 
the  Cathdlic  priests  to  settle  anxmg  his 
|M!Ople,  95,  97;  at  the  council,  114,  116; 


confers  with  ogden,  117;  intercepts  let- 
ttTK,  177;  is  protected  by    ' 
professes  friendship, '205. 


epts 
tt-rs,  177;  is  protected  by  the  tribe,  IS-'j; 

'205. 

captain,  U.  S.  A., 


Taylor,  Oliver   11.    P 
killed  in  battle, 488. 

Taylor,  sub-chief  of  the  Umpquos,  mur- 
tlers  seven  men,. 307;  is  executed, :S08. 

Teles,  Yakima  chief, 472. 

Temperance  societies, 89. 

Ten  Eyck,  A.,  U.  S.  commissioner  at  the 
Sanilwich  Islands,  '239;  letter  to  Gov. 
Aberncthy,'240. 

Ten-Mile  prairie,  volunteer  station  near 
Kent's  house, :^. 

Tetherow,  Solomon,  volunteers  for  Cali- 
lornia  expedition,  148. 

Thomas.tt  Halles  Indian, .services,  15.'),  166. 

Thomas, a  Cayuse,  murdered  the  miller  at 
Whitman'.s,214. 

Thompson,  Philip,  appointed  captain  to 
raise  a  company,  144;  assists  du!  peace 
ccmiinissioners,  169;  in  the  battle  of  the 
ToHchet,  188;  sent  to  bring  i:raig  out  of 
the  Nfcz  Perc(5  country,  214;  attempt  to 
colonize  the  Walla  Walla  valley,  216; 
appointed  Indltin  agent, :t:'~l. 

Thompson,  I,. S.,  volunteers  to  pursue  In- 
dians, 29:t. 

Tbom|>son,  Isaac, .sergeant,  198. 


r- 


i-erturcs  of 

at    Tlie 

rs,  IMi.'). 
;iilUHt    tbo 

volunteer 

In  (Jasey'H 
Oghts  on 

8   the    In- 
iver,27f);l8 

!»4. 
wounilcd, 

ain  to  raise 

il,  'i'iO;   his 


r,  ;W7,  389. 
in  Imitle 


d,  'iTS  27t>. 
rounded   at 

in,    248;     Is 

a  the  Callio- 
II  Whitman, 
ries  oH'  Misii 
by  the  tribe, 

jgeut  of  the 

■  while  men, 
mK,  51;  hau- 
1,  69;  invites 
le  among  his 
noil,  114,  115; 
itereents  let- 
he  tribe,  185; 

iln,  U.  8.  A., 

npquas,  mur- 
cute<l,:!OS. 


tnloner  at  the 
utter  to  Gov. 

Htation  near 

teers  lor  Cali- 

•viceR,  15.'),  Ifi6. 

I  the  miller  at 

ed  captain  to 
liits  till!  peaec 
e  buttle  of  the 
(I  (;ralK  o\il  of 
14;  aitenipt  to 

II  valk'y,  210; 
;'»!. 

to  pursue  In- 

198. 


INDEX. 


717 


Thompson,  wnilain,  drowned,  381. 

Thompson,  U.  K., appointed  Indian  agent, 
333, 357,  aw,  434, 

Thornton,  J.  Q.,  private  delegate  to  Wash- 
ington, 141;  appointed  Indian  agent, 
omcial  actii,244. 

Thornton,  N.  M.,  Mrs.,  clothes  the  volun- 
teei-H,  196. 

Three  Feathers,  Nez  Perc6  chief,  449, 490. 

Thurston,  Bamuel  K.,  war  claims  advo- 
cated by,  261. 

Thurston,  E.  F.,  Mrs.,  clothes  the  volun- 
teers, 196. 

Ttchenor,  William,  captain  of  the  "Sea- 
gull," founds  Port  Orforil,280;  Its  de- 
sertion, 281;  sends  the  "Nelly"  to  rescue 
the  people  in  "  Miners'  Fort,"  381;  spe- 
cial Indian  agent,  report,  410. 

Tierney,  T.  T., captain  of  volunteers, 3<)9. 

Tiloukalkt,  chief  of  Cayuses  at  Waiilntpu, 
attacks  Whitman,  :«;  speech  ^of,  07; 
questions  the  Catholic  priests, 9(>;  offers 
Whitman's  place,  97;  leads  the  matixa- 
cre,100;  In  council  at  UmutWlo,  114, 116; 
speech  to  Ogdon,  118;  tlees  to  the  moun- 
tains, 210;  surrenders, '248;  is  executed, 
■251. 

Tiloukalkt,  Kdward,  carries  off  Miss 
8niltb,104;  meets  with  Spaldlr.g,!!!;  In 
council,  116;  confers  with  Ofiden,  117; 
attacks  the  volunteers  at  The  Dalles, 
168 

Timothy, Nez  Perc6,62, 171, IK?,  100. 

Tlntlnmitsl,  Cayuse  chief,  carries  off 
Susan  Kimball,  104, 482. 

Tlplalauahkalkt,  Noz  I'crci^,  bears  a  let- 
ter, 113. 

TluHo,  Shasta  chief,  at  Ashland, 292. 

Tolman,  J. 0., attacked  by  Modocs,300. 

Tolmle,  W.  T.,  Dr., story  of  I'eu-peu-niox- 
mox,  119;  shot  at  by  a  Snoi^iualimich, 
243;  letter  from  I.ane,'243;  .services, '245. 

Tolo, chief  of  8ha«ta8,nenr  Yreka,  292. 

Totomaluin,  Nez  Perci?,  171. 

Treaty  of  Walla  Walla,  335, 339. 

Trevltt,  Victor,  assistant  commissary  and 
quartermaster,  331 . 

Tricky,  John,  killed  by  Indlans,380. 

'I'selsiKitalalmekum,  Nez  Pcrcf ,  171. 

Tucker,  lleuj.  (i ,  apiKiiuted  captain  to 
raise  a  company,  144. 

Tucker,  8.  8.,  major,  U.  S.  A., ordered  to 
establish  a  post  at  The  Dalles, '248. 

Tulles,  W.K.,  killed  by  Indians,3.H0. 

Tnmwater.  settlement  on  Puget  sound, 
'243. 

Turner's  house  burned,  352. 

Turnei',  John,  appearance  at  the  Wal- 
lamet  mission,  10;  story  of  his  llight,  II. 

Turpln,  captain, attacked  by  Rogue-rlvcr 
Indians,  275. 

T>irpln,lllcliard, killed  by  Indians, 469. 

T'Vault,  0.  W.,  adventures  on  the  Co- 
quille,  282;  joins  Kearney's  command, 
277;  is  shot  at,  ;W9;  appointed  aid  to 
Lane,  311. 

Townsend,  naturalist,  6;  view  of  Indian 
traits,  23. 

Tyler,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.,at  Four  Lakes, 
498. 

u 

Umatilla,  road  from,  to  Dalles, dan^erouH, 

94. 
Unipqua,  Joseph,  wounded  at  Skull  bar, 

:>5i. 


Underwood,  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A., aids  the 

voliintoers,  36.'),  ;i06. 
United  States  force  in  Oregon  In  1855,348. 
United  States  troops  arrive  from  llum- 

boldt.381. 


Van  IIagerman,S.S.,  mortally  wounded, 

444. 
Van  Voarst,  lieutenant,  U.  8.  A.,   in  the 

Yakima  country, 474. 
Vegret,  father, attends  the  Cayuses  to  tbo 

scaffold,  261. 
Vinton,  II.  D.,  chief  quartermaster, U.S. 

A., arrives  In  Oregon  to  establish  posts, 

274. 
Volunteering  to  protect  the  settlementa, 

224. 

Volunteer  oiUcers,  names,  349. 


w 

Wagoner,  J.  IJ., express  rider, 349. 

Wagoner,  J.,  Mrs, Itlllcd  by  Indlans,844. 

WaKoncr,  J.,  killed  by  Indians,380. 

Walilat|iu,raa8.sao>e  at,  100,103. 

Wnir,  J.  M.,  member  of  the  legislature, 
127. 

Wait,  A.  K.,  aid  to  commifcsary-general, 
167;  appointed  commissioner  to  settle 
war  accounts, '261, '262. 

Walden,  John,  wounded  In  battle  of 
O^'ave  creek  355. 

Waldo,  Daniel,' colonel  of  militia,  224. 

Waldo,  Joseph,  volunteer  for  California 
expedition,  148. 

Wall,  S.S,  shot  by  IndlBn8,309. 

Walla  Wallas  friendly,  threatened  by 
Cayuses,  \'iO. 

Wallace,  I.eander  C,  killed  by  Snoquali- 
michs,243. 

Walker,  Courtney  M.,  assistant  mission- 
ary, 5. 

Walker,  Klkanah,  missionary  at  Cheme- 
kaMe,17;  in  fear  of  the  Indians,  178. 

Walker,  captain,  U.  9.  A., attacks  Kogue- 
ri  ver.  I  ndmos,  '275,  '279. 

Wiilkur,  JeB.se, captain  of  patrol  on  south- 
ern route,  3'i9. 

Wallon,  John  M.,  cap'.ain,  sees  Mrs.  Wag- 
ouer's  scalp,  34-1;  relates  an  Incident  of 
the  service,  393;  at  "  The  Meadows,"  411. 

Wallen, captain,  U.  S.  A.,  erects  a  block- 
house at  the  cascades, 459, 483. 

Waller,  A.  F., missionary  at  The  Dalles, 94. 

Wallowa  valU'y, claimed  by  Joseph, 338. 

"Walpole,"  a  government  transport  in 
the  Columbia, 246. 

Wampbol,Howli8h, Cayuse  chief, 441. 

Wampole,  KUas,  appointed  sub-Indian 
agent,  270. 

Ward  massacre  by  Snake  Indians, 830. 

War  claimant.",  names  of,320. 

War  fleet  in  the  Pacific,  88. 

Warfleld,  -.,  In  the  battle  of  Walla  Walla, 
445. 

Warner, W.H.,captain,U.8.A.,  murdered 
lir.()regon,299. 

Warner,  lx)renzo,killedibyiIndlans,  380. 

"Wasco,"  a  steamboat  above  the  cas- 
c&d  6S  4€  1 

Washington, a  Coqullle  chief, 374, 375. 

Waters,  James,  appointed  lieutenant-col- 
onel, 145,  152;  wounded,  175;  letter  of. 


718 


INDEX. 


m. 


s! 


^11 


es 


192;  lUOceedR  GilUian,  19:i;  writes  to 
Lovejoy,204;  to  Col.L«e,205;  leaves  tbo 
fleld,  214;  la  ordered  to  close  tbo  war, 
216;  returns  home,21H. 

Watklns,  Ueorge,  mortally  wounded  by 
Indians,  469. 

Watklns,  James,  mortally  wounded  by  In- 
dians, 462, 460. 

Wagmlre,  Fred,  appointed  enrolling  of- 
ficer, m 

Weaver,  Philip,  guide,  387. 

Webster,  Daniel,  negotiates  with  Ford 
Aihburton  for  the  boundary  of  Maine, 
38. 

Welton,  A.  S.,  eapUln,  349;  leads  In  a 
charge,  354. 

Welaptnlekt,  Des  Chutes  chief,  makes  a 
present,  173. 

veBtfelt,C.,809;  appointed  quartermaster 
and  commissary,  349. 

Whitcomb,  Lot,  acting  commissary-gen- 
eral,report,  258,  259;  property  of,  at  The 
Dalles,157. 

White,  Elijah,  Dr.,  8;  commissioned  In- 
dian agent  and  to  colonize  Oregon,  8, 9; 
acts  as  Indian  agent, 44, 4.'), 50, 51, 52, 65, 
57, 88, 64, 67, 76, 81; Ills  truasury  drafU,81; 
temperance  law  enforced,  h-J;  letter  to 
Secretary  John  E.Spencer, 90;  warns  the 
immigrants  on  the  road,  72;  trouble  at 
Oregon  City,  76. 

White,  J.  L.,  U.  8.  A., at  Four  Lakes, 491, 
498. 

White,— ..killed  by  Indians,»45. 

White,  — .,  lieutenant.  In  volunteer  serv- 
ice 349 

White,  Jacob,  killed  by  Indians, 469. 

White,  Dr.,  settler  in  Deer  creek, 387, 883. 

White,  James,  volunteers  to  pursue  In- 
dians, 293. 

Whike,— .,settler,robbed  by  Indlans,328. 

Whitman,  Marcus,  Dr., superintendent  of 
Presbyterian  missions,  93;  iourney  to 
the  Rocky  Mountains  in  1835,  to  Ore- 
gon In  1836,17,18;  to  the  east  in  1842,32, 
33:  return  to  Oregon,  38;  letter  to  Secre- 
tary Porter,  and  pn^posed  bill,  34,  42; 
alarm  at  the  attitude  of  the  Walla 
Wallas  and  Cayuso.KO;  ceases  to  ttacb, 
92;  adopts  a  family,  92;  uddress  to  the 
Immigration  In  1847,  93:  purchases  the 
mission  at  The  Dalles  from  the  Metho- 
dibts,  93;  hostility  to  the  Ctilholics,  95; 
visit  to  Umatilla,  98;  bis  death,  100;  In- 
dian rumors,  116, 121;  aware  of  his  dan- 
ger, 179. 

Whitman,  Narclssa,  Mrs.,  teaches  the  In- 
dians, 24;  forced  to  Uee  from  home,  44, 
59,61.70;  death  by  violence,  100, 101, 179. 

Whitman. Perrin  B.,  nephew  of  Dr.  Whit- 
man, 93. 

Whitman,  Brice.  wounded  by  Indians, 
3U9. 

Wilcox,  R., member  of  legislature,  127. 

Wilkes'  expedition,?. 

Wilkinson,  Joseph,  killed  by  Indians,  380. 

WUklnson,W.  A., captain  in  southern  bat- 
talion, 349, 869, 397. 

Williams,  L.  L.,  wounded  by  Coquilles, 
288. 

Williams,  Wm.,  appointed  captain  to  raise 
a  company,  144;  in  command  at  Fort 
Lee,  170. 

Williams,  Robert  L.,  reported  to  have 
slain  twelve  In>1<nns,  314;  raises  a  com- 
pany, 348,  849;  elected  captain  in  south- 


ern battalion,  360;  elected  colonel  of 
second  regiment,  O.  M.  V.,  361;  super- 
seded by  Kelsey,887. 

Williams,  M.  M..  captain  of  volunteer 
company,  849. 

Williams,  George  11.,  appointed  enrolling 
omce,456. 

Williamson,  lieutenant,  U.  8.  A.,  at  Van- 
couver, 427;  Joins  Kearney's  command. 
276,279. 

WIlHon,  Miss,  killed  by  lndians,845. 

Wilson,  William,  wounded  at  Grave  creek, 
356. 

Wilson,  David,  corporal  on  guard.  398. 

Wilson,  Alberts., assistant  adjutant-gen- 
eral, report,  257. 258. 

Wilson,  A.  v.,  captain,  «n  rotUe  to  Walla 
Walla, 440;  wounded  in  battle, 444. 

Willson;  W.  H.,  appointed  loan  commis- 
sioner, 140, 264. 

Wilson,— ..wounded  by  Indians. 

Wills.  Thomas  J.,  murdered  by  Indians, 
808. 

Winder,  captain,  U.  8.  A.,  at  Fort  Walla 
Walla,  488. 

Wing,  W.  P.,  lieutenant,  in  volunteer  serv- 
ice, 349. 

Winters.  John  D.,  killed  at  Grave  creek, 
856. 

Wood,  lieutenant,  U.S.  A., at  The  Dalles, 
430. 

Wood,  killed  by  Indians,  828. 

Woodman.  Calvin,  murdered  by  Shastas, 
298. 

WoodrufT,  A.  H.,  wounded  In  battle  of 
Meadows,  893. 

Woodward's  house  robbed  by  Indians, 
875. 

Woodworth,  Selim  C,  captain.  U.S.N.,  in 
Oregon.229. 

Wool,  General,  reports  against  volunteers, 
306;  arbitrary  sentiments,  828,  329,  880; 
order  to  army  officers,  885;  petition  of 
settlers,  885;  visits  to  Vancouver,  386; 
ordered  not  to  coooperate  with  volun- 
teers, 404;  letter  to  National  Intelli- 
gencer, 426,  488;  disapproval  of  Rains. 
438;  reproves  Steptoe  for  escorting  vol- 
unteers, 481;  is  relieved  by  Gen.  Clarke, 

484. 

Wrifirht,  Thomas,  lieutenant,  U.  8.  A.,at 
Port  Orford;  attacked  by  a  Coqullle  In- 
dian, 288;  fight  on  the  Coqullle  river, 
289;  rei'nforcesCapt.  Smith, 829. 

Wright,  Ben,293,294;  elected  captain  of  a 
company  raised  for  the  relief  of  immi- 
grants, 299,  :»2,  304,806;  falsehoods  con- 
ceruiiig  Wright,  306;  appointed  Indian 
agent,  333;  omcial  acts,  841,868,871;  let- 
ter to  Major  Reynolds,  37,2, 873, 876;  mur- 
dered by  Indians,  380. 

Wright, George, colonel,  U. 8.  A., arrives  In 
Oregon,  458;  Is  assigned  the  command 
of  tue  district  of  tne  Columbia  river, 
headquarters  at  The  Dalles, 458;  leaves 
Vancouver  In  March,  459;  en  route  to 
Walla  Walla  to  erect  a  fort,  is  turned 
back  by  mnssacre  at  the  cascades,  465, 
466;  orders  two  blockhouses  built,469; 
advances  into  the  Yakima  country,  471, 
472,474;  holds  a  council  at  Walla  Walla, 
482;  goes  against  the  northern  tribes. 
490;  treaty  of  friendship  with  the  Nes 
Perc^,  490;  sternness  to  the  conqnered 
tribes,  497, 498. 


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INDEX. 


719 


Wyeth.  Nathaniel  J.,  trading  axpedltlon   Yates.  Jowpji.  wcond  lleutonam  In  wo 
fn  1834. 6.      _  Young,  James,  tilled  by  Cayusea,  102. 106 


Wyeth '«  Fort.  12.  „    .^ 

Weyman,  lieutenant,  U.  9.  A.. at  PorlOr- 
ford.29i. 


Yager,  Ephrlam,  wounded  atOraye  creek, 


yage 

m 


Yaklmas  bring  a  letter  to  Col.  QlUlam, 
173. 


Young,  Daniel,  "ipared  by  tho  Cay  usee,  105. 
Young,  Ewlng,  settler,  12;  attacked  by  In- 
dians, 18. 
Young,  David, Joins  Meek's  party,  180. 
Young,  Elam, and  wife, at  Walllalpu.94. 
Yoniomocknln,a  Nez  Perc6,171. 
Yumtamllkln,  a  Nez  Pere6, 171. 
Yuslnmalakln.a  Nes  Perec,  171. 


